Cyril Tenison White

Cyril Tenison White (born August 17, 1890 in Brisbane , † August 15, 1950 ibid) was an Australian botanist .

Life

White was born in Brisbane to broker Henry White and Louisa Bailey. He attended South Brisbane State School and was appointed assistant to the Queensland Colonial Botanist in 1905 , succeeding his grandfather Frederick Manson Bailey . In 1917 he succeeded his uncle John Frederick Bailey as botanist for the Queensland government. He held this position until his death.

As a government botanist, White helped Australian farmers use grazing land and natural feed, among other things. Between 1915 and 1926 he worked on a 42-part series on grain that was published in the Queensland Agricultural Journal . His two publications An Elementary Textbook of Australian Forest Botany (1922) and Principles of Botany for Queensland Farmers (1938) he used as textbooks for his forest science lectures at the University of Queensland. From 1921 to 1927 he wrote a 41-part volume on the trees of his home state. He was also involved in a series on eucalyptus . He wrote the twelve-part text together with William D. Francis.

He collected many of the different plant species from Queensland and its neighboring states, as well as the biodiversity of New Guinea and New Caledonia . This collection helped build the Queensland Herbarium .

White was mainly concerned with tropical plant species, especially the various rainforest trees. He was a correspondent at the Arnold Arboretum and published a monograph on species in the northern Queensland rainforest in his journal Contributions from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University . In 1944, White instructed the Australian Army Forestry Company in New Guinea, and the following year he conducted research into the forests of the Solomon Islands . In 1939 and 1940 he was the Australian liaison officer at the Royal Botanic Gardens in London . He has also volunteered with his local authority and the Royal Society of Queensland, and has served in several other horticultural and geographic societies.

On October 21, 1921, White married Henrietta Duncan Clark, who shared his interests in field science and hiking. He died two days before his 60th birthday in his native Brisbane. Cyril Tenison White left his wife and two children.

Works

1920: A contribution to the orchidaceous flora of Papua (British New Guinea)
1922: An Elementary Textbook of Australian Forest Botany
1938: Principles of Botany for Queensland Farmers
1944: New Guinea Timbers

Awards and honors

In 1946 White was awarded the Mueller Medal for his contributions to Australian botany research. In 1948 he received an honorary M.Sc. from the University of Queensland. honored. In the month after his death, a park in his hometown was named after him.

Several species were named after him, including the Eucalyptus whitei . The genus Whiteochloa , first described by Charles Edward Hubbard, is also named after him. He is also honored by a variety of Psychotria , the Psychotria hollandiae var. Whitei and the species of the Mussaenda ( Mussaenda whitei ) and a species of the red family , the Ixora whitei . The plant genus Cyrilwhitea Ising from the foxtail family (Amaranthaceae) and the genus Whiteodendron Steenis from the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) are named after him.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cyril Tenison White in the Australian Dictionary of Biography (English)
↑ Digital version of the newspaper report (English)
↑ Factsheet - Eucalyptus whitei. In: gov.au. www.anbg.gov.au, accessed on November 1, 2015 .
↑ Umberto Quattrocchi: CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology - 3 Volume Set . CRC Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4200-0322-2 ( books.google.com ).
↑ WhiteCT. In: nationaalherbarium.nl. Retrieved November 1, 2015 .
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	White, Cyril Tenison
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	17th August 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brisbane
DATE OF DEATH	15th August 1950
Place of death	Brisbane

[Sumner-1] Cyril Tenison White in the Australian Dictionary of Biography (English)

[2] Digital version of the newspaper report (English)

[3] Factsheet - Eucalyptus whitei. In: gov.au. www.anbg.gov.au, accessed on November 1, 2015 .

[4] Umberto Quattrocchi: CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology - 3 Volume Set . CRC Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4200-0322-2 ( books.google.com ).

[5] WhiteCT. In: nationaalherbarium.nl. Retrieved November 1, 2015 .

[Burkhardt_2018-6] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .