Person

Mann, Phillip James (1951 - 2014)

Born: 1951
Died: 2014
Western Australia, Australia
Occupation: Botanist

Summary

Phillip Mann was a leading expert on carnivorous plants. In his youth he studied horticulture at Kings Park and Botanic Garden in Perth, but his career was with the Western Australian Police Force. His enthusiasm, however, was for carnivorous plants. He made field trips all through Western Australia, particularly in the southwest of the state, and to southeast Asian countries. Mann was particularly interested in the genera Drosera and Nepenthes. These and other genera were propagated at the nursery he ran part-time, Southern Carnivores. Over a period of more than 30 years he discovered many pygmy and tuberous Drosera which were later given formal description. Drosera mannii and other taxa were named in his honour.

Published resources

Journal Articles

Mann, P., 'Drosera gibsonii (Droseraceae), a new pygmy Drosera from south-west Western Australia', Nuytsia, 16 (2) (207), 321-3. Details
Mann, Phill, 'The Albany area', Carnivorous plant newsletter, 14 (3) (1985), 74-6, https://cpn.carnivorousplants.org/articles/CPNv14n3p74_76.pdf. Details
Mann, Phill, 'Observations on Cephalotus follicularis and Drosera binata in Western Australia', Carnivorous plant newsletter, 34 (3) (2005), 68-70, https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn343.pm291. Details
Nunn, Richard, 'Phillip James Mann (1951-2014)', Carnivorous plant newsletter, 43 (4) (2014), 112-24. Details

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