A number of plant species are named after him, including Dipterocarpus kerrii, Kerriodoxa elegans, Loranthus kerrii, Nepenthes kerrii, Platanus kerrii, and Rafflesia kerrii.
The taxonomic name honors A.F.G. Kerr, who collected the first specimen on Ko Yao Yai in 1929.
The first known collection of N. chang was made by Arthur Francis George Kerr in 1929.
The first known collection of N. kerrii was made by Arthur Francis George Kerr in 1928.
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The specific epithet kerrii refers to Irish medical doctor Arthur Francis George Kerr, who made the first known herbarium collection of this species.
The first known collection of N. suratensis was made by Arthur Francis George Kerr in 1927.
The species is named after the Irish botanist A.F.G. Kerr (1877–1942), the first botanist to collect plants extensively in Thailand.
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A specimen was collected by Arthur Francis George Kerr 1910 in or 1911 in the Doi Suthep mountains west of Chiang Mai (Northern Thailand) at an altitude of 390 m above sea level.