Eleanor Marion Bennett Explained

Eleanor Marion Bennett
Birth Place:	Subiaco, Western Australia
Citizenship:	Australian
Nationality:	Australian
Field:	botany
Alma Mater:	The University of Western Australia^[1]
Author Abbrev Bot:	E.M.Benn.

Eleanor Marion Bennett (born 4 February 1942) (née Scrymgeour) is an Australian botanist who was employed by the Western Australian Herbarium from 1965 to 1970. She collected Eucalyptus species in the south-west of Western Australia and published a revision of the genus Hybanthus in 1972.^{[2] [3]} She is the author of two books: Bushland Plants of Kings Park, Western Australia^[4] and Common and aboriginal names of Western Australian plant species.^[5] Bennett was also one of the authors of Flora of the Perth region.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 50th Reunion of the Graduates of 1964. University of Western Australia. 2 January 2016.
2. Web site: Scrymgeour, Eleanor Marion (1942 -) [Bennett, Eleanor Marion]]. Australian National Botanic Garden. 2 January 2016.
3. Bennett. Eleanor M.. A revision of the Australian species of Hybanthus Jacquin (Violaceae). Nuytsia. 14 November 1972. 1. 3. 218–241.
4. Book: Bennett. Eleanor M.. The bushland plants of Kings Park, Western Australia. 1988. Kings Park and Botanic Garden. Perth. 073165031X.
5. Book: Bennett. Eleanor M.. Common and Aboriginal names of Western Australian plant species. 1991. Wildflower Society of Western Australia, Eastern Hills Branch. Boya, Western Australia. 0959544348. 2nd.
6. Book: Marchant. N.G. . etal . Flora of the Perth region. 1987. Western Australian Herbarium. Perth. 0724489665.