| Name | Howcroft, Neville Henry Simco | 
| Date of birth | 1938  | 
| Remarks |  [author note: PNG Forest Authority; New Guinea orchids (especially Spathoglottis), Araucariaceae;; Col. at: K, LAE, PNG] [collector note: Col. at: K, LAE, PNG; duplicates might have been widely distributed] | 
| ASA Botanist ID | 147798 botanist | 
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/e918245e-b958-48c1-8f70-cc582ed63371 | 
| Variant name | Neville Henry Simco Howcroft | 
| Author name | Howcroft | 
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Howcroft | 
| Standard/Label Name | N. H. S. Howcroft | 
| Full Name | Howcroft, Neville Henry Simco | 
| Geography Author | Papua New Guinea | 
| Geography Collector | Australia (Country),  Fiji,  Papua New Guinea | 
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes | 
| Specialty Collector | Phanerogams | 
| Citation as Author |  Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | 
| Citation as Author | pers. comm. from the author  | 
| Citation as Collector | pers. comm.  | 
| Member of teams/groups |  | 
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by N. H. S. Howcroft | 
| Collections in | 1967 (1),  1975 (1),  1978 (1) | 
| Collector Teams: | N. H. S. Howcroft & W. N. Takeuchi  W. N. Takeuchi, D. Ama & N. H. S. Howcroft  M. J. S. Sands, G. A. Pattison, Jeffr. J. Wood & N. H. S. Howcroft   | 
| Author Teams: | Howcroft & W. N. Takeuchi   |