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Marian Muriel Whiting

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British botanist and plant collector (1881-1978)

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Marian Muriel Whiting (1881 – 1978) was a British horticulturalist and plant collector, notable for collecting plants from Hong Kong and Guangzhou. She was born in London and spent a portion of her childhood in Hong Kong before studying at London University. Over 600 of her specimens were donated to the Kew Botanical Gardens. In 1940, she became a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, and volunteered at Kew for many years. The standard author abbreviation Whiting is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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  1. "Marian Muriel Whiting (1881 – 25/2/1978)". herbaria@home. Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. "Whiting, Marian Muriel (1881-1978)". Global Plants. JSTOR. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  3. "Whiting, Marian Muriel". www.nationaalherbarium.nl. Nationaal Herbarium Nederland. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  4. Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Routledge. p. 1373. ISBN 9780415920384. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  5. International Plant Names Index.  Whiting.


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