Botanists of the Eucalypts
C. S. I. R. O., 166 pp. , $7.50, ISBN 0 643 00271 5
Botanical Studies
Botanists of the Eucalypts is a compilation of short biographies of people who have contributed to the taxonomy of our most conspicuous tree genus. The author is a retired member of the former CSIRO Forestry and Timber Bureau, where he worked extensively on eucalypts. He has prepared approximately 400 entries which collectively reveal the tremendous diversity of the people involved – professional botanists, amateur naturalists, gardeners, graziers, foresters, geologists, surveyors, explorers, anthropologists, doctors, men of the cloth, a postmaster and a police-trooper – all people able to travel and spend time out of doors. As well, the compilation includes people whose names have been commemorated even though they may have had little to do with the processes of collecting and describing new species.
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