Stanley Thatcher Blake

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Stanley Thatcher Blake (born 1910 in Queensland , † February 24, 1973 in Brisbane , Queensland) was an Australian botanist . Its botanical author abbreviation is " STBlake ".

Early years

Stanley Thatcher Blake was born in Queensland in 1910 (according to other sources also in 1911). He studied botany at the University of Queensland , where he obtained his B.Sc. (Bachelor of Sciences) and in 1934 the title M.Sc. (Master of Sciences).

Working life

From 1935 to 1937 Blake collected plant material from western Queensland on various expeditions for the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute . In 1939 he investigated the possibilities of growing plants in Queensland from which natural rubber can be extracted.

In 1945 he was employed as a botanist at the Queensland Herbarium in Brisbane , where he later also became chief botanist. In this capacity he was the first to describe the eucalyptus species Eucalyptus porrecta in 1953 . In 1956 he was awarded the title D.Sc. (Doctor of Science) awarded. In 1965 he was appointed "Australian Botanical Liaison Officer" at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew , United Kingdom . He stayed with the Queensland Herbarium until his death in 1973.

death

Blake died in Brisbane on February 24, 1973 at the age of 63.

Honors

In 1929 Jesús González Ortega named the species Pereskiopsis blakeana J.G. Ortega from the cactus family (Cactaceae) after him .

Publications

  • The honey flora of South-Eastern Queensland (with C. Roff), Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1958. 199 pages, 175 plates
  • A Revision of Melaleuca leucadendron and its Allies (Myrtaceae) , Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium. No. 1. 1969. 114 pages
  • A revision of Carpobrotus and Sarcozona in Australia, genera allied to Mesembryanthemum (Aizoaceae) . Brisbane 1969. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium, No. 7. 65 pages, 11 plates.
  • Studies in Cyperaceae . Brisbane 1969, Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium. No. 8. 48 pages
  • A revision of Plectranthus (Labiatae) in Australia . Brisbane 1971. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium. No. 9. 120 pages
  • Idiospermum (Idiospermaceae), a new genus and family for Calycanthus australiensis . Brisbane 1972. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium. No. 12. 37 pages
  • Neurachne and its allies (Gramineae) . Brisbane 1972. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium. No. 13. 53 pages
  • Plinthanthesis and Danthonia and a review of the Australian species of Leptochloa (Gramineae) . Brisbane 1972. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium. No. 14. 19 pages
  • Revision of the genera Cymbopogon and Schizachyrium (Gramineae) in Australia . Brisbane 1974. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium. No. 17. 70 pages

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c S.T.Blake . Author Query, International Plant Name Index (IPNI) . Retrieved April 29, 2013
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Blake, Stanley Thatcher (1911–1973) . Encyclopedia of Australian Science Online . Retrieved April 29, 2013
  3. ↑ Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2, page 1886. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7
personal data
SURNAME Blake, Stanley Thatcher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian botanist
DATE OF BIRTH 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Queensland , Australia
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1973
Place of death Brisbane , Queensland, Australia