Isaac Henry Burkill

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Isaac Henry Burkill

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According to Wikipedia, Isaac Henry Burkill was an English botanist who worked in India and in the Straits Settlements . He worked primarily in economic botany but published extensively on plant biology, ethno-botany, insect-plant interactions and described several species. He published a two volume compilation on the plants of economic importance in the Malay Peninsula, collating local names and knowledge. He also wrote a detailed history of botany in India. The plant genera Burkillia and Burkillianthus were named in his honour.

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Isaac Henry Burkill's Published Works

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A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula (1936) (1797)
The organography and the evolution of Dioscoreaceae, the family of the Yams (1960) (234)
Chapters on the history of botany in India (1965) (52)
Notes on the Genus Dioscorea in the Belgian Congo (1939) (44)
Flowers and Insects in Great Britain. PART I (1895) (41)
THE HOOKER LECTURE (1953) (34)
An Account of the Genus Dioscorea in the East (1938) (31)
Flowers and Insects in Great Britain. PART III: Observations on the most Specialized flowers of the Clova Mountains (1903) (30)
THE CONTACT OF THE PORTUGUESE WITH AFRICAN FOOD-PLANTS WHICH GAVE WORDS SUCH AS ‘YAM’ TO EUROPEAN LANGUAGES. (1938) (15)
A working list of the flowering plants of Baluchistan (1956) (14)
The Flora of Vavau, one of the Tonga Islands. (1901) (13)
Flowers and Insects in Great Britain. PART II Observations on the Natural Orders Dipsaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Compositae, Umbelliferae, and Cornaceae, made in the Clova Mountains (1903) (13)
William Jack's Letters to Nathaniel Wallich, 1819-1821 (11)
On some Variations in the Number of Stamens and Carpels (1895) (10)
The Genus Dioscorea in Siam (8)
The ontogeny of the stem of the Common Bryony, Tamus communis Linn. (1949) (8)
The Races of Sorghum (1937) (6)
A list of oriental vernacular names of the genus Dioscorea (5)
TWO NOTES ON DIOSCOREAS IN THE CONGO: (1) THE ACARODOMATIA OF D. MINUTIFLORA Engl. AND D. SMILACIFOLIA De Wild., AND (2) TWINING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS IN D. BAYA De Wild. (1939) (4)
Some Changes in Plant-Names (1935) (4)
Himalayan Forests@@@The Botany of the Abor Expedition: A Study of the Forests of the Abor Hills, Eastern Himalayas. (1913) (3)
THE WAY IN WHICH THE LEAVES OF TAMUS COMMUNIS AND DIOSCOREAS ATTAIN THEIR LIGHT‐FIXED POSITION. (1944) (3)
The development of the tuber of Dioscorea sansibarensis Pax (1937) (3)
On some African Labiatæ with Alternate Leaves. (1899) (3)
THE BIOGEOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF THE INDO‐AUSTRALIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 2.—A HISTORY OF THE DIVISIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN PROPOSED. (1943) (3)
CHANGES IN THE SEX OF WILLOWS1 (1898) (3)
ON THE DISPERSAL OF THE PLANTS MOST INTIMATE TO BUDDHISM (1946) (2)
New units in the taxonomy of the Madagascan Dioscoreaceae (1951) (2)
THE MAKE-UP OF THE FLOWER OF RANUNCULUS ARVENSIS Linn.—A STUDY IN EVOLUTION OF ISOMERISM IN PHANEROGAMOUS FLOWERS (1941) (1)
A Study of the Dipterocarpaceæ (1946) (1)
ON PELARGONIUM RAPACEUM, JACQ (1899) (1)
William farquhar's Drawings of Malacca Plants (1949) (1)
