Brooker, Murray Ian Hill (Ian) (1934 - 2016)

Summary

Ian Brooker, a botanist specialising in eucalypts, worked with the CSIRO Division of Forest Research in Canberra and the Australian National Herbarium. Significantly, he published A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Hér. (Myrtaceae) (2000), an entirely new classificatory system of the eucalypts. In this, he includes the subgenera Angophora and Corymbia, and five other subgenera, within a broadly-defined genus Eucalyptus.

Details

Ian Brooker described 44 taxa of eucalypts and collaborated widely, jointly describing a further 171 together with Steve Hopper, later Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Brooker produced the interactive website EUCLID (Eucalypts of Australia). He also wrote the Field Guide to Eucalypts, vols. 1-3. In 1979 Alan Gray named the eucalyptus 'Brooker's Gum' as Eucalyptus brookerana in his honour. The taxonomy list included here only shows a fraction of the eucalypts named by Brooker. In the publications list, a few of his many publications are cited.

Chronology

? - 1999

Career position - Curator of eucalypts, Australian National Herbarium

1957 - 1963

Career position - Scientist, Soil Conservation Branch, South Australian Department of Agriculture

1963 - 1969

Career position - Botanist, Department of Botany, Australian National University

1966

Education - Master of Science (MSc), Australian National University

1969 - 1970

Career position - Systematic botanist, Western Australian Herbarium

1970 - 1975

Career position - Systematic botanist, Forestry and Timber Bureau

1972

Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus loxophleba Benth. ssp. gratiae M.I.H.Brooker

1972

Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus conglobata (R.Br. ex Benth.) Maiden ssp. fraseri M.I.H.Brooker (= E. fraseri (Brooker) Brooker)

1972

Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus pendens M.I.H.Brooker

1972

Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus acies M.I.H.Brooker

1974

Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus ligulata M.I.H.Brooker

1974

Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus insularis M.I.H.Brooker

1974

Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus exilis M.I.H.Brooker; he also collected the type

1974

Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus brevistylis M.I.H.Brooker

1974

Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus aquilina M.I.H.Brooker; he also collected the type

1974

Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus calcicola M.I.H.Brooker

1975 - 1980

Career position - Systematic botanist, CSIRO Division of Forest Research

1977

Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus cyanophylla M.I.H.Brooker; Bruce Copley collected the type

1979

Taxonomy event - Honoured with Eucalyptus brookerana A.M.Gray

1980 - 1981

Career position - Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

1999

Life event - Retired

1999 - 2015

Career position - Honorary Associate, Australian Tree Seed Centre

2000

Award - DSc honoris causa, Australian National University

2006

Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to botany, particularly through research leading to the identification and classification in the genus Eucalyptus, and as an author

Related entries

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details

Books

• [various], Forest tree series (1970 - 1984) (Canberra: Forestry and Timber Bureau, CSIRO Division of Forest Research, 1970). Details
• Boland, D.J.; Brooker, M.I.H,; Chippendale, G.M.; Hall, N, Hyland, B.P.M.; Johnston, R.D.; Kleinig, D.A.; McDonald, M.W.; and Turner, J.D., Forest Trees of Australia (East Melbourne: CSIRO, 1984), 687 pp. Details
• Boland, D.J.; Brooker, M.I.H.; and Turnbull, J.W.: with scanning electron microscopy by Kleinig, D.A., Eucalyptus seed (Canberra: Division of Forest Research, CSIRO, 1980), 191 pp. Details
• Brooker, Ian and Kleinig, David, Field guide to eucalypts. v. 1. South-eastern Australia -- v. 2. South-western and southern Australia -- v. 3. Northern Australia. [3 volumes] (Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1983). Details
• Brooker, Ian and Kleinig, David, Eucalyptus : an illustrated guide to identification (Port Melbourne: Reed, 2005), 230 pp. Details
• Kleinig, David and Brooker, Ian, Blue-leaved ironbark : Eucalyptus fibrosa F. Muell. ssp. nubila (Maiden & Blakely) L. Johnson (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1977), 3 pp. Details
• Turnbull, John; and Brooker, Ian, Cape York red gum : Eucalyptus brassiana S.T. Blake (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1978), 3 pp. Details
• Wrigley, J.; and Fagg, M., Eucalypts: a Celebration (Crows Nest Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2010), 344 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Boland, Doug and Brooker, Ian, 'Yellow gum : Eucalyptus leucoxylon F. Muell.' in Forest tree series ; no. 187 (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1975), p. 4. Details
• Kleinig, David and Brooker, Ian, 'Pokolbin mallee : Eucalyptus pumila R.T. Baker' in Forest tree series; no. 210 (Melbourne: CSIRO Division of Forest Research, 1978), p. 3. Details
• Kleinig, David; and Brooker, Ian, 'Jilliga ash : Eucalyptus stenostoma L. Johnson et D. Blaxell' in Forest tree series; no. 189 (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1975), p. 3. Details
• Kleinig, David; and Brooker, Ian, 'Broad-leaved ironbark : Eucalyptus fibrosa F. Muell. ssp. Fibrosa' in Forest tree series; no.198 (Melbourne: CSIRO Division of Forest Research, 1977), p. 3. Details
• Kleinig, David; and Brooker, Ian, 'Tumble-down ironbark : Eucalyptus panda S.T. Blake' in Forest tree series; vol. 197 (Melbourne: CSIRO Division of Forest Research, 1977), p. 3. Details
• Kleinig, David; and Brooker, Ian, 'Beyer's ironbark : Eucalyptus beyeri R.T. Baker' in Forest tree series; no.215 (Melbourne: CSIRO Division of Forest Research, 1978), p. 3. Details

