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### Author
Symington, Colin Fraser (1905-1943), British forest botanist; in the Malayan Forestry Service 1927-1942, assistant to F.W. Foxworthy, Forest Research Institute 1929-1933, as Forest botanist 1933-1942; Forest botanist S. Nigeria 1942-1943.
**Abbreviated name**: *Symington* \[standard form in IPNI: *Symington*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection KLU|KLU]] and [[Collection SING|SING]]; other material at [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FHI|FHI]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 353; Bossert p. 391; Desmond p. 597 (b. 3 Nov 1905, d. 9 Sep 1943); SK 1: 515 (portr.), 4(2): cxxxvi, cxl, clvi, 5: cccxxv, 8: xcvii.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Empire For. J. 22: 98. 1943 (obit. not.).
- Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world no. 911. 1984.
- Shaw, K.A., Proc. Linn. Soc. 1943-1944: 233-235 (obit.).
#### Eponymy
*Symingtonia* C.G.G.J. van Steenis (1952).
### Publications
##### n.13.607. Forester's Manual of Dipterocarps
**Title**
Malai Hanto no "Dipterocarpaceae" mokuzai no hokoku... *Forester's Manual of Dipterocarps*... Kuala Lumpur 2603 (published by Syonan-Hakubutukan...) 1943. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *For. Man. Dipteroc*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1943, p. \[i\*-xii\*\], \[i\]-xliii, \[xlv\], \[1\]-244. *Copies*: G, HH. – Malayan Forest Records 16, 1943.
*Reissue*: 1974, with notes on the history of its publication, foreword and updating appendix, Kuala Lumpur 1974, p. \[i\*-xxvi\*\], i-xliii, \[xlv\], 1-244, *pl. 1-114*, \[1-4 appendix\]. *Copies*: B, HH, USDA.
*Ref*.: Whitmore, T.C., Taxon 25: 629-630. 1976 (extensive details).