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| PADDISON, Arthur | 1867/68–1952 | Schoolmaster and plant collector, NSW | 
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| PAGAN, William | 1850-1924 | Railways engineer and Commissioner, QLD | 
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| PAINE, Roland | fl. 1960s | Speleologist, author | 
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| PAINTER, R.G. | 
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| PALMER, Mrs | fl.1861-65 | Collected algae for Mueller in TAS | 
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| PALMER, C.B. | fl. 1930s | Agrostologist | 
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| PALMER, Edward | 1833-?1899 | 
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| PALMER, Jean, Miss | fl. 1960s-80s | 
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| PALMER, Joanne (Jo) | 1960- | Herbarium botanist, CSIRO, Amaranthaceae, ACT | |||
| PALMER, Patricia Ann* | 1933- | Stenographer, orchidologist photographer | 
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| PALMERSTON, Christie | 1850-1893 | Explorer, prospector, trail-maker, collector, bushman, QLD | |||
| PALMIE, E. | 
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| PANCHER, Jean Armand Isidore | 1814-1877 | collected plants in the Pacific for Jean Jules Linden in Brussels during the years 1874-1877 | 
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| PANNELL, Caroline Mary | 1955- | Botanist, Oxford Uni, Meliaceae, seed dispersal, UK | 
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| PANT, D.D., Dr | fl. 1950-2001 | Palynologist, cycad specialist | 
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| PANTON, Joseph Anderson | 1831-1913 | Scottish-born Australian magistrate and goldfields commissioner, VIC | |||
| PARBERY, Ian P. | fl. 1990 | Fungi, Armidale Uni Herbarium, NSW | 
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| PARET, W. | 
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| PARHAM, John Willoughby | 1929-2002 | NZ-born botanist, flora writer, Pacific, Fiji, Qld, TAS | 
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| PARKE, E.C. Mrs | fl.1889 | Collected for Mueller at Aireys Inlet, VIC | 
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| PARKER, Madeleine Ousby | fl. 1973-84 | Botanist, Commonwealth and NT governments, agronomist, 1,273 specimens, NT | 
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| PARKER, R. Mrs | fl. 1862 | Collected for Mueller in Sydney, NSW. | 
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| PARKER, Stephen | fl. 1970s | Herbarium assistant, CBG Canberra, Wolongong, ACT, NSW | 
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| PARKIN, L.W. | fl. 1950s | Geologist, paleobotanist | 
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| PARKINSON, E. Miss | fl. 1892 | Collected for Mueller in Wimmera, VIC | 
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| PARKINSON, Sydney | ?1745-1771 | Draper, botanical artist, early voyage, NSW | |||
| PARR-SMITH, Geoffrey A., Dr | fl. 1980s | Botanist | 
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| PARRIS Barbara S. Dr (also as CROXALL, B.S.) | fl. 1970-90s | Pteridologist | 
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| PARRIS, Margaret Jean* | 1915-1999 | Ecologist, east-coast Aust, NSW | 
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| PARROT, R. | fl. 1872 | 
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| PARSONS, Murray Jury, Dr* | 1941-2011 | Botanist, phycologist, Adelaide 1960s-70s later New Zealand, SA, NZ | |||
| PARSONS, Robert Frederick (Bob)* | 1941-2025 | University plant ecologist and conservationist, VIC | |||
| PARSONS, William Thomas | 1928- | Weed authority, author, VIC | 
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| PARTRIDGE, Alan, Dr | fl. 1980 | Palynologist | 
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| PARTRIDGE, T.B. | fl. 1920-30 | 
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| PASCOE, Ian Gregory | 1949- | Director Burnley Herbarium (VPRI), native fungi specialist, VIC | 
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| PASTORIZA-PINOL, John | 1975- | Botanical artist, Melbourne, VIC | |||
| PATACZEK, Wolfgang Franz (Wally) | 1932-2009 | Czech-born forester, plant collector, TAS | 
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| PATERSON, Betsy Rivers (later Betsy JACKES) | 1935- | Australian botanist, researcher, taxonomist and author, NSW, QLD | |||
| PATERSON, G. | fl. 1881 | 
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| PATERSON, Helen | fl. 1930 | Palaeobotanist | 
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| PATERSON, William | 1755--1810 | Lieut.-Governor, soldier, explorer, horticulturist, NSW | |||
| PATON, David John | 1891-1941 | Pharmacist in Bendigo, VIC | 
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| PATON, Hugh | 
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| PATON, J. | fl. 1913 | 
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| PATRICK, Susan J. | 1944- | Herbarium botanist, ecologist, ACT, WA | |||
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| PATTERSON, R.H. | 
