Mohammad Salar Khan

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Mohammad Salar Khan (born March 2, 1924 in Kakinada , Madras Presidency , British India ; died September 20, 2002 in Dhaka ) was a Bangladeshi botanist and university professor . Its botanical author abbreviation is " MSKhan ".

Career

Mohammad Salar Khan studied botany at the Aligarh Muslim University in what was then the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh ) and graduated in 1947 with a Master of Science degree . In 1950 he joined as a lecturer at the service of the botanical faculty of the University of Dhaka , he will be up in 1991 as a lecturer, senior lecturer, associate professor and professor taught. 1962 doctorate he attended the University of Edinburgh with a dissertation on the taxonomy of vascular plants for Ph.D.

While studying for a doctorate in the UK in the early 1960s, Khan took part in a University of Oxford botanical expedition to western Turkey. After his return to Dhaka, Khan devoted himself to researching the vascular flora of Bangladesh. Khan was instrumental in establishing the Bangladesh National Herbarium . His more than 150 scientific publications include the first descriptions of 19 species. In addition to his own research, Khan was the editor of the first 57 volumes of the Flora of Bangladesh , which is a complete inventory of the country's plants. In later years Khan became involved in the protection of the biodiversity of Bangladesh and supported the IUCN, also as co-editor of one of the country's first Red Lists. In 1988 Khan was elected to the Linnean Society of London .

Dedication names (selection)

Publications (selection)

  • MS Khan (Ed.): Flora of Bangladesh , Volumes 1 to 57, Bangladesh National Herbarium, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Dhaka 1975-2007
  • MS Khan and Mahbuba Halim: Aquatic Angiosperms of Bangladesh . Bangladesh National Herbarium, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Dhaka 1987, OCLC 716228715 .
  • MS Khan, M. Matiur Rahman and M. Arshad Ali (Eds.): Red Data Book of Vascular Plants of Bangladesh . Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka 2001, ISBN 984-32-0128-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Anonymous: Obituary . In: The Linnean 2003, Volume 19, No. 4, p. 47, digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fca1-tls.edcdn.com%2Fdocuments%2FLin-Vol-19_-no-4_-Oct-2003.pdf~GB%3D~IA%3D~ MDZ% ​​3D% 0A ~ SZ% 3D ~ double-sided% 3D ~ LT% 3D ~ PUR% 3D (entire issue).
  2. ↑ a b Sifatul Quader Chowdhury: Khan, Md Salar . In: Banglapedia , September 15, 2014, accessed May 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ Hosne Ara and Md Abul Hassan. Three new species of Araceae from Bangladesh . In: Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 2018, Volume 25, No. 2, 227-239, digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.banglajol.info%2Findex.php%2FBJPT%2Farticle%2Fview%2F39529~GB%3D~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ% 3D ~ double-sided% 3D ~ LT% 3D ~ PUR% 3D .
  4. ↑ Md. Abul Hassan: A new species of Ampelygonum Lindley (Polygonaceae) from Bangladesh . In: Bangladesh Journal of Botany 1991, Volume 20, No. 2, pp. 245-248, ZDB -ID 430153-5 .
  5. ↑ Mohammad Atiqur Rahman and Mohammed Yusuf: Zingiber salarkhanii (Zingiberaceae), A new species from Bangladesh . In: Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 2013, Volume 20, No. 2, pp. 239-242, doi: 10.3329 / bjpt.v20i2.17398 .

Web links

Author entry and list of the described plant names for Mohammad Salar Khan at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME Khan, Mohammad Salar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Khan, Md. Salar (abbreviated notation); Khan, MS (shortened notation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bangladeshi botanist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Kakinada , Madras Presidency , British India
DATE OF DEATH September 20, 2002
Place of death Dhaka , Bangladesh