Hopkins, Angus John Malcolm   (1948 - 2016)

Born in 1948; died on 24th July, 2016 on Magnetic Island, Queensland.

His funeral notice says: "recently of Magnetic Island, formerly of Canberra and Perth."

His herbarium specimens include a few from 1978, and most from 1982 in WA.

He is commemorated in the genus name: Angasomyrtus.
Angasomyrtus salina was described in 1985 by Trudgen and Keighery.
Originally thought to occur only in three restricted areas between Norseman and Esperance, but subsequently found as far west as 90 km east of Lake King.

Trudgen recalls:

"In 1977, Malcolm Trudgen, the co-author of this genus, was undertaking a field trip with Angas Hopkins, while the former was studying Baeckea. Trudgen, the passenger in the vehicle, saw what he thought was a new species and asked Hopkins to stop. He refused, but after some strong and persuasive words, relented and turned back to collect the supposed new Baeckea. It turned out to be a new genus and Trudgen decided to get his own back on Hopkins by using his first name as part of the genus name."
(pers. comm. Trudgen, 1992).

Source: Extracted from:
https://www.mytributes.com.au/notice/memorial-services/hopkins-angus-john-malcolm/4317414/
Pers. comm. Trudgen, 1992
Portrait Photo: 1982, image supplied to M.Fagg by Angus Hopkins.

Collecting localities for 'Hopkins, A.J.M.' from AVH (2024)

Data from 419 specimens