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| PATTERSON, Thomas H. | fl. 1916-33 | 
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| PATTON, Reuben Thomas, Dr | 1883-1962 | Eucalyptologist, ecologist, palaeobotanist | 
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| PATULLO, Capt. | 
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| PATY, Dorothy English | 1805-1836 | Wildflower painter, NSW | 
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| PAUL, Gaylene | fl. 1980S | Botanical artist | 
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| PAULSON, Anne (also as Mrs H. PAULSON) | 1809-1866 | Collected for Mueller in VIC | 
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| PAUST, S., see DOWNES | 
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| PAYNE, Christine Lillian* | 1949- | Botanical artist, associated with RBG Sydney, based in NSW | |||
| PAYNE, William H. (Bill) | 1926-2005 | Electrical engineer, photographer, Australian Plants editor, horticulturalist, NSW | |||
| PEACOCK, R.W. | fl. 1900-10 | 
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| PEACOCK, William James (Jim), Dr | 1937- | Molecular biologist, USA, CSIRO, Chief Scientist, ACT | |||
| PEACOCKE, Lance Beresford | 1884-1972 | Forrester, land inspector, NSW | 
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| PEAKALL, Rod | fl.1980s- | University orchid researcher, professor, WA, NSW ACT | |||
| PEARCE, Roy Dent | 1921-1995 | Herbarium assistant, Waite Institute, Adelaide (ADW), Nicotiana, SA | |||
| PEARCEY, F.G. | 
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| PEARSON, A.J. | 
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| PEARSON, B. | fl. 1909 | Lichen collector | 
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| PEARSON, Joan Daphne Mary (Daphne) | 1911-2000 | War hero, Kew florist, horticulturist, author, UK, VIC. | |||
| PEARSON, William Henry | 1849--1923 | Hepaticologist, yarn agent | 
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| PECHEY, Dr | 
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| PEDLER, Rosemary | 
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| PEDLEY, Carole | 1940- | ?Botanist | 
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| PEDLEY, Leslie* | 1930–2018 | Herbarium botanist, Acacia specialist, QLD | |||
| PEIPERS, Dr Friedrich Heinrich Adolph | 1844–1907 | Medical doctor; collected for Mueller near Lake Austin, WA | 
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| PELLOE, Emily Harriet, Mrs | 1878-1941 | Naturalist, author, wildflower painter, WA | |||
| PENFOLD, Arthur Ramon | 1890-1980 | Museum director, eucalypt chemist, plant collector, NSW | |||
| PENROSE, L.S. | 
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| PENTZKE, Theodor [also PENTZCHE etc] | c.1828- | German-born farmer, plant collector, north QLD | 
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| PERCIVAL, Dr | fl. 1889 | 
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| PERCIVAL, Mary S., Mrs (née MARTIN) | fl. 1930s-65 | 
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| PERKINS, Andrew J. | fl.1990-2020 | Herbarium botanist, orchid enthusiast, NSW, WA | |||
| PERKINS, Arthur James | 1871-1944 | Egyptian-born agricultural scientist and viticulturist, SA | 
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| PEROUSE, Jean-Francois de G. de la | 1741-1788 | French naval commander, explorer, NSW | 
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| PERRAUX brothers | 
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| PERRIER, G., Miss | 
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| PERRIN, E., Mrs | 
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| PERRIN, Florence | 1884-1952 | Naturalist, climber, algae collector, author, artist, TAS | 
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| PERRlN, George Samuel | 1849-1900 | Forester, SA, TAS, VIC | 
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| PERROTT, R.T. | fl. 1871 | 
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| PERRY, Gillian, Mrs* | 1943-2011 | Herbarium botanist, weeds, nomenclature, WA | |||
| PERRY, N. | 
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| PERRY, Rayden Alfred | 1925-2004 | Research scientist, botanist, collector (CSIRO), WA, NT, QLD, ACT | |||
| PERRY, William | 
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| PERSIEH, W. Anthony | 1826- | Druggist, surveyor | 
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| PESCOTT, Edward Edgar | 1872-1954 | Teacher, naturalist, author, botanist, VIC | |||
| PESCOTT, Richard Thomas Martin | 1905-1986 | Botanist, Agricultural scientist, Gardens director, VIC | |||
| PETERS, Christian | fl. 1829 | 
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| PETERSON, F.A. | fl. 1953 | 
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| PETHERAM, Richard John | 1942- | Research and extension in agro-ecosystems, Africa, Asia, WA | |||
| PETRIE, A.H.K. | 
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| PETRIE, Donald | 1846-1925 | 
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| PETRIE, Walter Rollo | 1875- | Forester | 
