Frank Kingdon Ward Field Notes
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Francis Kingdon-Ward, born Francis Kingdon Ward OBE, (6 November 1885 in Withington, Lancashire – 8 April 1958) was an English botanist, explorer, plant collector and author. He published most of his books as Frank Kingdon-Ward and this hyphenated form of his name stuck, becoming the surname of his wives and two daughters.
He went on around 25 expeditions over a period of nearly fifty years, exploring Tibet, North Western China, Myanmar and Assam (in Northeastern India). In Myanmar he met and conducted some research into forestry and plants in the country with native botanist Chit Ko Ko. Among his collections were the first viable seed of Meconopsis betonicifolia (Himalayan blue poppy, first discovered by Pére Delavay),Primula florindae (giant cowslip, named after his first wife Florinda, née Norman-Thompson)[4] and Rhododendron wardii, a yellow flowered species.[4]
A species of Asian lizard, Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi, is named in his honor.
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Combined Field notes of Rhododendrons & other plants collected by Kingdon Ward 1926 to 1938
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