Career

Collections

Biographical data

 

Lyon, William S.

 

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

 

Born: 1852, White Plains, New York, U.S.A. Died: 1916, Manila, Luzon, P.I.

 

career:

From 1902-16 gardener in the employ of the Philippine Bureau of Agriculture, Manila.

Mucuna lyonii Merr. and other Philippine plants were named after him.

 

collections:

Cited by Merrill as the collector of several plants (numbered between 1 and 165), mainly orchids, from Luzon. In Herb. ? Manila [PNH]; Herb. O. Ames (Cambr., Mass. [GH]) (from Mindoro and Luzon).

 

biographical data:

Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.