| Dr. C. Livingstone | |
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| Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Residence | India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Fields | Plant Taxonomy |
| Institutions | Madras Christian College |
| Alma mater | Madras Christian College, University of Madras |
Dr. Chrispus Livingstone (born January 29, 1949), is a botanist, educator and multifaceted person. Among his varied interests is the taxonomy of tropical plants, especially flora of Chennai, then Madras. He is perhaps best known for his book The flowering plants of Madras City and its immediate neighbourhood.
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Born in Kanya Kumari, Tamil nadu, He passed his SSLC from Arumanai high school, Kanya Kumari District and did P. U. C. in Scott Christian College, Nagercoil. He did B. Sc. in Alagappa Arts College, Karaikudi, Ramnad District. He came to Madras Christian College as a post graduate student, did M. Phil. Course in St. Joseph’s college, Tiruchi and Ph.D. from Botanical Survey of India.
He was Head of Department of Botany at Madras Christian College (2003–2007).[1][2][3][4] Dr. Livingstone was also course coordinator of Department of Microbiology (self-financed stream), MCC, Curator of MCC campus and president of Scrub Society.[5] He was warden of St. Thomas’ hall. He remained Director to MCC farm. He is Treasurer of Centre for Plants, People and Ecosystems, a NGO working field based research on knowledge systems related to plants, people and ecosystems.
He showed keen interest in studying the plants of MCC campus from the time he joined the Botany Department and this resulted in the publication of Campus Flora in 1978.[6] Under the district flora project of Botanical Survey of India, he investigated the flora of Chengalpattu District. His genuine interest in the study of flowering plants resulted in the publication of book on Flowering plants of Madras City and its immediate neighbourhood in 1994. He successfully guided 30 M. Phil. Scholars and 10 Ph. D. scholars. He has published number of articles both in national and international repute. He also published several books. Two newly discovered plants of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Aidia livingstonii Karthig et al. and Liparis livingstonii Jayanthi et al. are named in honour of Livingstone for his contributions to plant taxonomy. A species of whitefly namely Aleurocanthus livingstonii is also named after him. He is a life member of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy[7].
Some of his significant articles are published in Kew Bulletin, Current Science, Rheedea, Journal of Nature Conservation, Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany, etc.