Stone, Benjamin Clemens Masterman   (1933 - 1994)

Born 7 February 1933 in Shanghai, China; died 19 March 1994 in Ermita, Manila, Philippines.

Benjamin Clemens Masterman Stone was a British-American botanist. Stone was born in Shanghai, China to a British father, who worked for the government, and an American mother. He graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California and, in 1960, received a Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii.

Collected in Asia-Pacific and Madagascan region:
Guam, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Philippines, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Switzerland, USA

Contributed to the Flora of Australia.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Clemens_Stone
https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000008160
Portrait Photo: Extracted from: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/ (Russian)

Collecting localities for 'Stone, B.C.' from AVH (2021)

Data from 114 specimens in Australian herbaria (widely held elsewhere)