George King (botanist)

Sir George King (1840-1909), was a British botanist appointed superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta in 1871, and the first Director of the Botanical Survey of India from 1890. King was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1901.

The standard author abbreviation King is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

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