> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 545](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068787) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4798-1) LSID 4798-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2566984) QID Q2566984 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author King, \[Sir\] George (1840-1909), British botanist; MB Aberdeen 1865; superintendent of the Calcutta Botanic Gardens and of the Cinchona cultivation in Bengal 1871-1898; director Botanical Survey of India 1891-1898. **Abbreviated name**: *King* \[standard form in IPNI: *King*\] #### Herbarium and types Main sets at [[Collection CAL|CAL]] and [[Collection K|K]]; much other material collected by him and by "King's collector" (H. H. Kunstler et al.) in various herbaria; see IH. *Ref*.: IH 2: 360; SK 1: 281-282 (itin., coll. D.E.I., portr.). - Hedge, I. C, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal n.s. 27: 327-334. 1933 (collectors). - Hedge, I. C. and J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 98. 1970. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 302; Barnhart 2: 291; BB p. 173; BM 2: 980-981; Bossert p. 211; Bret. p. 682; CSP 8: 75, 10: 398, 16: 277; Desmond p. 359; GF p. 83; Hortus 3: 1197 ("King"); Jackson p. 386, 387; Kew 3: 259-260; Lasègue p. 275, 282, 573 \[index\]; MW p. 232-233; NI 1046-1052, 1840-1909; Rehder 5: 454; Tucker 1: 388, 776; Zander ed. 10, p. 678. - Anon., Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 27: (144). 1910; Bot. Not. 1909: 146; Bull. Acad. int. Géogr. bot. 10(135): frontisp. portr. 1901 (Director Academy for 1901); Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1898: 54-55, 1909: 68-72, 193-197 (bibl.); Gard. Chron. 1901: 293 (portr.). 1909: 138 (portr.). Trans. Proc. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 24(2): 46-48, 24(3): 101-103. 1911 (obituary notice by Robert Pantling; name consistently spelled "Panthing"). - Britten, J., J. Bot. 47: 120-122. 1909 (portr.). - Burkill, I. H., Chapt. hist. bot. India 241 \[index\]. 1965. - Huxley, L., Life letters J. D. Hooker 2: 552 \[index\]. 1918. - Nelmes & Cuthbertson, Curtis's Bot. Mag. Dedic. 1827-1927: 206. 1932 (portr.). - O.S., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 121: 42-45. 1909. - Prain \["D.P."\], Proc. R. Soc. London B 81: xi-xxviii. 1909. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 158. 1903. #### Composite works Founder and first editor of the *Annals of the royal botanic Gardens*, Calcutta, 1-8. 1887-1898. #### Eponymy *Indokingia* W. B. Hemsley (1906); *Kingella* Van Tieghem (1895); *Kingiella* Rolfe (1917); *Kinginda* O. Kuntze (1891); *Kingiodendron* Harms (1897). *Note*: *Kingiacolpites* R. S. Tiwari & A. A. Moíz (1971) is dedicated to W. King (1809-1886), Irish geologist and paleontologist; *Kingiobryum* H. E. Robinson (1967), and *Kingiolejeunea* H. E. Robinson (1967) commemorate Robert Merrill King (1930-x), American botanist. ### Publications ##### n.3654. The species of Ficus **Title** *The species of Ficus* of the Indo-Malayan and Chinese countries... Calcutta (Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press) London (L. Reeve & Co.,...) 1887-1888. