title: Nguyên Tiên Bân
text: # Nguyên Tiên Bân
  
  Nguyên Tiên Bân (born 1939) was a Vietnamese botanist, who worked principally at the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources in the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.
  
  ## Life
  
  Bân was a Professor and served as the Head of the Botany Department at the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources in Hanoi. He worked primarily on Annonaceae and Magnoliaceae.
  
  ## Legacy
  
  He is the authority for at least 97 taxa including: IPNI. List of plant names with authority Bân .
  
  