Betsy Rivers Jackes Explained
| Betsy Rivers Jackes |
| Birth Name: | Betsy Rivers Paterson |
| Birth Date: | 19 March 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Bingara, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Fields: | Botany |
| Workplaces: | JCU, UNE, UQ |
| Alma Mater: | University of New England (Australia) |
| Author Abbrev Bot: | Jackes |
| Spouse: | E. M. Jackes (1935–2016) |
Betsy Rivers Jackes (born 1935) is an Australian botanist, researcher, taxonomist and author. Her research interests are the plants in the families Myrsinaceae and Vitaceae.
Education
Jackes completed her BSc in 1957, followed by her MSc in 1959, at the University of New England (UNE) in Armidale, New South Wales. She won a Fulbright Scholarship to study in the United States and took up a position as a research scholar at the University of Chicago (UC), where she earned her PhD in 1961.
Career
Jackes initially began work as a tutor in botany at UNE in 1957, before taking on the same role at the University of Queensland (UQ) in 1963. From 1973 through to 2018 she was a lecturer at James Cook University (JCU) in Townsville, Queensland, where she headed the Tropical Plant Sciences Department, and was deputy head of the School of Tropical Biology. She is the author (or co-author) of many papers, articles, and environmental consultancy reports, and has published a number of books.
On Thursday, 24 March 2021, Jackes was presented one of the highest JCU awards, a Doctor of Science honoris causa, the sixth awardee for that degree at the university.[1] [2] This was for her sustained contributions to discovering and cataloguing tropical flora in northern Queensland, continued work with plant systematics and the ecology of the tropical flora.
Jackes was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2023 Australia Day Honours.[3]
Legacy
, the International Plant Names Index (IPNI) list 43 species of plants that were authored by her. The following is a list of those with articles on this wiki:
Plants named in honour of Jackes include:
- Betsy's wattle (Acacia jackesiana (Pedley)), a north Queensland floral native with a limited range west and north of Townsville;[4] [5] and
- the fossilised Cissocarpus jackesiae (Rozefelds)[6] (also listed as Cissocarpus jackesii), a species of grape in the family Vitaceae native to Australia. The genus Cissocarpus was formed with the grouping of seeds from the Oligocene silcretes.[7]
Selected publications
Research papers
For a more comprehensive list, see Web site: Publications by: Betsy R. Jackes . James Cook University.
Books
For a more comprehensive list, see Web site: Results for author:'Jackes, Betsy R. (Betsy Rivers), 1935–' . National Library of Australia.
- Book: Jackes, Betsy R. . A guide to the plants of the Burra Range . Dept of Botany, James Cook University of North Queensland . Townsville, Qld . 1996 . 0864435843 .
- Book: Jackes, Betsy R. . Plants of the tropical rainforest . Botany Dept, James Cook University of North Queensland . Townsville, Qld., Australia . 1990 . 086443359X .
- Book: Jackes, Betsy R. . Plants of the tropics : rainforest to heath ; an identification guide . James Cook University, School of Tropical Biology . Townsville, Qld . 2001 . 0864436858 .
- Book: Jackes, Betsy R. . Poisonous plants in Northern Australian gardens including plants with irritant properties . Botany Dept, James Cook University of North Queensland . Townsville, Qld . 1992 . 0864433875 .
Articles
See also
Notes and References
- 24 March 2022. Live Stream of the 24 March – 3.00PM 2022 Graduation ceremony . 16 April 2022. 1:43:35 . Townsville, Queensland . . Chancellor, James Cook University wishes to recognise Professor Betsy Jackes for her exceptional and enduring contributions to scholarship, community engagement, culture, achievements and sustained contributions at service to the university. Professor Betsy Jackes is an internationally-renowned botanist, researcher, taxonomist and author, who has devoted her professional life to discovering and cataloguing tropical flora in northern Queensland. For more than 50 years, Professor Jackes has been a passionate academic member of JCU, inspiring the next generation of botanists by sharing her extensive knowledge..
- Web site: Honorary Degree and Fellowship Holders . James Cook University . 16 April 2022 . 2021.
- Web site: 2023-01-25 . Australia Day 2023 Honours: Full list . 2023-01-25 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
- Web site: Acacia jackesiana Pedley . Atlas of Living Australia . 16 April 2022.
- Web site: Species profile—Acacia jackesiana . Department of Environment and Science . The State of Queensland (Department of Environment and Science) . 16 April 2022 . 8 March 2022.
- ROZEFIELDS . Andrew C. . PACE . Marcelo R. . The first record of fossil Vitaceae wood from the Southern Hemisphere, a new combination for Vitaceoxylon ramunculiformis, and reappraisal of the fossil record of the grape family (Vitaceae) from the Cenozoic of Australia . Journal of Systematics and Evolution . July 2018 . 56 . 4 . 283–296 . 10.1111/jse.12300 . 196634173 . free .
- CARPENTER . Raymond J . HILL . Robert S . GREENWOOD . David R . PARTRIDGE . Alan D . BANKS . Meredith A . No snow in the mountains: Early Eocene plant fossils from Hotham Heights, Victoria, Australia . Australian Journal of Botany . 2004 . 52 . 6 . 685–718 . 10.1071/BT04032 .
