John Henry Lace Explained

John Henry Lace (1857–1918) was a British botanist.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

From 1881 he worked extensively in the Forest Service of India and became its inspector-general of forests.^[2] From 1908 to 1913 he served as chief forest conservator in Burma. He made botanical collections in Afghanistan, Baluchistan, India and Burma.^[1]

He married Minnie Richbell. They had three daughters, Violet Sylvia (b. 1894 in E. India), Ethel Douglas (b. 1896 in Bengal), and Dorothy Mabel (b. 1899 in Bengal). In 1920 Ethel Douglas Lace married a grandson of General Sir John Watson.^[3]

Selected publications

• with W. B. Hemsley: 1891. Sketch of Vegetation of British Baluchistan. J. Linn. Soc.. 28. 288–327.
• Book: 1922. List of trees, shrubs, and principal climbers, etc. recorded from Burma: with vernacular names. 3 January 2020. 2nd .
• 1918. List of Trees, Shrubs and Principal Climbers, etc, recorded from Burma 1913. Indian For.. 369–70.
• 191819. List of Trees, Shrubs and Principal Climbers, etc, recorded from Burma 1913. Kew Bulletin . 338. 341.
• 191819. List of Trees, Shrubs and Principal Climbers, etc, recorded from Burma 1913. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond.. 56–57.

Eponyms

• (Acanthaceae) Thunbergia lacei Gamble^[4]
• (Apocynaceae) Aganosma lacei Raizada^[5]
• (Arecaceae) Pinanga lacei A.J.Hend.^[6]
• (Asclepiadaceae) Bidaria lacei (Craib) M.A.Rahman & Wilcock^[7]
• (Asteraceae) Uechtritzia lacei (Watt) C.Jeffrey^[8]
• (Balsaminaceae) Impatiens lacei Hook.f.^[9]
• (Clusiaceae) Hypericum lacei N.Robson^[10]
• (Cyperaceae) Fimbristylis lacei Turrill^[11]
• (Dryopteridaceae) Tectaria lacei Holttum^[12]
• (Elaeocarpaceae) Elaeocarpus lacei Craib^[13]
• (Ericaceae) Agapetes lacei Craib^[14]
• (Euphorbiaceae) Acalypha lacei Hutch.^[15]
• (Fabaceae) Paraderris lacei (Dunn) Adema^[16]
• (Gentianaceae) Swertia lacei Craib^[17]
• (Gesneriaceae) Ornithoboea lacei Craib^[18]
• (Lamiaceae) Gomphostemma lacei Mukerjee^[19]
• (Magnoliaceae) Magnolia lacei (W.W.Sm.) Figlar^[20]
• (Orchidaceae) Platanthera lacei Rolfe ex Downie^[21]
• (Poaceae) Ischaemum lacei Stapf ex Bor^[22]
• (Polygalaceae) Polygala lacei Craib^[23]
• (Primulaceae) Dionysia lacei (Hemsl. & Watt) S.Clay^[24]
• (Ranunculaceae) Delphinium lacei Munz^[25]
• (Rosaceae) Cotoneaster lacei G.Klotz^[26]
• (Rubiaceae) Ixora lacei Bremek.^[27]
• (Scrophulariaceae) Wightia lacei Craib^[28]
• (Styracaceae) Parastyrax lacei W.W.Sm.^[29]
• (Tiliaceae) Grewia lacei J.R.Drumm. & Craib^[30]

References

1. [Allen G. Debus]
2. J. H. Lace, C.I.E., F.L.S.. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). 1918. 8/9. 1918. 341–352. 4107427.
3. Book: Pioneer Mail and Indian Weekly News. 47. 8 October 1920. 46.
4. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913, 116. (IK)
5. Indian Forester lxviii. 363 (1942). (IK)
6. Makinoa, n.s. 6: 5 (-6; fig.3A). 2007 [2006 publ. 5 June 2007]
7. Blumea 34(1): 100 (1989). (IK)
8. Kew Bull. xxi. 213 (1967), in obs. (IK)
9. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 30: t. 2912. 1910 [1913 publ. January 1910] (IK)
10. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12(4): 258. 1985 (IK)
11. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911, 348. (IK)
12. Kew Bull. 43(3): 482 (1988). 1988 (IF)
13. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925, 23. (IK)
14. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913, 43. (IK)
15. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914. 381. (IK)
16. Blumea 48(1): 138. 2003 (GCI)
17. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911, 191. (IK)
18. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913, 115. (IK)
19. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 19: 305. 1938 (IK)
20. Proc. Internat. Symp. Fam. Magnoliac. 1998 22. 2000 (IK)
21. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925, 422. (IK)
22. Kew Bull. 1950, 187. 1950. (IK)
23. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1916, 260. (IK)
24. Present-Day Rock Gard. 195. 1937
25. J. Arnold Arbor. xlix. 148. 1968. (IK)
26. Wiss. Zeitschr. Mart.-Luth. Univ. Halle, Math.-Nat. xv. (Neue oder Krit. Coton. Art.) 851. 1966. (IK)
27. J. Bot. 75: 172. 1937 (IK)
28. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913, 114. (IK)
29. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 12: 232. 1920 (IK)
30. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911, 21. (IK)