Dr. F. W. Foxworthy (1950) (1)
The Circumstances attending the Murder in 1859, of the Botanist James Motley (1)
The Fertilisation of Pieris (1906) (1)
David Prain, 1857 - 1944 (1944) (1)
William Farquhar's Second Book of Drawings of Malacca Plants (1955) (1)
Dukong Anak (Phyllanthus spp.) and their uses in Malay Peninsula. (1)
Bambarra Ground-Nut. (Voandzeia subterranea, Thou.) (1)
FLIES OF THE FAMILY EMPIDIDAE AND OTHER INSECT‐VISITORS TO THE FLOWERS OF TAMUS COMMUNIS. (1946) (1)
Notes on Dipterocarps. No. 7. On the fruit and germination of Isoptera borneensis (0)
Notes on Dipterocarps. No. 2, The Seedling and the Seed-production in some species of Shorea (0)
THE OVARY OF PARNASSIA PALUSTRIS, LINN (1901) (0)
[Instructions to Frederick Flippance, George Arnold Best and Mohamed Haniff] (0)
A new Dendrobium, D. gracilipes, from the Rhio Archipelago (0)
A LEAF OF TAMUS COMMUNIS LINN. WITH TWO PETIOLES AS A RESULT OF AN EARLY INJURY. (1943) (0)
VARTHEMA'S CORCOPAL, AT ONE TIME SAID TO BE THE PAPAYA, WAS THE FRUIT OF GARCINIA INDICA. (1940) (0)
Correspondence between Isaac Henry Burkill and Richard Eric Holttum on Singapore Botanical Gardens (0)
Plethiandra Sahebii, a new Melastomacea from Sarawak, described (0)
Tour November 1917 to Penang & Malacca, coconut palm in Malacca. (0)
Dioscorea: Section Stenocorea (1931) (0)
Notes on Dipterocarps. No 6. On the genus Pachynocarpus (0)
Prof. E. D. Merrill (1956) (0)
Aji and Batata, Ipomoea batatas (1954) (0)
Correspondence and records relating to musical bands playing in the Gardens (0)
Notes on Dipterocarps. No. 3. The seedling of Shorea robusta, Roxb., and the conditions under which it grows into pure forests (0)
Destruction of the Economic Garden (0)
1920 correspondence on Raffles College. (0)
THE EARLY ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE TREE MESUA FERREA (GUTTIFERAE). (1944) (0)
I. H. Burkill diary, 1913-1925. (0)
Food crops in Economic Gardens (0)
Culvert between Tyersall pond & Garden lake. (0)
NOTES ON DIPTEROCARPS. No. 4. On the Embryo, Seedling and Position of the Flowers in various Species (0)
A New Dioscorea from the Celebes (1950) (0)
Inland Occurrence of Ipomoea Pes-caprae (0)
Elaeocarpus Barnardii, a new Species described from Perak (0)
INHIBITION OF GERMINATION OF THE WHITE MUSTARD BY BRYONY JUICE [Exhibit.] (1958) (0)
Notes on Dipterocarps. 1. The Seedling of Anisoptera costata, Korth (0)
Notes on Dipterocarpsp Nop 8p On some large-fruited speciesc and in particular upon the effects of the pressure of the embryo against the interior of the fruit-wall (0)
NOTES ON DIPTEROCARPS. No. 5. The Embryo and Seedling of Balanoearpus maximas, King (0)
ABNORMAL GAMOPETALOUS FLOWERS OF THE POPPY, ROMNEYA COULTERI, AND THE WAY IN WHICH ITS SEPALS PROTECT THE SEXUAL ORGANS. (1946) (0)
A note on the Gardens' Jungle (1959) (0)
The Botanic Gardens Singapore : illustrated guide / (0)
Economic Garden, complete utilisation of. (0)
The phyllotaxy of Tamus com-munis L (1936) (0)
[Food production, Economic Garden] (0)
AN INTERRUPTION IN THE AFTER‐RIPENING OF TAMUS WHICH ALTERS THE RANGE OF TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING GERMINATION (1949) (0)
A Note upon the Way in which Bees settle on Flowers of Derris thyrsiflora, and the Injury resulting from their Search for Honey (0)
A PLEA FOR A DESCRIPTION FROM LIFE OF THE AFRICAN DIOSCOREA MINUTIFLORA Engl. (1947) (0)

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