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Sp. Ficus*. **Notes** *Part 1*: Jan-Mai 1887 (Nat. Nov. Jun 1887; Bot. Zeit. 17 Jun 1887; J. Bot. Jul 1887; Bot. Zeit. 24 Jun 1887), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xiii, \[1\]-66, *pl. 1-2, 2a, 2b, 3-30, 30a, 31-43, 43a, 44-58, 58a, 59-86* (uncol. liths. of drawings by Gopal Chunder Das; some by Abdul Mullah, Aghore Pat-Singh and M. Smith). *Part 2*: Jan-Aug 1888 (Nat. Nov. Sep 1888; J. Bot. Dec 1888; Bot. Zeit. 30 Nov 1888), frontisp., p. \[i-ix\], \[67\]-185, \[i\]-vi, *pl. 87-95, 95a, 96-225* (id.). *Appendix*: Mai-Dec 1889 (registered 27 Apr 1889; Bot. Zeit. 25 Jul 1890), p. 1-51, \[1\], *pl. 1-5*, text by G. King (1-11) and D. D. Cunningham (13-51). *Copies*: NY, U, USDA. *Facsimile ed*.: Lehre (J. Cramer) 1969, ISBN 3-7682-0609-2. *Copy*: FAS. ##### n.3655. Materials for a flora of the Malay Peninsula **Title** *Materials for a flora of the Malay Peninsula*... Calcutta (printed at the Baptist mission Press) 1889-1936, 26 parts. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Mat. fl. Malay Penins.* **Notes** *Publ*.: A set of reprints from the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal with continuous reprint pagination and with original page numbers, see table below. The 26 parts constitute 5 volumes but no separate volume designations are given in the reprints. All volume refs. are to the Journal. *Authors of treatments*: George King, nos. 1-21 (in part posthumously). James Sykes Gamble (1847-1925), co-author nos. 14-21, sole author nos. 22-25. Andrew Thomas Gage (1871-1945), no. 26. |number |indep. pag. |journal publication | |dates| |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- | |preface 1-5 |\[i\]-iv | |Sep 1893| |1 |\[1\]-52 |58(2, no. 4): |359-408 |1889| |2 |53-146 |59(2, no. 2): |113-206 |1890| |3 |147-249 |60(2, no. 1): |\[38\]-140 |1891| |4 |250-378 |61(2, no. 2): |\[1\]-129 |1893| |5 |379-429 |62(2, no. 2): |87-137| | | | |ind. \[5\]-18 |1893| |pref. 6-8 |\[i, iii\] | |6 |\[i\], 431-504 |62(2, no. 4): |\[189-262 |Aug 1893, Reprint 1894 | |7 |505-624 |64(2, no. 4): |17-136 |Apr 1895 | |8 |\[i\], 625-802 |65(2, no. 3): |339-516, |Jul 1896 | | | | |ind. \[5\]-17 |Nat. Nov. Oct(1) 1897 | |pref. |\[i, iii\] | |9 |\[i\], 1-345 |66(2, no. 1): |\[1\]-345 |Jul 1897 | |10 |345-407 | |: \[1\]-63 |1898 Nat. Nov. Apr(2) 1898 | |11 |\[i\], 409-495 |69(2, no. 1): |\[1\]-87 |1900 | |12 |\[i\], 495-572 |70(2, no. 1): |\[65, as "87"\]-142, 49-56 |1901 Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1902 | |13 |\[i\], 573-608 |71(2, no. 1): |\[45\]-80, ind. \[5\]-28 |1902 Nat. Nov. Jul(1) 1903 | |14 |\[i\], 1-119 |72(2, no. 4): |\[111\]-279 |1904 | |15 |\[i\], 121-209 |73(2, no. 3): |\[47\]-135 |Apr-Sep 1904 | |16 |\[i\], 211-301 |74(2, extra): |\[1\]-91 |1905 | |17 |\[i\], 303-483 |74(2, extra): |\[93\]-273 |1905 | |18 |\[i\], 485-596 |74(2, extra): |\[277\]-386 |1905 Nat. Nov. Feb(1) 1906 | |19 |\[i\], 597-835 |74(2, extra): |\[387\]-625 |1907 Nat. Nov. Nov(2) 1907 | |20 |\[i\], 837-938 |74(2, extra): |\[627\]-728 |1907 Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1908 | |21 |\[i\], 939-1126 |74(2, extra): |\[729\]-916 |1909 Nat. Nov. Mar(2) 1909 | |22 |\[1\], \[1\]-204 |75(1): |\[1\]-204 |1912 Nat. Nov. Sep(2) 1912 | |23 |\[205\]-278 |75(2): |\[205\]-278 |1912 Nat. Nov. Feb(2) 1913 | |24 |\[279\]-391 |75(3): |\[279\]-391 |1914 | |25 |\[393\]-468 |75(4): |\[393\]-468 |1915 | |26 |\[i\], \[469\]-544 |75(5): |\[469\]-544 |Sep 1936 | ##### n.3656. The Magnoliaceae of British India **Title** *The Magnoliaceae of British India*... Calcutta (Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press) 1891. