Kevin Richard Thiele

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Kevin Richard Thiele (* 1958 in Western Australia ) is an Australian botanist . Its botanical author's abbreviation is " KRThiele ".

Working life

Thiele received a PhD in botany from the University of Melbourne in 1993 .

He is a curator at the Western Australian Herbarium in Perth . He primarily examines the systematics of the plant families of the silver tree , buckthorn and violet plants as well as the nature conservation biology of the grassy, ​​light forest ecosystem . He also deals with biodiversity informatics and is involved in the design of the software for the Global Biodiversity Infrastructure Facility .

Since 1993 Thiele has also published a number of descriptions of plant species, especially those from the buckthorn family, for the "Flora of Australia". In 1996, together with Pauline Ladiges , he wrote the “Taxonomy of Banksien ”. In 2007 he worked with Austin Mast on the transfer of the genus Dryandra into the genus of Banksia .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KRThiele . Author Query, International Plant Name Index (IPNI) . Retrieved May 15, 2013
  2. ↑ a b Kevin Thiele . Natural base. Department of Environment and Conservation. Government of Western Australia . Retrieved May 15, 2013
  3. ↑ Kevin Thiele, Pauline Y. Ladiges: A Cladistic Analysis of Banksia (Proteaceae) . In: Australian Systematic Botany . 9, No. 5, 1996, pp. 661-733. doi : 10.1071 / SB9960661 .
  4. ^ Austin R. Mast & Kevin Thiele: The transfer of Dryandra R.Br. to Banksia Lf (Proteaceae) . In: Australian Systematic Botany . 20, No. 1, 2007, pp. 63-71. doi : 10.1071 / SB06016 .
personal data
SURNAME Thiele, Kevin Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian botanist
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Western Australia , Australia