William Turner Thiselton-Dyer

British botanist (1843-1928).

Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (28 July 1843 – 23 December 1928) was a leading British botanist, and the third director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The standard author abbreviation Dyer is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Abbreviations: Dyer
Occupations: botanist, university teacher, botanical illustrator
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages: English
Dates: 1843-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Westminster
Direct attributions: 51 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 83 plants, 0 fungi

51 plants attributed, 32 plants contributed to83 plants:

Cycas beddomei (Beddome’s Cycas) Dyer 1883
endangered plant species in the cycadaceae family
Cycas beddomei is a species of cycad in the genus Cycas, native to India, where it is confined to a small area of Andhra Pradesh state in the Tirumala Hills in scrubland and brush covered hills. Superficially similar to Cycas revoluta, it has erect, solitary stems. There are 20–30 leaves in the crown, each leaf 90 cm long, stiff, lanceolate, pinnate, with 50–100 pairs of leaflets, these 10–17.5 cm long and 3–4 mm wide, and angled forward at 45 degrees; the leaf petiole bears minute spines. The female cones are open, with sporophylls 15–20 cm long, with pink-brown coloured tomentose down, with
Dipterocarpus intricatus Dyer 1874
endangered plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Dipterocarpus intricatus (Khmer: tra:ch (ត្រាច), tra:ch sa (ត្រាចស), tra:ch snaèng (ត្រាចស្នែង), tra:ch sra: (ត្រាចស្រា), Thai: ยางกราด (yang-krat)) is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae found in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The tree, itself deciduous, is found in dense deciduous forests and clear forests. It is often met in pure stands in deciduous, periodically flooded lowland forests, but can also be found in dense forest at up to 1300m altitude. In Thailand it sometimes occurs growing gregariously with D. obtusifolious, D. tuberculatus, Shorea robusta and S.
Cycas micholitzii (Fork-leaf Cycas) Dyer 1905
vulnerable plant species in the cycadaceae family
Cycas micholitzii is a species of cycad in Vietnam and Laos.
Cratoxylum formosum (Pink Mempat) (Jack) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Dyer 1874
medicinal plant species in the hypericaceae family
Cratoxylum formosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae. Its commercial name in timber production is "mampat". The trees reach to 35 metres (115 ft) tall, though they rarely achieve the size required for timber exploitation.
Dipterocarpus crinitus Dyer 1874
vulnerable plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Dipterocarpus crinitus (Indonesian: tampurau) is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The species name is derived from Latin (crinitus = having tufts of long weak hair) and refers to golden-brown bristle-like hairs that cover the plant parts. It is an emergent tree, up to 60 m tall, in mixed dipterocarp forest on sandy clay soils. It is a medium hardwood sold under the trade names of keruing. It is found in Peninsular Thailand, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Dryobalanops beccarii (Sabah Kapur) Dyer 1874
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Dryobalanops beccarii, or kapur merah, is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is named after Odoardo Beccari (1843–1920), an Italian explorer and botanist. The species is found in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. It grows as a large emergent tree, up to 65 m (210 ft) tall, and is found in mixed dipterocarp forests on shallow leached soils over both sandstone and shale. Its heavy hardwood is sold under the trade names of kapur. Dryobalanops beccarii is recorded from a number of protected areas including Bako, Gunung Gading, Kubah and Santubong national parks.
Dipterocarpus cornutus Dyer 1874
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Dipterocarpus cornutus is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae native to Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, and Kalimantan. Reaching heights of up to 50 meters tall, it is known for having large leaves. Its flowers are around 4 cm in diameter and of a pale yellow colouration. It drops seeds with green holes in the middle.
Zamia acuminata Oerst. ex Dyer 1884
perennial plant species in the zamiaceae family
Zamia acuminata is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae which is threatened by habitat loss. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. The holotype of Zamia acuminata is a leaf collected by Anders Sandøe Ørsted in Costa Rica or Nicaragua between 1846 and 1848. It was described by William Turner Thiselton-Dyer in 1884. While the label with the specimen has the note ad flumen S. Juan Nicaragua on it, suggesting that the leaf was collected near the San Juan River in southern Nicaragua, no other specimens of the plant have been found in Nicaragua or adjacent parts of Costa Rica. In 1993, Dennis
Shorea acuminata (Red Lauan) Dyer 1874
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Rubroshorea acuminata (called, along with some other species in the genus Rubroshorea, dark red meranti, light red meranti, or sometimes red lauan) is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.
Dryobalanops oblongifolia Dyer 1874
