Person

Taylor, Joan Margaret (1929 - 2017)

Born: 1929
Victoria, Australia
Died: 2017
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation: Botanist

Summary

Joan Taylor joined the staff of the Australian National Botanic Gardens having obtained a Horticulture Certificate from the Canberra TAFE. Although her position was classified as Gardener, her duties included plant identification and herbarium curation. She became highly skilled in these areas. Later she was able to move into the technical stream where, with encouragement from senior botanists, she worked on taxonomic projects, especially the families Fabaceae and Pittosporaceae, made some extended field collecting trips between 1979 and 1991, and published the results of her taxonomic work.

Related Corporate Bodies

Australian National Botanic Gardens (1949 - )
Gardener and technical assistant c.1970s - 1990s

Published resources

Journal Articles

Crisp, Mike, 'Joan Margaret Taylor, 1929 - 2017', Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 173 (2017), 31-3. Details

Resources

'Taylor, Joan Margaret (1929-20171231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772649. Details

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