Person
Royce, Robert Dunlop (Bob) (1914 - 2008)
- Born
- 14 March 1914
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 10 July 2008
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Botanist and Science administrator
Summary
Bob Royce joined the staff of the Western Australian Herbarium in 1944 after seven years with the State's Department of Agriculture. He became Curator of the Herbarium in 1960. During his tenure he oversaw the building of Western Australia's first specially-designed herbarium building. Royce was particularly interested in the application of botany to agriculture and undertook significant research into toxic plants. Much of this work was published in the Western Australian Journal of Agriculture. He made substantial collections of Western Australian plants: these specimens are now in the Western Australian Herbarium. The genus Roycea C. Gardner (Chelopodiaceae) was named in his honour.
Details
Chronology
- 1944 - 1960
- Career position - Botanist, Western Australian Herbarium
- 1948
- Taxonomy event - Roycea C.A. Gardner was named in his honour
- 1960 - 1975
- Career position - Curator, Western Australian Herbarium
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Last modified: 4 April 2017