Geoffrey Wood (botanist)

Geoffrey Howorth Spencer Wood (1927, Vowchurch, Herefordshire, England – 1957, Kuala Belait, Borneo (now Brunei)) was an English botanist.

He obtained an MA in botany and forestry from Oxford University in 1952.

[2] His main area of interest was trees in the family Dipterocarpaceae.

[1] He died in 1957 from injuries suffered in a fuel explosion on a botanical expedition in the Andulau Hills of Brunei.

[3] Wood named several plant species, including Hopea wyattsmithii and Shorea symingtonii.