Person

Conran, John Godfrey (1960 - )

Born
1960
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Systematic botanist

Summary

John Conran is a systematic botanist whose research focuses on families where their major centres of diversity are Australia and New Zealand. These include carnivorous plants families (especially Byblidaceae, Cephalotaceae, Droseraceae and Lentibulariaceae), as well as Lauraceae, Podocarpaceae and the petaloid monocotyledons. His main studies are of character evolution and biogeography, particularly in response to climate change. In 2000 Conran became Senior Lecturer in Plant Systematics and Evolution at the University of Adelaide.

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Chronology

1985
Education - PhD, University of Queensland
July 1985 - December 1989
Career position - Lecturer, Botany Department, Monash University
January 1990 - July 2026
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Plant Systematics and Evolution, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide

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Books

  • Gott, Beth and Conran, John, Victorian Koorie plants: some plants used by Victorian Koories for food, fibre, medicines and implements (Hamilton, Vic.: Yangennanock Women’s Group, Aboriginal Keeping Place, 1991), 71 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Greenwood, David R. and Conran, John G., 'The Paleogene-Neogene silcrete macrofloras of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre and northeastern deserts, South Australia: a literature review and assessment of collections', Alcheringa, 50 (1) (2026), 34-72, https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2025.2597033. Details
  • Greenwood, David R., Conran, John G. and Binnie, Mary-Anne N., 'Chapman's Central Australian desert sandstone flora revisited', Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 150 (1) (2026), 32-80, https://doi.org/10.1080/03721426.2026.2685265. Details
  • Lowrie, A. and Conran, J. G., 'An overview of the Australian Levenhookia (Stylidiaceae) complex, including a new species (L. murfetii) and observations on the triggering methods employed for pollination and outcrossing.', Triggerplant journal, 1 (2) (2011), 4-29. Details
  • Lowrie, Allen and Conran, John G., 'A taxonomic revision of the genus Byblis (Byblidaceae) in northern Australia', Nuytsia, 21 (1) (1998), 59-74. Details
  • Lowrie, Allen, Cowie, Ian D. and Conran, John G., 'A new species and section of Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) from northern Australia', Telopea, 12 (1) (2008), 31-46. Details
  • Specht, Alison; Conran, John; Dettmann, Mary; and Rozefelds, Andrew, 'Obituary for H. T. Clifford, 1927 - 2019: a multiversed generalist in plant sciences', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 124 (2020), 167-70. Details

See also

Helen Cohn

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