William Griffith (botanist)

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William Griffith in 1843 from his book Journals of Travels in Assam Burma Bootan Affghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

William Griffith (1810-1845) was a British doctor, naturalist, and botanist. The standard botanical author abbreviation Griff. is applied to species he described.

Griffith's botanical publications are from India and Burma. He was originally assigned as a Civil Surgeon to Tenasserim, Burma where he studied local plants and made collecting trips to the Barak River valley in Assam. He explored explored various parts of Burma, traveling the rivers, including the Irrawadi as far as Rangoon. He visited the highlands of Sikkim, and the region of the Himalayas around Shimla.

Subsequently, Griffith was appointed as Civil Surgeon in Malacca, where he died of a parasitical liver disease.

[edit] Selected publications

Griffith, William (1847) Journals of Travels in Assam Burma Bootan Affghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Bishop's College Press, Calcutta; reprinted 2001 Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi.

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