Norman Byrnes

Norman Brice Byrnes was born in Adelaide on 18 December 1922 and is an Australian botanist, specialising in taxonomy. He served in the Australian Defence Force during World War II[1] and following the war, in 1946 gained a Bachelor of Science from the University of Sydney.[2]

Byrnes worked in Darwin in the Northern Territory from 1966 to 1973 then began at the Queensland Herbarium. He specialised in the families Combretaceae and Myrtaceae and his plant collections are stored in the Queensland and Northern Territory herbaria.[3][4]

He is the author of A revision of Combretaceae in Australia[5] and of papers formally describing plants including Lophopetalum arnhemicum,[6] Melaleuca biconvexa,[7] Melaleuca punicea[8] and Verticordia verticillata.[9] The genus Neobyrnesia[10] and plant species including Goodenia byrnesii[11] and Grevillea byrnesii have been named in his honour.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Byrnes, Norman Brice". Returned & Services League of Australia SA Branch. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bachelors of Science" (PDF). University of Sydney. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Byrnes, Norman B.". Australian National Botanic Garden. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Byrnes, Norman Brice (1922-1998)". jstor Global Plants. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Byrnes, Norman Brice (1977). A revision of Combretaceae in Australia. Brisbane: Queensland Herbarium, Dept. of Primary Industries. ISBN 0724204342.
  6. ↑ Byrnes, Norman Brice (1971). "A new species of Lophopetalum (Celastraceae), a genus new for Australia". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96 (425): 85–86. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Melaleuca biconvexa". APNI. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Melaleuca punicea". APNI. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Verticordia verticillata". APNI. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  10. ↑ Armstrong, James; Powell, Jocelyn (14 March 1980). "Neobyrnesia (Rutaceae): a new genus endemic to Northern Australia". Telopea 1 (6): 399–408. doi:10.7751/telopea19803602.
  11. ↑ Carolin, Roger (12 April 1990). "Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae)". Telopea 3 (4): 517–570. doi:10.7751/telopea19904905.
  12. ↑ McGillivray, D.J. (1986). New names in Grevillea (Proteaceae). Castle Hill, N.S.W.: D.J. McGillivray. p. 3. ISBN 0731628977.
  13. ↑ "Author Query for 'Byrnes'". International Plant Names Index.

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