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Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators (P-Q)

 1700s – 2000

Based on the list  published by J.H. Willis, D. Pearson, M.T. Davis, and J.W. Green, Western Australian Herbarium Research Notes Number 12, August 1986.
Enhanced with information from George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA.

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Surnames (Family names) starting with:
A     B     C     D     E     F     G     H     I     J     K     L     M     N     O     P-Q     R     S     T     U-V     W     X-Y-Z

PADDISON, Arthur

1867/68–1952

Schoolmaster and plant collector, NSW

notes

 

PAGAN, William

1850-1924

Railways engineer and Commissioner, QLD

notes

 

PAINE, Roland

fl. 1960s

Speleologist, author

 

 

PAINTER, R.G.

 

 

 

 

PALMER, Mrs

fl.1861-65

Collected algae for Mueller in TAS

 

 

PALMER, C.B.

fl. 1930s

Agrostologist

 

 

PALMER, Edward

1833-?1899

 

 

 

PALMER, Jean, Miss

fl. 1960s-80s

 

 

 

PALMER, Jo

fl. 1990s-2000s

Herbarium botanist, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT

 

 

PALMER, Patricia Ann*

1933-

Stenographer, orchidologist photographer

 

 

PALMERSTON, Christie

1850-1893

Explorer, prospector, trail-maker, collector, bushman, QLD

notes

portrait

PALMIE, E.

 

 

 

 

PALMER, Jo

fl. 1990s-2000s

Herbarium botanist, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT

 

 

PALSER, Barbara Frances*

1916-2008

American university botanist, Ericaceae, USA, NZ, AUST

notes

 

PANCHER, Jean Armand Isidore

1814-1877

collected plants in the Pacific for Jean Jules Linden in Brussels during the years 1874-1877

 

 

PANT, D.D., Dr

fl. 1950-2001

Palynologist, cycad specialist

 

 

PANTON, Joseph Anderson

1831-1913

Scottish-born Australian magistrate and goldfields commissioner, VIC

notes

portrait

PARBERY, Ian P.

fl. 1990

Fungi, Armidale Uni Herbarium, NSW

 

 

PARET, W.

 

 

 

 

PARHAM, John W

fl. 1960s-70s

Botanist, author

 

 

PARKE, E.C. Mrs

fl.1889

Collected for Mueller at Aireys Inlet, VIC

 

 

PARKER, Madeleine Ousby
[= RANKIN, Madeleine Ousby]

fl. 1973-84

Botanist with Commonwealth and NT governments, agronomist, NT

 

 

PARKER, R. Mrs

fl. 1862

Collected for Mueller in Sydney, NSW.

 

 

PARKER, Stephen

fl. 1970s

Herbarium assistant, CBG Canberra, Wolongong, ACT, NSW

 

portrait

PARKIN, L.W.

fl. 1950s

Geologist, paleobotanist

 

 

PARKINSON, E. Miss

fl. 1892

Collected for Mueller in Wimmera, VIC

 

 

PARKINSON, Sydney

?1745-1771

Draper, botanical artist, early voyage, NSW

notes

 portrait

PARR-SMITH, Geoffrey A., Dr

fl. 1980s

Botanist

 

 

PARRIS Barbara S. Dr (also as CROXALL, B.S.)

fl. 1970-90s

Pteridologist

 

portrait

PARRIS, Margaret Jean*

1915-

Ecologist

 

 

PARROT, R.

fl. 1872

 

 

 

PARSONS, Murray Jury, Dr*

1941-2011

Botanist, phycologist, Adelaide 1960s-70s later New Zealand, SA, NZ

notes

portrait

PARSONS, Robert Frederick, Dr*

1941-

Plant ecologist

 

 

PARTRIDGE, Alan, Dr

fl. 1980

Palynologist

 

 

PARTRIDGE, T.B.

fl. 1920-30

 

 

 

PASCOE, Ian Gregory

1949-

Director Burnley Herbarium (VPRI), native fungi specialist, VIC

 

 

PASTORIZA-PINOL, John 1975- Botanical artist/illustrator, Vic    

PATACZEK, Wolfgang Franz

1932-

Forestry officer

 

 

PATERSON, Betsy Rivers (later Betsy JACKES)

1935-

Australian botanist, researcher, taxonomist and author, NSW, QLD

notes

portrait

PATERSON, G.

fl. 1881

 

 

 

PATERSON, Helen

fl. 1930

Palaeobotanist

 

 

PATERSON, William

1755--1810

Lieut.-Governor, soldier, explorer, horticulturist, NSW

notes

portrait

PATON, David John

1891-1941

Pharmacist in Bendigo, VIC

notes

 

PATON, Hugh

 

Lichen collector

 

 

PATON, J.

fl. 1913

 

 

 

PATRICK, Susan J.

