Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw

Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902 – 1985) è stato un botanico ed entomologo britannico.

Ha descritto numerose nuove famiglie botaniche tra cui: Alseuosmiaceae, Anarthriaceae, Hanguanaceae, Carlemanniaceae, Dioncophyllaceae, Ecdeiocoleaceae, Emblingiaceae, Oncothecaceae, Paracryphiaceae, Rapateaceae, Sladeniaceae e Tetramelaceae.

Opere

• Sphenocleaceae, Flora of Tropical East Africa, London, 1968, 3 p.
• The Euphorbiaceae of Borneo, Kew Bulletin. Additional Series vol. 4, London, 1975, 243 p. ISBN 0112410995
• The Euphorbiaceae of New Guinea, Kew Bulletin. Additional Series vol. 18, London, 1980, 243 p. ISBN 0112411460
• John Christopher Willis, A dictionary of the flowering plants and ferns, 8^e édition revue par H.K.A. Shaw, Cambridge, 1985, xxii 1245 lxvi p. ISBN 052108699X

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