Betty Komarek
A trained educator, botanist, and manager of prescribed burns and co-founder of Birdsong Nature Center, a model of biodiversity and environmental stewardship in the red hills of southwest Georgia.
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Doris Sinkora
Doris Sinkora was for 24 years a Technical Assistant at the National Herbarium of Victoria; appointed to undertake general curation duties, she soon developed an interest in algae that saw her become curator of those collections.
Dr Helen Ramsay
One of Australia’s foremost bryologists, focussing on cytology, taxonomy and distribution checklists, particularly of Bryaceae, Sematophyllaceae and Macromitrium
Helen Isobel Aston
Botanist recognised as an authority on Australian vascular aquatic plants.
Dr Gay E McKinnon
Australian botanist, geneticist and illustrator
Elizabeth Anne George
Australian botanist who published in 2002 her definitive study of the genus, with 100 paintings by Margaret Pieroni. In addition a reference collection of more than 1,400 herbarium specimens, assembled with the assistance of approximately 250 volunteers, was lodged with the Western Australian Herbarium.
Ilma Brewer
Ilma Brewer was Lecturer in Botany/Biology, University of Sydney 1963-1970 and Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences 1970-1978.
Enid Lucy Robertson
Enid Robertson was a systematic botanist whose roles at both the Waite Agricultural Research Institute and the Department of Botany at the University of Adelaide included as curator of their herbaria.
Dr Helen Hewson
Following PhD studies in the bryophyte family Aneuraceae and a number of years teaching at tertiary institutions, Helen Hewson played an integral role in the establishment and development of the Flora of Australia program of the Bureau of Flora and Fauna (later the Australian Biological Resources Study).
Gillian Perry
Gillian Perry was an internationally recognised authority on botanical nomenclature.