Rex Bertram Filson

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Rex Bertram Filson
Born1930 
Carpenter
  • lichenologist Edit this on Wikidata
    • Awards
    • Churchill Fellowship (1971) Edit this on Wikidata
    Academic career
    Institutions
    Author abbrev. (botany)Filson
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    Rex Bertram Filson (born 1930) is an Australian lichenologist who made major contributions to knowledge of lichens in Australia and Antarctica.

    Early in his career Filson worked as a carpenter in various places around Australia, and from 1961 to 1963 was employed as a carpenter by the Australian Antarctic Division. This was the start of his career as a lichenologist.

    In 1964, he was employed by the Royal Botanic Gardens. Employment with the Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey followed (1964–1988), first as a seed-collector and finally as senior botanist.

    Churchill Fellowship to compare northern hemisphere with Australian lichens.[2]
    The National Herbarium of Victoria holds the majority of Filson's collections, over 15,000 specimens, with duplicates distributed around Australian Herbaria including AD, BRI, CANB, HO, NSW and PERTH, with several in overseas herbaria such s MSK, GZU, F and UPS.[3] In 1975, Filson edited the exsiccata Lichenes Antarctici exsiccati.[4]

    Filson Nunatak in Antarctica is named in his honour,[5] as is the lichen genus Filsoniana.[6]

    Standard author abbreviation

    The standard author abbreviation Filson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]

    Selected taxa

    An advanced search of the Mycobank database shows that he authored some 90 fungi,[8] including:

    See also: Category:Taxa named by Rex Bertram Filson

    References

    1. ^ a b Walker, R. (1997). "Filson, Rex Bertram – Biographical entry – Encyclopedia of Australian Science". eoas.info. The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
    2. ^ Cohn, Helen (2009–2012). History of the National Herbarium of Victoria. Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. p. Appendix 2B.
    3. ^ "Filson Collections". The Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
    4. ^ "Lichenes Antarctici exsiccati: IndExs ExsiccataID=490585207". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
    5. ^ "Antarctica Detail: FILSON NUNATAK". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
    6. doi:10.1556/abot.55.2013.3-4.8
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    7. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Filson.
    8. ^ "Search for taxa with (author contains "Filson")". mycobank.org. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
    9. ^ "Index Fungorum – Names Record Buellia foecunda". indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
    10. ^ Filson, R.B. (1966). The lichens and mosses of Mac. Robertson Land. Vol. 82. Melbourne: Dept. of External Affairs Australia, Antarctic Division. p. 34.
    11. ^ a b "Mycobank: Cladia beaugleholei". mycobank.org. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
    12. Wikidata Q99857872
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    13. ^ "Mycobank: Xanthoparmelia elixii". mycobank.org. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
    14. Wikidata Q104215500
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