Woon Young Chun – Neglected Science

Woon Young Chun or Huanyong Chen, Chinese botanist (Hong Kong 22 July 1890 – 18 January 1971)

From Cuban mother

Cathaya 1962 with Kuang (Pinaceae)

Cathayanthe 1946 (Gesneriaceae)

Malania 1980 with Lee (Olacaceae)

Merrillanthus 1941 with Tsiang (Asclepiadaceae)

Peiantha 1982 with Chen (Lamiaceae)

Raphiocarpus 1946 (Gesneriaceae)

Tengia 1946 (Gesneriaceae)

Zenia 1946 (Fabaceae)

Species

478 new species

Chunia Chang 1948 (Hamamelidaceae)

Chuniophoenix Burret 1937 (Arecaceae)

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