NAME

Laurie G. Adams

Former Staff Member

PERIOD AT CANBR

Employed by CSIRO 1962–1988. Remained at the Australian National Herbarium as an Honorary Research Fellow from 1988 until his death in 2014.

 
RESEARCH
INTERESTS

Taxonomy: Caryophyllaceae; Gentianaceae; Violaceae; Cyperaceae p.p.

Floristics : SE Australia, esp. montane and alpine

Plant nomenclature : ICBN; botanical Latin


SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS

L.G.Adams (1982): Viola (Violaceae), in Flora of Australia vol. 8; ABRS, Canberra

L.G.Adams (1987): Philydraceae, in Flora of Australia vol. 45; ABRS, Canberra.

L.G.Adams & J.B.Williams (1988): Gentiana sect. Chondrophyllae (Gentianaceae) in Australia; Telopea 3(2): 167–176.

L.G.Adams (1995): Chionogentias (Gentianaceae) … Revision of the Australian Species; Austr. Journ. Bot. 8: 935–1011.

L.G.Adams (1996): Gentianaceae, in Flora of Australia vol. 28; ABRS, Canberra.

L.G.Adams (1996): Caryophyllaceae p.p.maj., in N.G.Walsh & T.J.Entwistle (eds.) Flora of Victoria vol. 3: 228–271.


RESEARCH
PROJECTS

Taxonomy of Spergularia (Caryophyllaceae) in Australia.

Checklist for the vascular flora of the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding areas.



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