Michael Clyde Hislop

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Michael Clyde Hislop (born 1955) is an Australian botanist based in Perth at the Western Australian Herbarium. [1] [2]

Career

Hislop specialises in the curation, identification and taxonomy of plants, [3] particularly the genus Styphelia which he recircumscribed with two other researchers. [4] He has also helped to identify and name numerous species found in the Pilbara, Goldfields and South-West of Western Australia. [2]

Grevillea hislopii was named in his honour. [5]

The standard author abbreviation Hislop is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [6]

Related Research Articles

<i>Styphelia marginata</i> Species of shrub

Styphelia marginata, commonly known as thick-margined leucopogon, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dwarf shrub with lance-shaped leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers.

<i>Grevillea hislopii</i> Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia

Grevillea hislopii is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dense, single-stemmed shrub with linear to narrow elliptic leaves and clusters of hairy, whitish-grey flowers.

Grevillea metamorpha is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to an area in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with three types of divided leaves, and clusters of white, silky-hairy flowers.

Styphelia tamminensis is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a slender shrub with many branches, overlapping triangular to egg-shaped leaves and white, tube-shaped flower arranged singly in upper leaf axils.

<i>Styphelia planifolia</i> Species of shrub

Styphelia planifolia is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a bushy shrub with narrowly oblong or lance-shaped leaves with a small, sharp point on the tip, and white, tube-shaped flowers.

<i>Styphelia stricta</i> Species of flowering plant

Styphelia stricta is a small plant in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia.

<i>Styphelia glaucifolia</i> Species of shrub

Styphelia glaucifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with linear, sharply-pointed leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers.

<i>Styphelia insularis</i> Species of plant

Styphelia insularis is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a rigid, scrubby shrub with many branches, linear or oblong leaves and tube-shaped, white flowers.

<i>Styphelia capillaris</i> Species of plant

Styphelia capillaris, commonly known as Horts' styphelia, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area of south-western Western Australia. It is a dense, spreading shrub with narrowly egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaves and white flowers arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils.

Styphelia angustiflora is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area near York, in the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, compact shrub with sharply-pointed, narrowly egg-shaped leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers.

Styphelia cernua is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white flowers arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils.

Styphelia chlorantha is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading shrub with erect, narrowly egg-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and green, tube-shaped flowers arranged singly in leaf axils.

<i>Styphelia acervata</i> Species of plant

Styphelia acervata is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dense, prostrate, mat-forming shrub with erect, narrowly egg-shaped leaves, and cream-coloured and greenish tube-shaped flowers.

Styphelia densifolia is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with erect branches, crowded, erect, oblong leaves 4–6.5 mm (0.16–0.26 in) long and striated on the lower surface, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged singly in upper leaf axils.

Styphelia disjuncta is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped to narrowly egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged singly in leaf axils.

<i>Styphelia erectifolia</i> Species of plant

Styphelia erectifolia is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with often wand-like, erect or ascending, usually softly-hairy branches and a thick, woody trunk. The leaves are linear, tapering to a short point, the edges turned down or rolled under and usually less than 12 mm (0.47 in) long. The flowers are red, and nearly sessile, with bracteoles about 2 mm (0.079 in) long at the base. The sepals are about 6.5 mm (0.26 in) long, the petal tube 8.6–11 mm (0.34–0.43 in) long with lobes 4 mm (0.16 in) long and bearded inside.

Styphelia inopinata is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is a robust, spreading shrub with hairy young branchlets and usually erect, narrowly elliptic, sharply-pointed leaves and reddish pink, very narrowly bell-shaped flowers, usually arranged singly in leaf axils.

Styphelia longissima is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a few places in the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy young branchlets, stem-clasping, sharply-pointed, narrowly egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers.

Styphelia oblongifolia is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an open or straggling shrub with erect, narrowly oblong leaves and pale yellow, tube-shaped flowers.

<i>Styphelia williamsiorum</i> Species of shrub

Styphelia williamsiorum is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, compact shrub with decussate, narrowly egg-shaped leaves, and deep purple, tube-shaped flowers with hairy lobes.

References

  1. "Hislop, Michael Clyde". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Michael Hislop—Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions". Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. "Plant Science and Herbarium Program". Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. Hislop, Michael; Crayn, Darren M.; Puente-Lelièvre, Caroline (5 February 2020). "A phylogenetic recircumscription of Styphelia (Ericaceae, Epacridoideae, Styphelieae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 33 (2): 137–168. doi:10.1071/SB18050. ISSN   1446-5701 . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  5. Olde, Peter M.; Marriott, Neil R. (21 August 2008). "Recognition of new taxa in Grevillea (Proteaceae: Grevilleoideae) from south-west Western Australia". Nuytsia - The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium. 18. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions: 225. doi:10.58828/nuy00474. ISSN   0085-4417 . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. International Plant Names Index.  Hislop.