1944-

Herbarium botanist, ecologist, WA

 

portrait

PATRIS

 

 

 

 

PATTERSON, R.H.

 

Arboriculturist

 

 

PATTERSON, Thomas H.

fl. 1916-33

 

 

 

PATTON, Reuben Thomas, Dr

1883-1962

Eucalyptologist, ecologist, palaeobotanist

 

 

PATULLO, Capt.

 

 

 

 

PATY, Dorothy English

1805-1836

Wildflower painter, NSW

notes

 

PAUL, Gaylene

fl. 1980S

Botanical artist

 

 

PAULSON, Anne (also as Mrs H. PAULSON)

1809-1866

Collected for Mueller in VIC

notes

 

PAUST, S., see DOWNES

 

 

 

 

PAYNE, Christine Lillian*

1949-

Botanical artist, associated with RBG Sydney, based in NSW

notes

portrait

PAYNE, William H. (Bill)

1926-2005

Electrical engineer, photographer, Australian Plants editor, horticulturalist, NSW

notes

portrait

PEACOCK, R.W.

fl. 1900-10

 

 

 

PEACOCK, William James (Jim), Dr

1937-

Molecular biologist, USA, CSIRO, Chief Scientist, ACT

notes

portrait

PEACOCKE, Lance Beresford

1884-1972

Forrester, land inspector, NSW

notes

 

PEARCE, Roy Dent

1921-1995

Herbarium assistant, Waite Institute, Adelaide (ADW), Nicotiana, SA

notes

 portrait

PEARCEY, F.G.

 

Lichenologist

 

 

PEARSON, A.J.

 

 

 

 

PEARSON, B.

fl. 1909

Lichen collector

 

 

PEARSON, Daphne

1911-2000

Horticulturalist, bibliographer (this list)

 

 

PEARSON, William Henry

1849--1923

Hepaticologist, yarn agent

 

 

PECHEY, Dr

 

 

 

 

PEDLER, Rosemary

 

Botanical illustrator, artist, author, farmer at Koolunga, Flinders Ranges, SA

 

 

PEDLEY, Carole

1940-

?Botanist

 

 

PEDLEY, Leslie*

1930–2018

Herbarium botanist, Acacia specialist, QLD

notes

portrait

PEIPERS, Dr Friedrich Heinrich Adolph

1844–1907

Medical doctor; collected for Mueller near Lake Austin, WA

 

 

PELLOE, Emily Harriet, Mrs

1878-1941

Naturalist, author, wildflower painter, WA

notes

portrait

PENFOLD, Arthur Ramon

1890-1980

Museum director, eucalypt chemist, plant collector, NSW

notes

portrait

PENROSE, L.S.

 

 

 

 

PENTZCHE [PENTZKE], Theodor

 

 

 

 

PERCIVAL, Dr

fl. 1889

 

 

 

PERCIVAL, Mary S., Mrs (née MARTIN)

fl. 1930s-65

 

 

 

PERKINS, Arthur James

1871-1944

 

 

 

PEROUSE, Jean-Francois de G. de la

1741-1788

French naval commander, explorer, NSW

notes

 

PERRAUX brothers

 

 

 

 

PERRIER, G., Miss

 

 

 

 

PERRIN, E., Mrs

 

 

 

 

PERRIN, Florence, Mrs

1883-1952

Phycologist

 

 

PERRlN, George Samuel

1849-1900

Forester, SA, TAS, VIC

notes

 

PERROT

 

 

 

 

PERROTT, R.T.

fl. 1871

 

 

 

PERRY, Gillian, Mrs*

1943-2011

Herbarium botanist, weeds, nomenclature, WA

notes

portrait

PERRY, N.

 

 

 

 

PERRY, Rayden Alfred

1925-2004

Research scientist, botanist, collector (CSIRO), WA, NT, QLD, ACT

notes

portrait

PERRY, William

 

Plumber, naturalist

 

 

PERSIEH, W. Anthony

1826-

Druggist, surveyor

 

 

PESCOTT, Edward Edgar

1872-1954

Teacher, naturalist, author, botanist, VIC

notes

 

PESCOTT, Richard Thomas Martin

1905-1986

Entomologist, author, Gardens Director

 

 

PETERS, Christian

fl. 1829

 

 

 

PETERSON, F.A.

fl. 1953

 

 

 

PETRIE, A.H.K.

