Emily Collins (botanist)

Elian Emily Collins (née Pemberton 4 September 1858 - c.1945) was an English botanist, naturalist and an early collector of plant specimens in Thailand.

[3] She was encouraged in her collecting efforts by Dr Arthur Francis George Kerr whom she met in Si Racha in September 1911.

Collins was recognised by him as one of two important collectors who supplied specimens to the Royal Botanical Gardens herbarium from the Si Racha area in Thailand.

As well as providing specimens, she sent photographs and information on common names and economic uses of local plants she collected and supplied Kew.

[1] Collins was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King's Birthday Honours List of 1938.

Actephila collinsiae Hunter ex Craib. Named in honour of Emily Collins. Gardenology.org [1]
Emily Collins at her home in Bangkok, wearing her MBE award. The house was bequeathed to the British Government and became for a while the British Embassy.