Clive A. Stace
Appearance
Clive Anthony Stace (born 1938) is a British botanist and botanical author. His academic career was based at the University of Leicester, where he held the post of Professor of Plant taxonomy. He is a past president of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.
In 2012 a newly described grass species, Brachypodium stacei (previously regarded as a form of purple false brome), was named in his honour.[1]
He has also been responsible for a number of notable publications relating to the vascular plant flora of Britain and Ireland:
- Hybridization and the flora of the British Isles
- New Flora of the British Isles
- Vice-county Census Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Great Britain
- Alien Plants
He also wrote the student textbook Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics.
References
- ^ "New species of grass dedicated to University of Leicester botanist". University of Leicester. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Stace.