Barry Conn Explained

Barry John Conn
Birth Date:1948
Fields:Botany
Plant Systematics
Lamiaceae
Urticaceae
Loganiaceae
Nationality:Australian
Author Abbrev Bot:B.J.Conn
Thesis Title:A taxonomic revision of Prostanthera Labill. section Klanderia (F.v. Muell.) Benth. (Labiatae)
Thesis Url:https://adelaide.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=ALMA21123231510001811&context=L&vid=SUA_NEW&lang=en_US&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=creator,contains,Barry%20John%20Conn,AND&mode=advanced&offset=0
Thesis Year:1982

Barry John Conn (Barry Conn, born 1948), is an Australian botanist. He was awarded a Ph.D. from Adelaide University in 1982 for work on Prostanthera.[1]

Career

Conn's first appointment as a botanist was with the Lae Herbarium in 1974. He then became herbarium curator and a lecturer at the Papua New Guinea Forestry College, Bulolo (1976–1979). He is a scientific advisor to the Food and Agriculture Organisation. In Australia, he has been senior botanist at the National Herbarium of Victoria (1982–1987), and botanist (and principal research scientist) at the National Herbarium of New South Wales (1987–2015). In 1994-1995, he was Australian Botanical Liaison Officer at Kew. While with the National Herbarium of New South Wales, he managed the Australia’s Virtual Herbarium Project for New South Wales, and was scientific editor of the journal Telopea from 2013 to 2015.

Some published names

See IPNI.
(Some 174 species listed, not all currently accepted)

Plants named in his honour

Publications

(incomplete)

Books

Articles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A taxonomic revision of Prostanthera Labill. section Klanderia (F.v. Muell.) Benth. (Labiatae). Conn, B.J.. 1982. adelaide.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com. 2019-10-30.
  2. Wilson . Trevor C. . Elkan . Lesley . Henwood . Murray J. . Murray . Louisa . Renner . Matt A.M. . Wardrop . Catherine . Prostanthera conniana (Lamiaceae, Westringieae), a new species from the Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia . Telopea . 2015 . 18 . 519–526 . 10.7751/telopea8882 .