Stewart McPherson (geographer)

Stewart R. McPherson (born 1983) is a British geographer, field biologist, nature photographer, and writer.[1][2]

He studied at the University of Durham in England, the University of Tübingen in Germany, and Yale University in the United States.[1]

He is the author of around 20 volumes concerned with natural history, largely focusing on carnivorous plants:

McPherson has co-discovered a number of species (including the much publicised Nepenthes attenboroughii) and has formally described around 35 carnivorous plant taxa.[8] He is a member of the IUCN SSC Carnivorous Plant Specialist Group.[2] In September 2012 he became the first recipient of the David Given Award for Excellence in Plant Conservation.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Stewart McPherson receives new Plant Conservation Award. IUCN World Conservation Congress, September 13, 2012.
  3. Les, D.H. 2007. Book review: Pitcher Plants of the Americas, Stewart McPherson. PDF Aquatic Botany 87(3): 251–253. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.05.001
  4. McPherson, S. 2006. New carnivorous plant publication and conservation project. PDF Victorian Carnivorous Plant Society Inc. 81: 6–8.
  5. Bond, D. 2008. Lost Worlds of the Guiana Highlands. Victorian Carnivorous Plant Society Inc. 89: 14–15.
  6. Fay, M.F. 2011. Carnivorous plants and their habitats. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 165(4): 439–440. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01120.x
  7. 7.0 7.1 Rice, B. 2012. Book review. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 41(2): 83–87.
  8. Miles, J. 2012. Discovering a lost world of rat-eating plants in the Philippines. Friday, October 9, 2012.
  9. "Author Query for 'S.McPherson'". International Plant Names Index.