Career

Collections

 

Borden, Thomas E.

 

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

 

career:

At first schoolteacher, later employed by the For. Bur. Manila as botanical collector.

Dryopteris bordenii Christ and Cyclostemon bordenii Merr. were named after him.

 

collections:

In 1903/04 219 nos from Bataan, Luzon (F.B. series, cf. sub Forestry Bureau) were presented to Herb. Manila [PNH]; > 900 dupl. in U.S. Nat. Herb. Wash. [US]; also dupl. in Herb. Edinburgh [E].