John Dransfield
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| John Dransfield | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Botany Taxonomy Palm classification |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | J.Dransf. |
| Spouse | Soejatmi Dransfield |
John Dransfield (born 1945) is an honorary research fellow and former head of palm research at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom,[1] as well as being an authority on the phylogenetic classification of palms.
Dransfield has written or contributed to several books on palms, notably both the first and second editions of Genera Palmarum. The first edition was the standard reference for palm evolution and classification and the second edition, expanding on the original, is expected to achieve that same benchmark.[2]
In 2004, Dransfield was awarded the Linnean Medal,[3] an annual award given by the Linnean Society of London.
The genus Dransfieldia was named for him.
Selected works
- The typification of Linnean palms.International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature, 1979.[4]
- A manual of the rattans of the Malay Peninsula. By John Dransfield. Forest Dept., Ministry of Primary Industries, Malaysia, 1979.[5]
- The rattans of Sabah. By John Dransfield. Forest Dept. Sabah, 1984.[6]
- Palmae. By John Dransfield. Published on behalf of the East African Governments by Balkema, 1986.[7]
- Genera Palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr. By Harold E. Moore, Natalie W. Uhl and John Dransfield. L.H. Bailey Hortorium, 1987.[8]
- The palms of the New World: a conservation census. By John Dransfield, Dennis Victor Johnson and Hugh Synge. IUCN, 1988.[9]
- The rattans of Sarawak. By John Dransfield. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1992.[10]
- The palms of Madagascar. By John Dransfield and Henk Beentje. Royal Botanic Gardens and the International Palm Society, 1995.[11]
- Priority species of bamboo and rattan. By V. Ramanatha Rao and John Dransfield. Bioversity International, 1998.[12]
- Corybas west of Wallace's Line. By John Dransfield. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2000.[13]
- World checklist of palms. By Rafaël Govaerts and John Dransfield. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2005.[14]
- Field guide to the palms of Madagascar. By John Dransfield. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2006.[15]
- Field guide to the palms of New Guinea. By William J. Baker and John Dransfield. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2006.[16]
- Genera Palmarum: the evolution and classification of palms. By John Dransfield and Natalie W. Uhl. Kew Pub., 2008.[17] Received the 2009 Annual Literature Award of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries.[2]
See also
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