 

Forester

 

 

PETRIE, Donald

1846-1925

 

 

 

PETRIE, Walter Rollo

1875-

Forester

 

 

PETTIGREW, William

1825-1906

Surveyor, timber merchant

 

 

PHARO, Emma

fl. 2020s

see LITTLE, Emma

notes

 

PHILLIP, Arthur, Capt.

1738-1814

Governor of NSW

 

portrait

PHILLIPS, Marie Elizabeth, (Betty)

1917 - 1976

Botanist, ecologist, Kosciuszko, CBG herbarium curator, NSW, ACT

 notes

portrait

PHILLIPS, Gary Douglas

1940-

Surveyor

 

 

PHILLIPS, Jenifer (Jenny)

1949-

Melbourne botanical artist, art teacher, VIC

notes

portrait

PHILLIPS, Ninon, Miss

 

Photographer

 

 

PHILLIPS, William

1803-1871

Schoolmaster

 

 

PHILLIPSON

 

 

 

 

PHIPS, E.

fl. 1895

 

 

 

PICKARD, John

1944-

Botanist, ecologist, Sydney herbarium, NSW

 

portrait

PICKERING, Charles

180-5-1878

 

 

 

PIDGEON, Ilma M.

fl. 1935-51

Botanist

 

 

PIERONI, Margaret

1936-

Wildflower illustrator and herbarium collector, WA

notes

portrait

PIKE, Dale Christine, Mrs, (née CARGILL*)

1957-

Cryptogam botanist, herbarium curator, liverworts, VIC, ACT

notes

portrait

PIKE, John Howard

1947-2013

Horticulturist at ANBG Canberra, Banks Centre, seed bank, SGAP, ACT

 

 

PIKE, K.M., see McWHAE

 

 

 

 

PINK, James

fl. 1881

 

 

 

PINK, Olive Muriel

1884-1975

Anthropologist, flora reserve manager, NT

notes

portrait

PIRIE, Michael David

1977-

Grass, Ericaceae phylogenist, 2005 in Aust. UK, TAS,VIC, NSW

notes

portrait

PIRON, [?Nicholas]

fl. 1791-1797

French botanical artist, Paris

notes

 

PITCHER, Frederick

1856-1935

Horticulturist, botanist at Melbourne Botanic Gardens, fern specialist, VIC.

notes

 

PLANT, Charles Frederic[k]

1843-1932

Prospector, mine manager, Charters Towers area, QLD

notes

 

PLASTRIER, C.M. Le, see LE PLASTRIER

 

 

 

 

PLAYFAIR, George Israel

1871-1922

Botanist, phycologist

 

 

PLAYFORD, Geoffrey, Dr

fl. 1960-85

Palynologist

 

 

PLEE, Auguste

1787-1825

French botanist, illustrator, engraver, Paris

notes

 

PLEE, Francois

fl. 1812-1864

French engraver (son of Auguste), Paris

notes

 

PLEE, Victoire

fl. 1804-1835

Engraver (son of Auguste)

 

 

PLOMLEY, N.J.S.

fl. 1880S

 

 

 

POCKET, Thomas William

1857-1952

 

 

 

PODENZANA, G.

fl. 1891-93

 

 

 

PODGER, Francis Denis

1933-

Forest pathologist, ACT, WA

notes

 

PODT, Emil

c. 1870s

Illustrator

 

 

PODWYSZYNSKI, Anita Miriam (see BARLEY, A.M.)

1955-

Botanical artist, Melbourne, VIC

notes

 

POISSON, J.

 

 

 

 

POITEAU, Pierre-Antoine

1766-1834

French gardener, botanist, botanical artist, Paris

notes

 

POLAK, Joseph

fl. 1880s

 

 

 

POLLACK

fl. 1882

 

 

 

POLLARD, W.

fl. 1882

 

 

 

POLLOCK, Alexander Buchanan (Sandy)

1980s-2020s

Herbarium botanist, mapper, ranger, VIC, QLD

notes

portrait

POLLOCK, N.A.R.

 

 

 

 

POOK, Eddie

fl. 1960s

From NZ, worked in Ted Moore's CSIRO Ecology unit, ACT

 

 

PORTER, Donald A.

fl. 1855

 

 

 

POTTS, J.W.

