Green, John W. (1930 - )

Employed as Assistant Botanist in the Western Australian Herbarium by Charles Gardner (1954­1958) before taking up academic posts in Armidale, New South Wales (1958­1963), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (1963­1966) and Canada (1970­1975), plus a period at the Forest Research Institute, Canberra (1966­1970). From 1975 to 1987 he returned to the Western Australian Herbarium as Curator, overseeing a period in which data-basing methods were introduced for collection management. His research interests covered Conostylis, variation in Eucalyptus spp, and Myrtaceae of the Thryptomene group. His collections are housed in PERTH.

Extracted from: A.E.Orchard (1999) A History of Systematic Botany in Australia, in Flora of Australia Vol.1, 2nd ed., ABRS. [consult for source references]