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| Croft, J.R.. |
| In this revision 4 endemic species, one with two varieties, are recognized from the alpine and subalpine regions of New Guinea. Isoetes stevensii Croft, I. hopei Croft, and I. neoguineensis Baker var. rheophila Croft are described as new. Scanning electron micrographs of the megaspores and microspores, which furnish important diagnostic characters, are presented for all the taxa in Papuasia as well as for the possibly related species, I. philippinensis Alston. |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
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| Ano: 1980 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/525960 |
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| Barker, W.R.; Conn, B.J.; Croft, J.R.; Gideon, O.G.. |
| Ted Henty, noted for his work in the Papua New Guinea National Herbarium (LAE), died aged 86 at East Keilor, near Melbourne on 23 February 2002 after an illness of 6-8 months. Those dealing with New Guinea plants will know of his extensive collections in the NGF and subsequent LAE series from all over the country. The new Composite genus Piora from the alpine grasslands on Mt Piora was just one discovery made in 1963 with S. Carlquist. Those who knew Ted will consider him a fine field botanist, arguably one of the finest that has worked in Papua New Guinea. Not one to involve himself with revisionary studies, he was more concerned with the dissemination of floristic, practical and economic knowledge to the wider user (although with the intensive... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
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| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/532808 |
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