Stephen Hopper

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Stephen Donald Hopper

CEO of the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority for five. He is currently Foundation Professor of Plant Conservation Biology at The University of Western Australia. He was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 2006 to 2012.[2]

This botanist is denoted by the

author abbreviation Hopper when citing a botanical name.[3]

Honours

On 1 January 2001, the Australian government awarded Hopper the Centenary Medal for his "service to the community".[4] On 11 June 2012, Hopper was named a Companion of the Order of Australia for "eminent service as a global science leader in the field of plant conservation biology, particularly in the delivery of world class research programs contributing to the conservation of endangered species and ecosystems."[5]

Albany

In 2015, he moved to

Anigozanthus.[6]

Selected works

with Jane Sampson:

  • Endangered poison plants (1989)[8]

with Anne Taylor:

with Bert and Babs Wells:

  • Kangaroo paws and catspaws (1993)[10]

with illustrator Philippa Nikulinsky:

  • Soul of the Desert (2005)[11]
  • Life on the Rocks (2008)[12]
The standard author abbreviation Hopper is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Birthdays". The Guardian. 18 June 2014. p. 41.
  2. ^ "Director (CEO & Chief Scientist) – Professor Stephen D Hopper AC FLS FTSE". History & Heritage. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  3. ISBN 1-84246-085-4
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  4. ^ "Stephen Donald Hopper". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia – The Queen's Birthday 2012 Honours Lists" (PDF). Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia. 11 June 2012. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2012.
  6. ^ "'Heaven on Earth' in a botanist's garden". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 January 2016.
  7. ISBN 978-0-949324-66-5
  8. ^ Sampson, Jane; Hopper, Stephen; Rainbird, John; Western Australian Wildlife Research Centre (1989), Survey of endangered poison plants of Western Australia : field guide, Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management in association with the World Wildlife Fund Australia, retrieved 17 January 2016
  9. ISBN 978-0-644-07124-6
  10. ISBN 978-0-7309-5913-7
  11. ISBN 978-1-921064-06-7
  12. ISBN 978-1-921361-28-9
  13. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Hopper.
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