Hugh Low - Honours

Honours

Several species named to commemorate his work as collector, naturalist and orchidologist:

Plants

  • Rhododendron lowii, Rhododendron
  • Nepenthes lowii, pitcher plant
  • Vatica lowii

Orchids

  • Dimorphorchis lowii, Dimorphorchis (originally Vanda, then Arachnis)
  • Dendrobium lowii, Dendrobium
  • Paphiopedilum lowii, Lady's slipper
  • Plocoglottis lowii, Plocoglottis
  • Malaxis lowii, Malaxis

Mammals

  • Pen-tailed Treeshrew, Ptilocercus lowii
  • Low's Squirrel, Sundasciurus lowii

Insects

  • Sarothrocera lowii, a beetle
  • Neorina lowii, a butterfly
  • Papilio lowi, a butterfly

and places:

  • Low's Peak, the highest peak of Southeast Asia, on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo
  • Low's Gully
  • Hugh Low Street, at Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. The street name has changed to Jalan Sultan Iskandar, but locals still call it Hugh Low Street. It was once a busy two-way street, but since the name change and turning into a one-way street, the street has lost its glamour. There was once an arch; this was removed in 1986 when Hugh Low Street turned into one-way street.
The standard author abbreviation H.Low is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.

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