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| PETTIGREW, William | 1825-1906 | Surveyor, timber merchant | 
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| PHARO, Emma | fl. 2020s | see LITTLE, Emma | 
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| PHILLIP, Arthur, Capt. | 1738-1814 | Governor of NSW | 
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| PHILLIPS, Marie Elizabeth, (Betty) | 1917 - 1976 | Botanist, ecologist, Kosciuszko, CBG herbarium curator, NSW, ACT | |||
| PHILLIPS, Gary Douglas | 1940- | Surveyor | 
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| PHILLIPS, Jenifer (Jenny) | 1949- | Melbourne botanical artist, art teacher, VIC | |||
| PHILLIPS, Ninon, Miss | 
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| PHILLIPS, William | 1803-1871 | Schoolmaster | 
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| PHILLIPSON | 
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| PHIPS, E. | fl. 1895 | 
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| PICKARD, John | 1944- | Botanist, ecologist, academic, author, NSW | |||
| PICKERING, Charles | 180-5-1878 | 
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| PIDGEON, Ilma M. | fl. 1935-51 | Botanist | 
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| PIERONI, Margaret | 1936- | Wildflower illustrator and herbarium collector, WA | |||
| PIGGIN, Josephine Eyde (née Simmonds) | 1952- | Botanist, ecologist, pastoralist, VIC, NSW | |||
| PIKE, Dale Christine, Mrs, (née CARGILL*) | 1957- | Cryptogam botanist, herbarium curator, liverworts, VIC, ACT | |||
| PIKE, John Howard | 1947-2013 | Horticulturist at ANBG Canberra, Banks Centre, seed bank, SGAP, ACT | 
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| PIKE, K.M., see McWHAE | 
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| PINK, James | fl. 1881 | 
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| PINK, Olive Muriel | 1884-1975 | Anthropologist, flora reserve manager, NT | |||
| PIRIE, Michael David | 1977- | Grass, Ericaceae phylogenist, 2005 in Aust. UK, TAS,VIC, NSW | |||
| PIRON, [?Nicholas] | fl. 1791-1797 | French botanical artist, Paris | 
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| PITCHER, Frederick | 1856-1935 | Horticulturist, botanist at Melbourne Botanic Gardens, fern specialist, VIC. | 
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| PLANT, Charles Frederic[k] | 1843-1932 | Prospector, mine manager, Charters Towers area, QLD | 
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| PLASTRIER, C.M. Le, see LE PLASTRIER | 
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| PLAYFAIR, George Israel | 1871-1922 | Auctioneer, pastor, phycologist, plankton collector, NSW | 
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| PLAYFORD, Geoffrey | 1935- | Australian palynologist, pollen ecologist, WA, UK, QLD | |||
| PLEE, Auguste | 1787-1825 | French botanist, illustrator, engraver, Paris | 
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| PLEE, Francois | fl. 1812-1864 | French engraver (son of Auguste), Paris | 
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| PLEE, Victoire | fl. 1804-1835 | Engraver (son of Auguste) | 
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| PLOMLEY, N.J.S. | fl. 1880S | 
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| POCKET, Thomas William | 1857-1952 | UK-born, Aust from 1878, garden designer, park curator VIC | 
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| PODENZANA, Giovanni, Prof. | 1863-1942 | Italian naturalist, explorer, ethnographer, plant/fossil collector | 
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| PODGER, Francis Denis | 1933- | Forest pathologist, ACT, WA | 
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| PODT, Emil | c. 1870s | Illustrator | 
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| PODWYSZYNSKI, Anita Miriam (see BARLEY, A.M.) | 1955- | Botanical artist, Melbourne, VIC | 
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| POISSON, J. | 
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| POITEAU, Pierre-Antoine | 1766-1834 | French gardener, botanist, botanical artist, Paris | 
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| POLAK, Joseph (also POLACK, POLLACK) | 1844-1899 | Gardener at Government Gardens, Perth, WA | 
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| POLLARD, W. | fl. 1882 | 
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| POLLOCK, Alexander Buchanan (Sandy) | 1980s-2020s | Herbarium botanist, mapper, ranger, VIC, QLD | |||
| POLLOCK, N.A.R. | 
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| POOK, Edward William (Eddie) | 1933-2022 | NZ-born, experimental officer, CSIRO Plant Industry, later CPBR, ACT | 
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| PORTER, Donald Alexander | c.1849-1927 | Inspector of Government Schools, Tamworth area, NSW | 
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| POTTS, J.W. | 
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| POULTON, Dr | 
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| POULTON, G.J. | fl. 1886 | 
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| POWELL, B.L., see RYE | 
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| POWELL, David A. | fl.1960s-1990s | Naturalist, collector, Christmas Island, CI | 
