George Marshall Woodrow
George Marshall Woodrow was a British botanist who made contribution to the study of plants in Western India, particularly in the Northern Western Ghats. He served as a gardener at Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, in England from 1865 onward. In 1872 he traveled to India to be in charge of Ganeshkind Experimental Garden at Pune and public gardens of Poona. He worked as a lecturer at R. College of Science Poona in 1879 and was the Director of Botanic Survey of Western India 1893-9. He died in Lanarkshire.Accomplishments
Species described by Woodrow
- Abutilon ranadei
- Garnotia arborum
Species named after Woodrow
- Cissus woodrowii
- Crinum woodrowii
- Dichanthium woodrowii
- Notes on a Journey from Haveri to Kumta
- Notes on a Journey from Poona to Nagotana
- The Flora of Western India
- Gardening in India
- The Mango: Its Culture and Varieties