Specimens were collected for contemporary botanists, zoologists, and geologists. These subspecies, races, or populations, are usually described and named by zoologists, botanists and microbiologists. It also involved input from horticulturalists and botanists. This is because the botanists and the anthropologists did not always collaborate in their work. Merian became an important figure among Amsterdam's botanists, scientists and collectors. The two botanists, or "gardeners", were chosen by Banks. Most lexicographers, botanists, and biblical commentators translate "keneh bosem" as "cane balsam". Colonial botanists suggested that they should be cultivated. Some botanists historically treated some races as distinct species. They were of immense scientific value to British botanists. Many botanists, following Lindley in 1830, have treated the angiosperms as a division. The society facilitated their contact with the Australian scientific community, especially botanists. There are at least 24 species of "Cinchona" recognized by botanists. The heath's habitat was well known to early botanists. Succession theory was developed primarily by botanists.