> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 547](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068789) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12607-1) LSID 12607-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321094) QID Q321094 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Kingdon-Ward, Francis (Frank) (1885-1958), British plant collector in China, Burma, Tibet and Thailand (1909-1956), introduced e.g. *Meconopsis betonicifolia* into cultivation; prolific author on "plant hunting." **Abbreviated name**: *Kingdon-Ward* \[standard form in IPNI: *Kingdon-Ward*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]]. #### Bibliography and biography Bossert p. 212; Desmond p. 360 (provides numerous biogr. references); DNB 1951-1960: 620-621; Kew: 3: 261-363; Lenley p. 251; MW suppl. p. 391-392; Plesch p. 288; SK 1: 561. - Anderson, Garden J. 25(2): 40. 1975. - Coats, A. M., Quest for plants 128-131. 1969. - Chatterjee and Mukerjee, Sci. and Cult. 24: 131. 1958. - Cox, E. H. M., Plant hunting in China 180-191. 1945. - Fletcher, H. R., R. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 245. 1970. - Schweinfurth and Schweinfurth-Marby, Exploration in the Eastern Himalayas... Francis (Frank) Kingdon-Ward (1885-1958): an annotated bibliography... Wiesbaden. F. Steiner, 1975, x, 114 p. (maps, portr., bibl.). - Stearn, W. T., Biographical introduction. A list of publications, *in* F. Kingdon-Ward, Pilgrimage for Plants 11-18, 181-186. 1960. #### Travelogues K. published a series of travel books, listed e.g. by Desmond, from 1913 (*Land of Blue Poppy* 1913) until 1960 (*Pilgrimage for plants*, posthumous, with a biographical and bibliographical introduction by W. T. Stearn); see also Schweinfurth and Schweinfurth-Marby (1975). #### Eponymy *Kingdon-wardia* Marquand (1929). *Note: Kingdonia* I. B. Balfour & W. W. Smith (1914) commemorates his mother, Mrs. Marshall Ward, about whom we have no further details. ### Publications ##### n.3661. Field notes of Rhododendrons collected by Kingdon-Ward in 1926 **Title** *Field notes of Rhododendrons collected by Kingdon-Ward in 1926*. s.l.n.d. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Field notes Rhododendr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Kingdon-Ward published a number of *Field notes* booklets, with no imprints, giving details on his collections. *1926*: Field notes of Rhododendrons... p. \[7\]-81. *1926*: Field notes of trees, shrubs and plants other than rhododendrons... in 1926, p. \[7\]-46. *1927/28-1937*: Field notes of Rhododendrons and other plants... in 1927/28 (p. \[1\]-33, 1-34), in 1931 (\[1\]-49, 1-49), in 1933 (p. \[1\]-23, 1-43), in 1935 (\[i\], 1-35), in 1937 (\[1\]-35). Set at NY (probably incomplete).