Frederick Arthur Rodway Explained

Frederick Arthur Rodway (25 March 1880, Hobart, Tasmania – 1 April 1956, Nowra, New South Wales) was an Australian physician, botanist, and plant collector.^[1] He collected spermatophytes in New South Wales and Western Australia.^{[2] [3]}

Biography

F. A. Rodway was a physician based in Nowra, where he had a house and a surgery.^[1] He collected botanical specimens primarily in South Coast, New South Wales (NSW).^[1]

Edwin Cheel published a 1919 paper^[4] crediting Rodway with raising the variety Leptospermum scoparium var. rotundifolium (described in 1900 by Maiden and Betche) to species status as Leptospermum rotundifolium.^[5]

F. A. Rodway's daughter was the botanist Gwenda Louise Davis (née Rodway), and his father was the botanist-dentist Leonard Rodway.^[1] The NSW Rodway Nature Reserve^[6] is named in honour of the family.^[1]

Eponyms

• Plinthanthesis rodwayi (Budawanga wallaby grass)^{[1] [7]} (See Plinthanthesis.)

References

1. Web site: Nowra's botanist doctor — Frederick Arthur Rodway (1880 - 1956). Budawangia: An e-newsletter for all those interestred in the native plants of the NSW south coast, No. 26. 3. May 2014.
2. Web site: Rodway, Frederick A. (1880 - 1956). Biographical Notes, Australian National Botanic Gardens (anbg.gov.au).
3. Web site: Rodway, Frederick Arthur (1880-1956). JSTOR Global Plants.
4. Cheel . Edwin . Three new species of Leptospermum . Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales . 1919 . 53 . 122 . 8 March 2022.
5. Web site: Leptospermum rotundifolium. APNI.
6. Web site: Rodway Nature Reserve. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
7. Web site: Plinthanthesis rodwayi (a grass) - endangered species listing. Environment, NSW Department of Planning and Environment.