Journal Articles

• Brooker, M. I. H.; and Lassak, E. V., 'The volatile leaf oils of Eucalyptus ovata Labill. and E. brookerana AM Gray (Myrtaceae).', Australian Journal of Botany, 29 (5) (1981), 605 - 615. Details
• Brooker, M.I.H.; and Dunlop, C.R., 'Three new species of Eucalyptus and notes on E. tectifica F.Muell. in the Northern Territory.', Australian Forest Research, 8 (1978), 209-217. Details
• Brooker, M.I.H.; and Hopper, S.D., 'A taxonomic revision of Eucalyptus wandoo, E. redunca and allied species (Eucalyptus series Levispermae Maiden-Myrtaceae) in Western Australia.', Nuytsia, 8 (1) (1991), 1-189. Details
• Brooker, M.I.H.; and Hopper, S.D., 'New series, subseries, species and subspecies of Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) from Western Australia and from South Australia.', Nuytsia, 9 (1) (1993), 1-68. Details
• Brooker, Murray Ian Hill, 'A new classification of the genus Eucalyptus L'Her. (Myrtaceae)', Australian Systematic Botany, 13 (1) (2000), 79-148. Details
• Hopper, Stephen, 'Dr M. I. H. (Ian) Brooker AM 2nd June 1934 - 25th June 2016', Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 168/9 (2016), 54-62. Details
• Humphries, C. J.; Ladiges, P. Y.; and Brooker, M. I. H., 'Cladistic relationships and biogeographic patterns in the peppermint group of Eucalyptus (informal subseries Amygdalininae, subgenus Monocalyptus) and the description of a new species, E. willisii.', Australian Journal of Botany, 31 (6) (1983), 565. Details
• Humphries, C. J.; Ladiges, P. Y.; and Brooker, M. I. H., 'Cladistic and biogeographic analysis of western Australian species of Eucalyptus L'Herit., informal subgenus Monocalyptus Pryor & Johnson.', Australian Journal of Botany, 35 (3) (1987), 251. Details
• Ladiges, P.Y.; Gray, A.M.; and Brooker, M.I.H., 'Pattern of geographic variation, based on seedling morphology, in Eucalyptus ovata Labill. and E. brookerana A.M. Gray [Provenances from Victoria, Tasmania and King Island] and comparisons with some other Eucalyptus species.', Australian Journal of Botany, 29 (5) (1981), 593 - 603. Details
• Nicolle, Dean, 'Ian Brooker - eucalypt icon', Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 168/9 (2016), 63-6. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2601921. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/75943659. Details
• 'Brooker, Ian (1934-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-593148. Details

Resource Sections

• Brooker, M.I.H, Slee, A. V.; and Connors, J.R., 'The History of Eucalyptus', in EUCLID - Eucalypts of Southern Australia [Online Sample], Second edn, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research and Australian National Herbarium, 2002, http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/Euclid/sample/html/history.htm. Details
• Brooker, M.I.H, Slee, A.V.; Connors, J.R.; and Duffy, S. M., 'The classification of the genus Eucalyptus', in EUCLID - Eucalypts of Southern Australia [Online Sample], Second edn, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research and Australian National Herbarium, 2002, http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/Euclid/sample/html/classification.htm. Details

See also

• 'Eucalyptus L'Her.', FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora, Department of Environment and Conservation (WA), 1998, http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/21824. Details
• 'List of eucalypts described by Murray Ian Brooker (Search: Family = Myrtaceae AND Author standard form = Brooker)', The International Plant Names Index (IPNI), with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; The Harvard University Herbaria; Australian National Herbarium, 2012, http://www.ipni.org/ipni/plantnamesearchpage.do. Details
• Brooker, M.I.H.; Slee, A.V.; Connors, J.R.; and Duffy, S.M., EUCLID - Eucalypts of Southern Australia [Online Sample], Second edn, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research and Australian National Herbarium, 2002, http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/Euclid/sample/html/index.htm. Details
• Fagg, Murray, 'Brooker, Murray Ian Hill (1934 - )', Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators, Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH), 2010, http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/brooker-ian.html. Details
• Hall, Norman, Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1978), 101 pp. Details