John Henry Lace (1857–1918) was a British botanist.Allen G. Debus (ed.) (1968). World Who’s Who in Science. A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Scientists from Antiquity to the Present. Marquis-Who’s Who (Chicago) : xvi + 1855 p.
Biography From 1881 he worked extensively in the Forest Service of India and became its inspector-general of forests. From 1908 to 1913 he served as chief forest conservator in Burma. He made botanical collections in Afghanistan, Baluchistan, India and Burma.
He married Minnie Richbell. They had three daughters, Violet Sylvia (b. 1894 in E. India), Ethel Douglas (b. 1896 in Bengal), and Dorothy Mabel (b. 1899 in Bengal). In 1920 Ethel Douglas Lace married a grandson of General Sir John Watson.
Selected publications with W. B. Hemsley:
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(Acanthaceae) Thunbergia lacei GambleBull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913, 116. (IK) (Apocynaceae) Aganosma lacei RaizadaIndian Forester lxviii. 363 (1942). (IK) (Arecaceae) Pinanga lacei A.J.Hend.Makinoa, n.s. 6: 5 (-6; fig.3A). 2007 [2006 publ. 5 June 2007] (Asclepiadaceae) Bidaria lacei (Craib) M.A.Rahman & WilcockBlumea 34(1): 100 (1989). (IK) (Asteraceae) Uechtritzia lacei (Watt) C.JeffreyKew Bull. xxi. 213 (1967), in obs. (IK) (Balsaminaceae) Impatiens lacei Hook.f.Hooker's Icon. Pl. 30: t. 2912. 1910 [1913 publ. January 1910] (IK) (Clusiaceae) Hypericum lacei N.RobsonBull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12(4): 258. 1985 (IK) (Cyperaceae) Fimbristylis lacei TurrillBull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911, 348. (IK) (Dryopteridaceae) Tectaria lacei HolttumKew Bull. 43(3): 482 (1988). 1988 (IF) (Elaeocarpaceae) Elaeocarpus lacei CraibBull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925, 23. (IK) (Ericaceae) Agapetes lacei CraibBull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913, 43. (IK) (Euphorbiaceae) Acalypha lacei Hutch.Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914. 381. (IK) (Fabaceae) Paraderris lacei (Dunn) AdemaBlumea 48(1): 138. 2003 (GCI) (Gentianaceae) Swertia lacei CraibBull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911, 191. (IK) (Gesneriaceae) Ornithoboea lacei CraibBull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913, 115. (IK) (Lamiaceae) Gomphostemma lacei MukerjeeNotes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 19: 305. 1938 (IK) (Magnoliaceae) Magnolia lacei (W.W.Sm.) FiglarProc. Internat. Symp. Fam. Magnoliac. 1998 22. 2000 (IK) (Orchidaceae) Platanthera lacei Rolfe ex DownieBull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925, 422. (IK) (Poaceae) Ischaemum lacei Stapf ex BorKew Bull. 1950, 187. 1950. (IK) (Polygalaceae) Polygala lacei CraibBull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1916, 260. (IK) (Primulaceae) Dionysia lacei (Hemsl. & Watt) S.ClayPresent-Day Rock Gard. 195. 1937 (Ranunculaceae) Delphinium lacei MunzJ. Arnold Arbor. xlix. 148. 1968. (IK) (Rosaceae) Cotoneaster lacei G.KlotzWiss. Zeitschr. Mart.-Luth. Univ. Halle, Math.-Nat. xv. (Neue oder Krit. Coton. Art.) 851. 1966. (IK) (Rubiaceae) Ixora lacei Bremek.J. Bot. 75: 172. 1937 (IK) (Scrophulariaceae) Wightia lacei CraibBull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913, 114. (IK) (Styracaceae) Parastyrax lacei W.W.Sm.Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 12: 232. 1920 (IK) (Tiliaceae) Grewia lacei J.R.Drumm. & CraibBull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911, 21. (IK)
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