Donald Frederick Blaxell
Donald Frederick Blaxell taxonomist.[1]
Blaxell worked at the
Orchidaceae and the genus Eucalyptus. He worked extensively with Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson through the 1960s completing descriptions of many species. He was also an avid collector, particularly Eucalyptus species, usually with Johnson or L D. Pryor.[2]
Blaxell was appointed as the Australian Botanical Liaison Officer at Kew Gardens between 1974 and 1975.[2]
In 2001, he was awarded an OAM in the Australia Day honours.[3]
K.D. Hill in 1992.[1]
Selected works
- Contributions from the New South Wales Herbarium
- The Orchids of Australia - the Eastern Temperate Zone, 1971
- Blaxell, D F. 1975. The Status of Schlechter's Specimens of Orchidaceae held at the National Herbarium of New South Wales - 2. New Caledonia, Celebes, Borneo, Sumatra, 1975. Telopea 1(1). S. 49–54
- Rotherham, E R; B G Briggs; D F Blaxell; R C Carolin. Australian Flora in Colour: Flowers and Plants of New South Wales and Southern Queensland. Together with E. R. Rotherham, B. G. Biggs und R. C. Carolin. Publisher: A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney 1975
- Notes on Australian Orchidaceae - a new combination in Liparis, 1978. Telopea 1(5). S. 357–358
- Type Specimens of Schlechter's Names in Orchidaceae at the Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques, Geneve, 1978. Telopea 1(5). S. 359–363
- A new Species of Stylidium (Stylidiaceae) from the Sydney Region, 1978. Together with M. M. Hindmarsh. Telopea 1(5). S. 365–370
- Flowers & Plants of New South Wales & Southern Queensland. Together with E. R. Rotherham, B. G. Briggs and R. C. Carolin. Publisher: Reed Books, Sydney 1979, 192 S., 556 farbige Abbildungen
- New Taxa and Combinations in Eucalyptus-4, 1980. Together with L. A. S. Johnson. Telopea 1(6). S. 395–397
- The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea. Incorporating the Figure Atlas. Together with R. S. Rogers, H. J. Katz und J. T. Sommons. Melbourne, Australian Orchid Foundation, Melbourne 1982.
References
- ^ a b "Blaxell, Donald Frederick (1934 - )". Biographical entry. Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Blaxell, Donald Frederick (1934– )". Biographical Notes. Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ Uniken (2001) 1: UNSW people honoured
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Blaxell.
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