Location

Name: Penang (Pulo Penang)

Standard Name: Penang

Country: Malaysia (MY)

Note

Collector/Herbarium: Wallich, Porter, Jack

Collector

Name: Jack, W. (beat. Jack, Guil. Jack, b. Gul. Jack, b. Gulielm. Jack)

Standard Name: Jack, W.

Note

Dr William Jack (1795-1822)

Surgeon and botanist. First in Bengal Medical Service, later plant collector in Sumatra, Singapore and Penang.

Collector

Name: Porter, G. (GP, Geo. Porter, Giorgius Porter)

Standard Name: Porter, G.

Note

George Porter (1800-1849)

Overseer at Calcutta Botanic Garden. Accompanied Wallich to Penang to establish a botanical garden in 1822. Initially worked as schoolmaster at Penang Free School. When the botanic garden opened he became Superintendent of Penang Botanic Gardens (1823-1834. Sent plants to Wallich from Malaysia.