Lewis Leonard Forman (29 June 1929 – 16 June 1998) was a British botanist, born in London. He was an expert on spermatophytes, particularly Menispermaceae, and specialised in the plants of Southeast Asia. He graduated from the University of London in 1950 and was appointed to the staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1951, serving as a senior official there from 1966 to 1989.
Forman was honoured with his eponymous species:
- (Euphorbiaceae) Glochidion formanii Airy Shaw
- (Lauraceae) Litsea formanii Kosterm.
- (Melastomataceae) Medinilla formanii Regalado
- (Menispermaceae) Stephania formanii Kundu & S.Guha
- (Menispermaceae) Tinospora formanii Udayan & Pradeep
References
- "Index of Botanists: Forman, Lewis Leonard". Harvard University Herbarium. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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- Shaw, H. K. Airy (1972). "Notes on Malesian and Other Asiatic Euphorbiaceae". Kew Bulletin. 27 (1): 25. doi:10.2307/4117873. JSTOR 4117873.
- Kostermans, A. J. G. H. (1968). "Materials for a revision of Lauraceae. I". Reinwardtia. 7: 291–356.
- Regalado, J. C. (1990). "Revision of Medinilla (Melastomataceae) of Borneo". Blumea. 35 (1): 56 (5–70).
- Kundu, B. C. & S. Guha (1976). "New species of Stephania and Rhaptonema (Menispermaceae)". Botaniska Notiser. 129 (3): 257–265.
- Udayan, P. S.; Pradeep, A. K.; Balachandran, Indira (2009). "A new species of Tinospora (Menispermaceae) From South India". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 66 (1): 77–80. doi:10.1017/S0960428609005204.
- International Plant Names Index. Forman.