| James Walter Grimes | |
| Birth Date: | 1953 |
| Other Names: | Jim Grimes |
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| Workplaces: | New York Botanical Garden National Herbarium of Victoria |
| Alma Mater: | University of Texas |
| Thesis Title: | Systematics of New World Psoraleeae |
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| Thesis Year: | 1988 |
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| Author Abbrev Bot: | J.W.Grimes |
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James Walter Grimes, known as Jim Grimes, is an American botanist.
Grimes can be attributed to over 240 taxa names, either as sole author or co-author.[1] Grimes worked at the New York Botanical Garden studying Fabaceae.[2] In 1996 Grimes moved to Australia, taking up a position in the National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria as Mueller Fellow July–October 1996, where he worked on developmental morphology of inflorescences in Acacia.[3] From July 1997 to his resignation in February 2002, Grimes was in the position of Systematic Botanist. His research interests included the systematics of Fabaceae, subfamily Mimosoideae, and the historic collections held in the Herbarium.Grimes was co-organiser of the 2001 Legumes Down Under conference. He served as Taxonomic Co-ordinator for legume tribes Ingeae and Psoraleeae for the International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS)[4] 2000–2, and as Councillor of the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists[5] 2001–2.Grimes was Editor of Muelleria from 1997 to 2001
A significant number, over 1000 collections, are held at NY.[6] MEL holds over 300 specimens collected by Grimes. Other herbaria in Australia holding his collections include MELU, CANB, NSW, HO, ATH, AD, and BRI.
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