John Green (botanist)

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John William Green
Born	(1930-10-07) 7 October 1930 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Residence	Canberra, Australia
Citizenship	Australian
Fields	Botany
Institutions	Western Australian Herbarium University of New England Forest Research Institute Western Australian Herbarium
Known for	his plant taxa publications
Author abbreviation (botany)	J.W.Green

John William Green (born 10 July 1930 in Waverley, New South Wales) is an Australian botanist.

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, unitially 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:

Tersonia cyathiflora (Button Creeper)
Conostylis aculeata subsp. rhipidion
Conostylis argentea
Conostylis crassinerva
Conostylis deplexa
Conostylis teretifolia
Corynanthera
Corynanthera flava
Malleostemon
Malleostemon hursthousei
Malleostemon minilyaensis
Malleostemon pedunculatus
Malleostemon peltiger
Malleostemon roseus
Malleostemon tuberculatus
Micromyrtus barbata
Micromyrtus blakelyi
Micromyrtus fimbrisepala
Micromyrtus helmsii
Micromyrtus obovata
Micromyrtus serrulata
Micromyrtus sessilis
Micromyrtus striata
Micromyrtus stenocalyx
Thryptomene biseriata
Thryptomene cuspidata
Thryptomene decussata
Thryptomene longifolia
Thryptomene naviculata
Thryptomene nealensis
Thryptomene wittweri

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

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

References

↑ "Author Query for 'J.W.Green'". International Plant Names Index.

Hall, Norman (1978). Botanists of the Eucalypts. Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. ISBN 0-643-00271-5.
"Green, John W. (1930 - )". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2007-04-05.
Author Query Results and Plant Name Query Results for John Green (botanist) at the International Plant Names Index. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.

Persondata
Name	Green, John
Alternative names
Short description	Australian botanist
Date of birth	1930-10-07
Place of birth	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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