Collectors References and expedition initials

[TheOnionMan]

and don't forget about KV, Kurt Vickery.

[WimB]

A friend of mine grows this:

Tillia henryana S 1999621.G

Does anyone have an idea which collector might have found this tree?

[TheOnionMan]

A friend of mine grows this:

Tillia henryana S 1999621.G

Does anyone have an idea which collector might have found this tree?

Could it be shorthand for the species author citation... yikes, look at that name!  (also, note Tilia spelling)
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200013624
Tilia henryana Szyszyłowicz,

Possibly, it is an Accession Number from an arboretum.

[WimB]

Hmmm, could be, thanks Mark (and thanks for the correction of Tilia, one L of course)

[WimB]

And another one: Thalictrum flexuosum HC 970351 (according to the RHS a synonym for Thalictrum minus ssp. minus)
Just saw HCM = Heronswood Chile so maybe it's this one???

[Afloden]

Wim,

 I have the old Heronswood catalogs at home and will check the HC collection location unless someone beats me to it.

 I have a Polygonatum SBQE310 supposedly collected from Kangchenjunga. If the collection number is right, am I safe to assume it is the Tibetan side of the mountain? If someone knows where I can find the actual list of plants/seed collected it would be of great help.

 Thanks,

 Aaron Floden
 

[Lesley Cox]

In the Plantfinder list, CM and W is listed as Cheese M, Mitchel J and Watson J but wasn't the M Tony (therefore A) Mitchell? He came to live and work in NZ for a while but didn't like either NZ or Australia and I think thereafter went to south Africa.

[Afloden]

Wim,

 HC is Daniel HInkley, 1997, Japan & Korea.

 Aaron

[Pascal B]

 I have a Polygonatum SBQE310 supposedly collected from Kangchenjunga. If the collection number is right, am I safe to assume it is the Tibetan side of the mountain? If someone knows where I can find the actual list of plants/seed collected it would be of great help.

 Thanks,

 Aaron Floden
 

Aaron,

Kangchenjunga has no Tibetan side, it lies on the border of Nepal and N India (Sikkim) but not in Tibet. The "Q" of the SBQE refers to the Quinghai province of China, part of this province used to belong to Tibet but was added after the confiscation of Tibet by the Chinese to Quinghai. Quinghai province is a good distance away from Kangchenjunga and a large part of todays Tibet lies in between so I am a bit puzzled by your reference to Kangchenjunga for this expedition?.

[WimB]

Wim,

 HC is Daniel HInkley, 1997, Japan & Korea.

 Aaron

Thanks, Aaron

[Maggi Young]

Collectors numbers and expedition abbreviations - changing the name of this thread to make it more obvious   

[LucS]

I have now a colchicum sp. with a first time flower grown from (ex) JW5629 (via SRGC seedex).
I suppose JW stands for John Watson, but does anyone know from what area/country the plant's origin is ?
And even better, does anyone has an ID for this one ?

[Dionysia]

For Dionysia lovers I've just rewritten that genus on the AGS on-line encyclopedia from which the following are expedition acronyms.
PF - Paul Furse (1966)
PW - Hedge/Wendelbo/Ekberg (1969)
GW/H - Grey-Wilson/Hewer (1971)
GFL - Wye College (1971)
H - Tom Hewer (1973) 
ATP - Anne Pickering (1977)
KMZ - Kolbinger/Mayr/Zeininger (1995)
SLIZE - Swedish/Latvian/Iranian/Zagros Expedition (1998)
DZ I - Dieter & Rosi Zschummel Iran (2000/1)
JMM - Jäger/Mayr/Mayr (2001) 
T4Z - Tjeerdsma/Zetterlund/Zschummel/Zschummel/Zagros (2002/3)
JLMS - Jäger/Löbke/Mayr/Stopp (2002)   
JJMZ - Jacobi/Jäger/Mayr/Zschummel (2004)
JZZ - Jäger/Zschummel/Zschummel (2005) 
DRZ - Dieter & Rosi Zschummel (2009)
Paul R

[Maggi Young]

Excellent addition to the info here, thank you, Paul 

[Maggi Young]

Collector’s References
These combination of initials and numbers are accession numbers that are assigned to collections gathered from wild populations from all over the world to enable tracking the origins of the plants.

B&L       C.D. Brickell & A.C. Leslie

BSWJ     Bleddyn & Sue Wynn-Jones

BWJ       Bleddyn Wynn-Jones
CMGG - Colin Mason 's Georgian Group - Colin Mason, Jim Archibald, Robert Charman, Janis Ruksans, Shamil Shetekauri, Hendrik van Bogaert, Bob Wallis, Ranweig Wallis, Henrik Zetterlund Starting 26-04-2010, ending 6th of May, 2010
 CNDSC    C. Nelson & D. Sayers

CWJ       Finlay Colley & Bleddyn Wynn-Jones
DJH       Daniel J. Hinkley (followed by country and year code)
EDHCH   Eric Hammond China 1997
FMWJ    A. Floden, T. Mitchell & B. Wynn-Jones, Vietnam 2011
GWJ      Sally Goddard, B. & S. Wynn-Jones
GUIZ      Guizhou Expedition (1985)
HWJ       Crûg-Heronswood Joint Expeditions, Vietnam
HWJCM  Crûg-Heronswood Joint Expedition, E. Nepal 1995
HWJK     Crûg-Heronswood Joint Expedition, E. Nepal 2002
KR          Keith Rushforth
KWJ       Crûg-World of Ferns Joint Expedition Vietnam 2007
MF          Maurice Foster
RH          M. Rickard & R. Hayward
RWJ       Crûg-Rickard’s Ferns Joint Expedition to Taiwan 2003
SEP        Swedish Expedition to Pakistan
WHIR - 13-04-2008 – 06-05-2008 Jill White – group’s chief Bob Charman, John Ingham, Arthur Nicholls, David Robins, Piatro Roseo, Janis Ruksans, James Hearson from (second half)

WJC       Crûg-Rare Plants Ireland Joint Expedition Sikkim 2013
WWJ       Peter Wharton & Bleddyn Wynn-Jones, Vietnam 2006-7
Yu          Tse-tsun Yu