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Dryobalanops oblongifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree native to Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra. The species name is derived from Latin (oblongus = rather long and leaf (folium = leaf); and refers to the shape of the leaf.
Adinandra integerrima T.Anderson ex Dyer 1874
plant species in the pentaphylacaceae family
Adinandra integerrima is a species of plant in the Pentaphylacaceae family. It is found in Malaysia and Singapore. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Vatica maingayi Dyer 1874
vulnerable plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Vatica maingayi is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree native to Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and Sumatra. It is a Vulnerable species threatened by habitat loss.
Shorea parvifolia (Light-red Meranti) Dyer 1874
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Rubroshorea parvifolia is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, commonly known as light red meranti and white lauan. It is native to Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, and Peninsular Thailand.
Hopea philippinensis Dyer 1878
endangered plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Hopea philippinensis is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is an endangered species threatened by habitat loss.
Vatica pallida Dyer 1874
endangered plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Vatica pallida is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is an endangered species threatened by habitat loss.
Landolphia kirkii (Sand Apricot-vine) Dyer 1881
plant species in the apocynaceae family
Landolphia kirkii (known as sand apricot-vine, rubber vine or Kirk's landolphia) is a species of liana from the family Apocynaceae that can be found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Hopea racophloea Dyer 1874
endangered plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Hopea racophloea is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree native to Kerala and Karnataka states in southwestern India. It grows in evergreen moist forests in the Western Ghats from 400 to 1,000 metres elevation.
Cratoxylum maingayi Dyer 1874
plant species in the hypericaceae family
Cratoxylum maingayi is a flowering tree in the family Hypericaceae. The species is harvested for derum timber for limited local use.
Cardamine waldsteinii Dyer 1895
perennial plant species in the brassicaceae family
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Adesmia resinosa (Phil. ex Reiche) Phil. ex Dyer 1904
plant species in the fabaceae family
Adesmia resinosa is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The species is found in portions of South America, with an example location being La Campana National Park in central Chile as an understory associate of the Chilean wine palm.
Shorea macroptera (Light Red Meranti) Dyer 1874
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Rubroshorea macroptera (commonly known, along with some other dipterocarp species, as light red meranti) is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree native to Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, and Peninsular Thailand. It is a large tree, up to 40 or 50 metres tall, which grows in lowland mixed dipterocarp rain forests on clay soils over sedimentary or igneous rocks. The species was first described as Shorea macroptera by William Turner Thiselton-Dyer in 1874. In 2022 Peter Shaw Ashton and Jacqueline Heckenhauer placed the species in genus Rubroshorea as R.
Landolphia mannii (Mann's Landolphia) Dyer 1881
medicinal plant species in the apocynaceae family
Landolphi mannii is a liana within the dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It is commonly called Jungle chocolate or Malombo. Its fruit, with significant lipid and iron content is consumed by locals and it is also a part of the diet the Mandrillus sphinx.
Hypericum reptans Hook.f. & Thomson ex Dyer 1874
plant species in the hypericaceae family
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Hypericum monanthemum Hook.f. & Thomson ex Dyer 1874
perennial and medicinal plant species in the hypericaceae family
Hypericum monanthemum is a species of flowering plant of the St. John's wort family (Hypericaceae) which is native to the Himalayan mountains.
Hopea oblongifolia Dyer 1874
vulnerable plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Hopea oblongifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It a tree native to northeastern India, Myanmar, and Peninsular Thailand. It is a small tree which grows in lowland tropical moist forest. The species was described by William Turner Thiselton-Dyer in 1874.
Colchicum varians (Freyn & Bornm.) Dyer 1904
plant species in the colchicaceae family
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Adinandra griffithii Dyer 1874
critically endangered plant species in the pentaphylacaceae family
Adinandra griffithii is a species of plant in the Pentaphylacaceae family.
Saurauia griffithii Dyer 1874
plant species in the actinidiaceae family
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Hypericum petiolulatum Hook.f. & Thomson ex Dyer 1874
annual and perennial plant species in the hypericaceae family
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Adesmia renjifoana (Phil. ex Reiche) Phil. ex Dyer 1904
plant species in the fabaceae family
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