Green, John William (1930 - )

Employed as Assistant Botanist in the Western Australian Herbarium by Charles Gardner (1954-1958) before taking up academic posts in Armidale, New South Wales (1958-1963), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (1963-1966) and Canada (1970-1975), plus a period at the Forest Research Institute, Canberra (1966-1970).

From 1975 to 1987 he returned to the Western Australian Herbarium as Curator, overseeing a period in which data-basing methods were introduced for collection management.

In 1987 it was decided that the Herbarium would move from Dept of Agricultutre to the newly created Dept of Consevation and Land Management (CALM). John Green was not attracted by this move and announched his retirement when the new arrangements were announced.

His research interests covered Conostylis, variation in Eucalyptus spp, and Myrtaceae of the Thryptomene group. His collections are housed in PERTH.

Source: Extracted from: A.E.Orchard (1999) A History of Systematic Botany in Australia, in Flora of Australia Vol.1, 2nd ed., ABRS.
R.Underwood, 'A Botanical Journey, The Story of the Western Australian Herbarium' (2011) p.133
Portrait Photo: 1977 George Chippendale collection held at ANBG

Collecting localities for 'Green, J.W.' from AVH (2021)

Data from 4,674 specimens