George Simpson (botanist)

George Simpson (1880–1952) was a New Zealand naturalist and botanist.^[2] He was born in Dunedin, the son of a master builder.^[3][1] He, too, became a builder and valuer, working as Crown Valuer from about 1943 until early 1950. However, he, together with , became interested in collecting and growing New Zealand native plants and by 1925 both were well known within the New Zealand botanical community.^[1]

In 1930 he was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society,^[3] In 1945, he published his monograph on Carmichaelia.^[4] In 1949 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, FRSNZ.^[1][3]

The standard author abbreviation G.Simpson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[5]

Names published[]

(List incomplete: 74 names published)^[2]

• G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxix. 426 (1952).
• G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxiii. 161 (1943).
• G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxix. 430 (1952).
• G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxv. 196 (1945).
• G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxix. 432 (1952).
• G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxv. 200 (1945).
• Carmichaelia solandri G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxv. 253 (1945). (synonym of Carmichaelia australis R.Br.)
• Carmichaelia appressa G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxv. 263 (1945).
• Carmichaelia astonii G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxv. 253 (1945).
• Carmichaelia hollowayi G.Simpson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. N. Z. lxxv. 277 (1945).

(These may not be accepted names.)

Eponymy[]

(From Godley, 1997)^[1]

• var. simpsonii
• J.A.Hay (synonym of subsp. flexilis (Petrie) J.A.Petterson

References[]