John Carrick (botanist)
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John Carrick | |
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Born | 14 June 1914 Glasgow, Scotland |
Died | 4 January 1978 Adelaide, South Australia | (aged 63)
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Carrick |
John Carrick (14 June 1914 โ 4 January 1978) was a botanist and the author of a number of plant names. He was born in Glasgow and died in Australia. He worked at the University of Malaya from 1952 to 1967 and then became a botanist at the South Australian State Herbarium.[1][2]
The mintbush, Prostanthera carrickiana was named in his honour.[3]
References
- ^ Desmond, Ray & Ellwood, Christine (1997), "Carrick, John (1914โ1978)", Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists, London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum, p. 134, ISBN 978-0-85066-843-8, retrieved 8 December 2015
- ^ "IPNI Author Query Results for Carrick", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 8 December 2015
- ^ Conn, Barry J. (1987). "A new Western Australian species of Prostanthera section Klanderia (Labiatae)". Muelleria. 6 (5): 371โ374. doi:10.5962/p.171884. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ International Plant Names Index, Carrick
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