Person

Davis, Dorothy Gwenda Louise (Gwenda) (1911 - 1993)

Born
28 September 1911
Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
Died
21 November 1993
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Plant embryologist and Taxonomic botanist
Alternative Names
  • Rodway, Dorothy Gwenda Louise (maiden name)

Summary

Gwenda Davis was a plant taxonomist and embryologist who joined the New England University College in 1945. She was largely responsible for establishing the College's Department of Botany. Her research during her early years was on the taxonomy of endemic species of Australian Asteraceae, including the genera Calotis and Podolepis. After a fire in 1958 destroyed the building which housed the Department, Davis turned her attention to the plant embryology, particularly of Asteraceae and Eucalyptus. Her book Systematic embryology of angiosperms (1966) was a standard reference work for many years. Davis retired in 1971 as Associate Professor of Botany of the University of New England (the successor of the New England University College).

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BSc, University of Sydney

Chronology

1945 - 1954
Career position - Plant Taxonomist, New England University College
1971
Career event - Retired as Associate Professor in Botany, University of New England

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Books

  • Davis, Gwenda L., Systematic embryology of angiosperms (New York: Wiley, 1966), 528 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Davis, G. L., 'Revision of the genus Brachyscome Cass., part I', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 73 (1949), 42-241. Details
  • Davis, Gwenda L., 'Revision of the genus Calotis R.Br.', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 77 (3) (1952), 146-88. Details
  • Davis, Gwenda L., 'Revision of the genus Podolepis Labill.', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 81 (3) (1956), 245-86. Details

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Helen Cohn

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