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 was Lecturer in Botany/Biology, University of Sydney 1963-1970 and Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences 1970-1978.
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.
Gillian Perry was an internationally recognised authority on botanical nomenclature.
Gladys Carey worked in the Department of Botany, University of Sydney and was the author of “Botany by Observation: A text-books for Australian schools” (Angus and Robertson 1941).
Jennifer Gardner was Curator of the Waite Arboretum at the University of Adelaide from 1986 to 2017. During this time she increased its collection of trees to over 2,200 species, improved public access, and established the Friends of the Waite Arboretum in 1994.
Ethel McLennan was Associate Professor of Botany at the University of Melbourne from 1931 to 1955, after having joined the staff in 1915. She specialized in mycology and plant pathology, being widely recognised and one of Australia’s leaders in these fields.
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).
Isabel Cookson was Research Fellow in Botany, University of Melbourne 1952-1959. She was world renowned for her research which included fossil plant studies.
Eileen Ramsay was an enthusiastic Australian plant collector who for 20 years from 1949 collected specimens in the Mallee in north-western Victoria.