Andrew John Scott (botanist)

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Andrew John Scott B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D., DMS, F.L.S. (born 1950) is a British botanist.[1]

After St Peter's School, Southbourne (1961-1969)[2] he studied Biology at York University (1972) followed by an M.Sc. in Plant taxonomy at Reading University (1973), with a project on "Lotus section Pedrosia in the Canary Islands".[3] In 1976 he was awarded a Ph.D. from Birmingham University for the thesis "The Systematics of the Chenopodiaceae" using Numerical taxonomy. He worked (1976-1978) at the Herbarium, Kew Gardens, on Myrtaceae.[4][5][6] Later he worked on the Flora of the Mascarenes project at Kew. Elected a member of the Linnean Society of London in 1976.[7] He was awarded a Diploma in Management Studies (DMS) from Thames Valley College in 1990 and worked in Information technology.[8][9]

Gossia scottiana N.Snow is named for him.[10][11]

The standard author abbreviation A.J.Scott is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

Selected publications[]

1990. Myrtacées. In: Bosser J, Cadet T, Guého J, Marais W (Eds) Flore des Mascareignes: La Réunion, Maurice, Rodrigues 92. MSIRI, Port Louis, ORSTOM, Paris, Royal Botanical Gardens, London.OCLC 9896555

1990. Wild Flowers of Andorra. Quarterly Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society, Vol.58(4):374-379.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Scott, Andrew John (1950-)". PNI (2021). International Plant Names Index. Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 27 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "County foil double for St Peter's". Bournemouth Evening Echo. 14 January 1969.
  3. ^ Bramwell, David; Bramwell, Zoe I. (1974). Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands. Stanley Thornes. pp. ix.
  4. ^ Sands, Martin (1976). "News of Kewites at home and abroad in 1976". The Journal of the Kew Guild. 9: 491.
  5. ^ "Review of the Work of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 1976". Kew Bulletin. 32 (4): 835, 838. 1978. JSTOR 4109791 – via JSTOR.
  6. ^ "Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Scientific, Technical and Administrative Staff". Kew Bulletin. 32 (4): 863–872. 1978. JSTOR 4109792 – via JSTOR.
  7. ^ "Records of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London for the session of 1975-76". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 8 (4): 366. December 1976.
  8. ^ "K P O S COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD BUSINESS DATA". LeadQuest.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Andy Scott Retires" (PDF). Swan Retail. November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Snow, Neil (2006). "New species of Gossia N.Snow & Guymer and Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Hassk. (Myrtaceae) from Papua New Guinea". Austrobaileya. 7 (2): 325–340. JSTOR 41739039 – via JSTOR.
  11. ^ Wegrzyn, Magdalena (29 January 2007). "A trip to the herbarium". The Mirror (UNC newspaper). pp. 2–3.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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