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Elizabeth Anne George

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Elizabeth Anne (Berndt) George (1935–2012) was a botanical collector and writer active in Western Australia, specialising in the featherflowers Verticordia. Works include the coordination of the Verticordia Reference Collection, specimens that allowed an extensive revision of the genus by the botanist Alex George, and the standard reference Verticordia; the turner of hearts (2002).[1]

Elizabeth George was commemorated in the naming of Verticordia elizabethiae, a species described in 2020.[2]

References

  1. ^ "George, Elizabeth (1935 - 2012)". Biographical notes. Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. ^ Rye, Barbara; Barrett, M. D. (2020). "A new species that's worth its salt: Verticordia elizabethiae (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae), a salt-tolerant rarity from semi-arid Western Australia". Nuytia. 31: 259–262, Fig. 1.