Allen Lowrie

Allen Lowrie (born 1948[1]) is a West Australian botanist. He is recognised for his expertise on the genera Drosera and Stylidium.[2][3]

Lowrie, originally a businessman and inventor, got in contact with the carnivorous flora of western Australia in the late sixties and worked on it as an amateur. As time went on, his hobby turned to a profession and Lowrie discovered and described numerous species (especially Drosera, Byblis and Utricularia), partly together with Neville Marchant. From 1987 to 1998 he published Carnivorous Plants of Australia in three volumes; a fourth is in the making.

Lowrie lives in Duncraig, a Perth suburb, is married and has two daughters.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Allen Lowrie bio" (in Czech). Czech Society of carnivorous plant growers [Česká společnost pěstitelů masožravých rostlin]. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Australian Government, Wongan Hills Triggerplant (Stylidium coroniforme) Interim Recovery Plan 2003-2008, accessed 21 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, Resources of Australian Herbaria: Western Australian Herbarium, accessed 21 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Author Query for 'Lowrie'". International Plant Names Index.


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