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Magnol. Brit. India*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1891, in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 3: \[i\], \[197\]-223, \[225, ind.\], *pl. 38-47, 47bis, 47ter, 48-57, 57bis, 58-74. Copy*: USDA. – The (uncoloured) lithographs are of drawings by G. C. Das, Kally Podo Das, A. D. Mulla and A. L. Singh (fide NI). ##### n.3657. The species of Myristica of British India **Title** *The species of Myristica of British India*... Calcutta (Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press) 1891. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Sp. Myristica Brit. India*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1891, in: Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 3: \[i-iii\], \[275\]-331, i-ii, 1891 with plates *106-174, 107bis, 124bis, 124ter, 125bis, 141bis.* The plates are lithographs of drawings by a number of local artists (see NI 1050). *Copies*: NY, U, USDA. ##### n.3658. The Anonaceae of British India **Title** *The Anonaceae of British India*... Calcutta (Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press), London (Sold by B. Quaritch,...) 1893. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Anonac. Brit. India*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1893 (p. v: 26 Mai 1893), p. \[i\*-ii\*\], portr. Kyd, \[iii\*-v\*\], \[i\]-xi, \[1\]-169, index i-iv, \[part 2:\] *pl. 1-20, 20bis, 21-116, 116bis, 116ter, 117-169, 169bis, 170-208, 208bis, 209-220* (uncol. liths. by local artists, see NI). *Copies*: NY, U, USDA. – Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, vol. 4. Nat. Nov. Dec (1) 1894 mentions 3 parts, issued simultaneously. ##### n.3659. A century of new and rare Indian plants **Title** *A century of new and rare Indian plants*. Calcutta (Printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press), London (B. Quaritch et al.) 1896. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Cent. Ind. pl.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Paul Bruhl. *Publ*.: Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 5: \[69\]-170, *pl. 102-200.* 1896. *Copy*: MO. ##### n.3660. The Orchids of the Sikkim- Himalaya **Title** Annals of the Royal botanic Garden, Calcutta. Vol. viii. *The Orchids of the Sikkim-Himalaya*... Calcutta (printed at the Bengal Secretariat Press.) London (Sold by B. Quaritch,...) 1898. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Orch. Sikkim-Himalaya*. **Notes** *Co-author and artist*: Robert Pantling (1857-1910). *General t.p.*: 1898, \[i\]. *Part 1*: 1898 (p. iii: 28 Feb 1898, Nat. Nov. Sep(2) 1898; J. Bot. Dec 1898) Letterpress, p. \[i\*-vii\*\], \[i\]-iii, \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-342. *Part 2*: 1898, plates of Malaxideae, p. \[i\], \[1\]-2, *pl. 1-133.* *Part 3*: 1898, plates of Epidendreae and Vandae, p. \[i\], \[1\]-2, *pl. 134-333, 244a.* *Part 4*: 1898, plates of Listereae..., p. \[i\], \[1\]-2, *pl. 334-448, 402bis, 406bis, 430bis, 444bis.* *Copies*: G, NY(2), U, US. *Plates*: all by Robert Pantling; see IH 1051 for lithographers. *Facsimile ed*.: Lehre (J. Cramer) 1967, ISBN 3-7682-0466-9, text identical with orig.; plates on two sides; *pl. 2* lacking, a second print of *pl. 21* instead. *Copies*: FAS, USDA. *Ref*.: Stafleu, F. A., Taxon 17: 293-295. 1968; Holttum, E., ib. 17: 566-567. 1968.