Lewis Leonard Forman

British botanist

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Forman was honoured with his eponymous species:

(Euphorbiaceae) Glochidion formanii Airy Shaw^[3]
(Lauraceae) Litsea formanii Kosterm.^[4]
(Melastomataceae) Medinilla formanii Regalado^[5]
(Menispermaceae) Stephania formanii Kundu & S.Guha^[6]
(Menispermaceae) Tinospora formanii Udayan & Pradeep^[7]

The standard author abbreviation Forman is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[8]

References

^ "Index of Botanists: Forman, Lewis Leonard". Harvard University Herbarium. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
^ Dorr, Laurence J. (1998). "John J. Wurdack (1921-1998)". Taxon. 47 (4): 971–973. doi:10.1002/j.1996-8175.1998.tb05371.x.
^ 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.