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| POWELL, Jocelyn Marie | 1939- | Herbarium botanist, palenologist, ethnobotanist, author, NZ, PNG, NSW | |||
| POWELL, Thomas, Rev. | 1803-1887 | Lichenologist | 
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| POWELL, Walter | fl. 1881-82 | 
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| POWNALL, Elizabeth Ellen | 1910- | School teacher, maths tutor, VIC | 
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| PRAGER | 
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| PRAKASH, Nallamilli | 1940- | University botanist, phytogeography, morphology, India, Malaysia, NSW | |||
| PRATLEY | fl. 1900-04 | 
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| PREISS, Johann August Ludwig | 1811-1883 | Botanist, plant collector, WA | 
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| PRENTICE, Charles Brightly | 1820-1894 | Botanist, writer, surgeon | 
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| PRESCOTT, Ann | 1952- | Artist, conservationist, author, educator, SA | |||
| PRESTON, Margaret Rose, (née McPherson) | 1875-1963 | Artist, used Australian flowers as a common theme, NSW | |||
| PRICE, D. | fl. 1948 | Botanist | 
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| PRICE, Ian R., Dr* | 1940- | Botanist, phycologist | 
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| PRICE, J.S., Rev. | fl. 1872 | 
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| PRIES, Amelia Matilda Richarson, (Mrs BUNBURY) | 1863-1956 | Collected for Mueller in WA | |||
| PRIES, Arthur Robert | 1850-1908 | Collected for Mueller in WA | 
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| PRIES, Edward Adolphus | 1852-1916 | Collected for Mueller in WA | 
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| PRIES, Elime, Miss | fl. 1896 | 
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| PRIES, Matilda, (née PEEK/PECK) | 1825-1919 | Collected for Mueller in WA | 
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| PRIES, Robert Ferdinand | 1821-1905 | Collected for Mueller in WA | 
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| PRIEST, Maude | fl. 1940s | Botanical illustrator | 
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| PRIME, H. | fl. 1897 | 
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| PRINSEP, Henry | 
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| PRIOR, Guy Percival Underdown | 1872-1950 | Medical doctor, SA, Fiji, NSW | 
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| PRITCHARD, G.B., Dr | fl. 1892-1944 | Palaeontologist | 
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| PRITZEL, Ernest George | 1875-1946 | German phytogeographer, taxonomist, WA | 
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| PROBER, Suzanne Mary | 1964- | Botanist ecologist, ACT, WA | |||
| PROWSE, Anne, Louise | 1953- | Botaical illustrator for Mike Crisp's pea flowers, Canberra, 1980, ACT | 
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| PRYOR, Lindsay Dixon, Prof.* | 1915-1998 | Forest botanist, eucalyptologist, Parks and Gardens Director, ACT | |||
| PULLEINE, Robert Henry | 1869-1935 | Medical doctor, naturalist, succulents, QLD, SA | |||
| PULLEN, Royal (Roy) | 1925-2009 | CSIRO botanist, quarantine officer, PNG, ACT | |||
| PULLEY, Jean | fl.1970 | Botanist, Canberra Botanic Gardens Herbarium, ACT | 
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| PURDIE, Alexander | 1859-1905 | Orchidologist, author, NZ, NSW, WA | 
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| PURDIE, Jenny L. | fl.1970s-2020s | Horticulturist, herbarium staff, science administrator, NT | |||
| PURDIE, Rosemary Winifred, Dr | 1947- | Ecologist, flora writer, botanist, vouchers for plant photos, QLD, ACT | |||
| PURNELL, H.M., see I.EE | fl. 1954 | Botanist | 
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| PURSS, G.S. | fl. 1974 | Botanist | 
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| PUTTOCK, Christopher Francis (Chris) | 1954- | Australian botanist, taxonomist, outreach, NSW, ACT, USA | |||
| PYE, John | 1782-1874 | English botanical engraver, UK | 
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| PYE, Hugh | 1860-1942 | School Principal, agriculturist | 
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| QUAIFE, W.F. | 
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| QUELLE, Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann | 1876-1963 | 
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| QUIRKE, J., Dr | fl. 1970s | Botanist | 
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| QUOY [QYOI], Jean Rene Constant | 1790-1869 | Surgeon, biologist | 
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Surnames (Family names) starting with: 
  A     B     C 
      D     E     F 
      G     H     I 
      J     K     L 
      M     N     O 
      P-Q     R     S 
      T     U-V     W 
      X-Y-Z 
* = information contributed by the collector/illustrator themselves (to Willis et al) pre 1986
^^ = information from: George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA.
 
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