John Green (botanist)

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John William Green
Born (1930-10-07) 7 October 1930 (age 92)
CitizenshipAustralian
Known forhis plant taxa publications
Scientific career
Fields Botany
Institutions Western Australian Herbarium
University of New England
Forest Research Institute
Western Australian Herbarium
Author abbrev. (botany) J.W.Green

John William Green (born 10 July 1930) is an Australian botanist.

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Career

Green began his botanical career in 1954 as assistant botanist in the Western Australian Herbarium. He remained in that position until 1958, in his final year serving as botanical adviser to phytochemical surveys in the southwest. He then took up a position at the University of New England at Armidale, New South Wales until 1963, when he moved to Canberra, initially as an academic, and after 1966 as a researcher at the Forest Research Institute. In 1970 he moved to Ontario, Canada, taking up a post as professor at the Laurentian University.

In 1975, Green returned to Australia, taking on the post of curator to the Western Australian Herbarium. He held that position until 1987. During this time he oversaw the introduction of database systems for management of collections.

Plant taxa publications

Green has published a number of plant taxa, among which the following are still current:

He was also collector of the type specimen of Eucalyptus dolichorhyncha .

The standard author abbreviation J.W.Green is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [1]

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References

  1. International Plant Names Index.  J.W.Green.