Haegi, Laurence (Laurie) Arnold Robert   (1952 - )

Laurie Haegi did a batchelor of Science at Adelaide University 1970-73.

He undertook a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), in Systematic and Evolutionary Biology at Flinders University of South Australia, 1976-1983.

He was employed by the State Herbarium of South Australia in the 1970s and later became a Deputy Director the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.

He was a major contributor to the first published volume of the Flora of Australia in 1981, Volume 29, Solanaceae.

His major interests include:
- Hakea (Proteaceae, with Robyn and Bill Barker)
- various genera of Solanaceae with Australian representatives (especially Anthocercideae)
- various genera of Compositae with Australian representatives.
- the flora of the North Flinders Ranges.

He was Regional Conservator, Adelaide Region for the SA Government, Jan 2003 - Dec 2010.

He became an Honorary Research Associate, at the State Herbarium of South Australia since 2012.

Source: Extracted from: pers. com. M.Fagg; LinkedIn 2023;
https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/JABG30P053_Haegi.pdf
Portrait Photo: https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/JABG30P053_Haegi.pdf

Collecting localities for 'Haegi, L.' from AVH (2023)

Data from 5,485 specimens