A number of plant species are named after him, including Dipterocarpus kerrii, Kerriodoxa elegans, Loranthus kerrii, Nepenthes kerrii, Platanus kerrii, and Rafflesia kerrii.
Platanus | Platanus orientalis | Platanus kerrii | Rafflesia kerrii | Nepenthes kerrii | Dipterocarpus kerrii | Platanus occidentalis | Platanus × acerifolia |
It is divided into two sub-genera: the sub-genus Castaneophyllum J.-F. Leroy, 1982, with elliptical, penninerved leaves with small scarious, stipules, that only includes Platanus kerrii Gagnep., 1939, an isolated relict species that represents the genus’ evolutionary basal branch and which is a sister genus and is the sister group of the other species, including the sub-genus Platanus.