Edmund Gilbert Baker Explained

Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864–1949) was a British plant collector and botanist. He was the son of John Gilbert Baker.

Works

• Synopsis of Malveae, 1895
• The plants of Milanji, Nyassa-land. Con James Britten. 1894
• Catalogue of the Plants collected by Mr. & Mrs. P.A. Talbot in the Oban district, South Nigeria. London (impreso por orden de Trustees, British Museum (Natural History)
• Leguminosae of Tropical Africa, part 1, [1]-215, in 1926; part 2, [i-iii], 216-607, Jul 1929; part 3, [i-iii], 608-693, from 1930.^[1]

Among species he named are Banksia burdettii and Banksia ashbyi.^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/publications?id=991 HUH - Databases - Botanical Publication Search Results
2. Baker. Edmund Gilbert. 1934. Notes from the British Museum Herbarium. Journal of Botany. 72. 280–82.