Alexander Morrison
Alexander Morrison (March 15, 1849 - December 7, 1913 ) was the first state botanist of Western Australia . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Morrison ".
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Born in western Dalmeny , Scotland , he began studying medicine in Edinburgh . His poor health prompted him to drop out of university and travel to Australia . He spent two years there in Melbourne before returning to Edinburgh to catch up with his degree. He then continued his studies in Glasgow , Würzburg and Vienna .
In 1877 he returned to Australia as a medical officer on a migrant ship, where he worked as a doctor in Melbourne for 15 years, but his poor health caused him to travel a second time. He visited the southern oceans and spent some time in the new Hebrides, now Vanuatu , where in 1896 he collected plants for Ferdinand von Mueller .
Upon his return to Australia, he was appointed Western Australia's first state botanist in 1897, a position he held until 1906. He wrote only a few scientific papers, but these were of high quality. The plant taxa he has published include Acacia densiflora , Acacia longispinea , Angianthus acrohyalinus , Calandrinia creethae , Calandrinia schistorhiza , Drosera bulbigena , Drosera occidentalis , and Indigofera boviperda . He collected numerous specimens and cultivated them, including Eucalyptus ebbanoensis and E. platycorys .
Morrison retired in 1906 to return to practice as a doctor. In 1912 he was appointed assistant botanist to Alfred Ewart at the National Herbarium of Victoria . He died in Cheltenham the following year. He bequeathed his herbarium to Edinburgh University , his library to the University of Tasmania and his estate to the University of Melbourne .
The Alexander Morrison National Park is named after him.
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- Norman Hall: Botanists of the Eucalypts . Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization , Australia 1978, ISBN 0-643-00271-5 .
- Morrison, Alexander (1849-1913) . In: International Plant Names Index ( IPNI ) . Retrieved March 30, 2007.
- Morrison, Alexander (1849-1913) . Australian National Botanic Gardens . Retrieved March 30, 2007.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Alexander Morrison at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morrison, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish botanist and physician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dalmeny |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1913 |
| Place of death | Cheltenham |