 

 

 

 

POULTON, Dr

 

 

 

 

POULTON, G.J.

fl. 1886

 

 

 

POWELL, B.L., see RYE

 

 

 

 

POWELL, David A.

 

 

 

 

POWELL, Jocelyn Marie, Dr

1939-

Botanist, palynologist, editor

 

 

POWELL, Thomas, Rev.

1803-1887

Lichenologist

 

 

POWELL, Walter

fl. 1881-82

 

 

 

POWNALL, Elizabeth Ellen

1910-

School teacher, maths tutor, VIC

notes

 

PRAGER

 

 

 

 

PRATLEY

fl. 1900-04

 

 

 

PREISS, Johann August Ludwig

1811-1883

Botanist, plant collector, WA

notes

 

PRENTICE, Charles Brightly

1820-1894

Botanist, writer, surgeon

 

 

PRESCOTT, Ann, Miss

fl. 1980s

Botanist

 

 

PRESTON, Margaret Rose,   (née McPherson)

1875-1963

Artist, used Australian flowers as a common theme, NSW

notes

 portrait

PRICE, D.

fl. 1948

Botanist

 

 

PRICE, Ian R., Dr*

1940-

Botanist, phycologist

 

 

PRICE, J.S., Rev.

fl. 1872

 

 

 

PRIES, Amelia Matilda Richarson,  (Mrs BUNBURY)

1863-1956

Collected for Mueller in WA

notes

portrait

PRIES, Arthur Robert

1850-1908

Collected for Mueller in WA

 

 

PRIES, Edward Adolphus

1852-1916

Collected for Mueller in WA

 

 

PRIES, Elime, Miss

fl. 1896

 

 

 

PRIES, Matilda,   (née PEEK/PECK)

1825-1919

Collected for Mueller in WA

notes

 

PRIES, Robert Ferdinand

1821-1905

Collected for Mueller in WA

 

 

PRIEST, Maude

fl. 1940s

Botanical illustrator

notes

 

PRIME, H.

fl. 1897

 

 

 

PRINSEP, Henry

 

Naturalist

 

 

PRIOR, Guy Percival Underdown

1872-1950

Medical doctor, SA, Fiji, NSW

notes

 

PRITCHARD, G.B., Dr

fl. 1892-1944

Palaeontologist

 

 

PRITZEL, Ernest George

1875-1946

German phytogeographer, taxonomist, WA

notes

 

PROBER, Suzanne Mary

1964-

Botanist ecologist, ACT, WA

notes

portrait

PROWSE, Anne, Louise

1953-

Botaical illustrator for Mike Crisp's pea flowers, Canberra, 1980, ACT

 

 

PRYOR, Lindsay Dixon, Prof.*

1915-1998

Forest botanist, eucalyptologist, Parks and Gardens Director, ACT

notes

portrait

PULLEINE, Robert Henry

1869-1935

Naturalist

 

 

PULLEN, Royal (Roy)

1925-2009

CSIRO botanist, quarantine officer, PNG, ACT

notes

portrait

PULLEY, Jean

fl.1970

Botanist, Canberra Botanic Gardens Herbarium, ACT

 

 

PURDIE, Alexander

1859-1905

Orchidologist, author, NZ, NSW, WA

notes

 

PURDIE, Rosemary Winifred, Dr

1947-

Ecologist, flora writer, botanist, vouchers for plant photos, QLD, ACT

notes

portrait

PURNELL, H.M., see I.EE

fl. 1954

Botanist

 

 

PURSS, G.S.

fl. 1974

Botanist

 

 

PUTTOCK, C.F.

 

 

 

 

PYE, John

1782-1874

English botanical engraver, UK

notes

 

PYE, Hugh

1860-1942

School Principal, agriculturist

 

 

QUAIFE, W.F.

 

 

 

 

QUELLE, Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann

1876-1963

 

 

 

QUIRKE, J., Dr

fl. 1970s

Botanist

 

 

QUOY [QYOI], Jean Rene Constant

1790-1869

Surgeon, biologist

 

 

 

Surnames (Family names) starting with:
A     B     C     D     E     F     G     H     I     J     K     L     M     N     O     P-Q     R     S     T     U-V     W     X-Y-Z


* = information contributed by the collector/illustrator themselves (to Willis et al) pre 1986

^^ = information from: George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA.


Last Updated on 14 April, 2023 by CHAH webmaster (cpbr-info@anbg.gov.au)