Roger Charles Carolin

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Roger Charles Carolin
Born (1929-10-15) 15 October 1929 (age 93) [1]
London, UK
NationalityAustralian
Education University of Sydney
(Ph.D. 1962) [2]
Scientific career
Fields Botany
Institutions University of Sydney
Author abbrev. (botany) Carolin
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Collecting locations in Australia

Roger Charles Carolin (born 1929) is a botanist, pteridologist and formerly an associate professor at Sydney University. [1] He was appointed as a lecturer in botany at the University of Sydney in 1955 [1] earned a Ph.D from Sydney University in 1962 with a thesis on the floral morphology of the campanales, [2] and retired as an associate professor in 1989. [1]

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Much of his research focussed on the Campanulales, in the particular the families, Brunoniaceae and Goodeniaceae. [1] He co-authored the Flora of the Sydney Region (various editions: 1972–1993), and served on the editorial Committees for the Flora of Central Australia and the Flora of Australia. Carolin was the principal author of Flora of Australia Vol. 35. Brunoniaceae, Goodeniaceae (1992). [1]

The standard author abbreviation Carolin is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name . [3]

Some plants authored

For a list of all plants authored by Carolin see International Plant Name Index. [5]
See also Category:Taxa named by Roger Charles Carolin

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<i>Wahlenbergia capillaris</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Goodenia bellidifolia</i> Species of plant

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<i>Goodenia gibbosa</i> Species of plant

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<i>Goodenia lunata</i> Species of plant

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<i>Goodenia pusilliflora</i> Species of plant

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Carolyn, Roger Charles (1929–). Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 Carolin, R.C. (1962) The floral morphology of the campanales sens. Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. International Plant Names Index.  Carolin.
  4. "Wahlenbergia communis". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  5. "Plants authored by Carolin". The International Plant Name Index. Retrieved 11 May 2019.