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Norman Robson (botanist)

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144:. He was a member of staff at the Museum from 1962 to 1988, retiring as Principal Scientific Officer with responsibility for General Herbarium Section I. 191:
in the early 1970s. The monograph, published in a series of papers from 1977–2012, was recently completed and accounts for all 490 species of the genus.
332: 337: 283: 203: 257: 140:(1928 – 6 September 2021) was a Scientific Associate in the Plants Division, Department of Life Sciences at the 141: 261: 317: 177: 214: 122: 17: 169: 299: 180:
and subsequently at the Natural History Museum, Norman contributed accounts of Hypericum for
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of various parts of the world. Roy Lancaster encouraged him to start work on a
311: 240:"Hypericum online | A site dedicated to Hypericum – The St John's Worts" 164:
was stimulated by a final year project on the British species whilst at
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Norman published more than 90 papers and flora accounts on
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L.’ that examined floral anatomy and evolution. At the
168:. He continued work on the genus for his PhD at the 213:is used to indicate this person as the author when 309: 232: 198:and described more than 80 new species. 14: 333:Taxon authorities of Hypericum species 310: 281: 147:Norman produced a worldwide taxonomic 338:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 24: 112:Studies in the genus Hypericum L. 25: 349: 274: 258:International Plant Names Index 250: 142:Natural History Museum, London 101:Natural History Museum, London 13: 1: 282:Robson, Norman K. B. (2007). 225: 123:Author abbrev. (botany) 27:English botanist (1928–2021) 7: 10: 354: 178:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 138:Norman Keith Bonner Robson 131: 121: 105: 97: 89: 82: 74: 66: 54: 39: 32: 298:(2): 114. Archived from 244:hypericum.myspecies.info 170:University of Edinburgh 157:between 1977 and 2012. 78:University of Edinburgh 160:Norman’s interest in 204:author abbreviation 166:Aberdeen University 70:Aberdeen University 318:English botanists 135: 134: 84:Scientific career 62:(aged 92–93) 16:(Redirected from 345: 303: 268: 267: 254: 248: 247: 236: 222: 212: 211: 210: 117: 61: 58:6 September 2021 50: 48: 30: 29: 21: 353: 352: 348: 347: 346: 344: 343: 342: 308: 307: 306: 277: 272: 271: 255: 251: 238: 237: 233: 228: 223: 208: 207: 206: 201: 115: 75:Alma mater 59: 46: 44: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 351: 341: 340: 335: 330: 325: 320: 305: 304: 302:on 2016-03-04. 278: 276: 273: 270: 269: 263: N.Robson 249: 230: 229: 227: 224: 219:botanical name 200: 133: 132: 129: 128: 125: 119: 118: 109: 103: 102: 99: 95: 94: 91: 87: 86: 80: 79: 76: 72: 71: 68: 64: 63: 56: 52: 51: 41: 37: 36: 33: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 350: 339: 336: 334: 331: 329: 326: 324: 321: 319: 316: 315: 313: 301: 297: 293: 289: 287: 280: 279: 265: 264: 259: 253: 245: 241: 235: 231: 220: 216: 205: 202:The standard 199: 197: 192: 190: 187: 183: 179: 175: 171: 167: 163: 158: 156: 155: 150: 145: 143: 139: 130: 126: 124: 120: 113: 110: 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 85: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 57: 53: 42: 38: 34:Norman Robson 31: 19: 300:the original 295: 291: 285: 275:Bibliography 262: 252: 243: 234: 195: 193: 185: 173: 161: 159: 152: 146: 137: 136: 111: 98:Institutions 83: 60:(2021-09-06) 328:2021 deaths 323:1928 births 292:J. Jpn. Bot 312:Categories 226:References 286:Hypericum 196:Hypericum 189:monograph 186:Hypericum 174:Hypericum 162:Hypericum 154:Hypericum 151:of genus 149:monograph 67:Education 209:N.Robson 127:N.Robson 18:N.Robson 45: ( 215:citing 182:Floras 116:(1956) 114:  107:Thesis 93:Botany 90:Fields 55:Died 47:1928 43:1928 40:Born 314:: 296:82 294:. 290:. 260:. 242:. 217:a 288:" 266:. 246:. 221:. 49:) 20:)

Index

N.Robson
Thesis
Author abbrev. (botany)
Natural History Museum, London
monograph
Hypericum
Aberdeen University
University of Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Floras
monograph
author abbreviation
citing
botanical name
"Hypericum online | A site dedicated to Hypericum – The St John's Worts"
International Plant Names Index
 N.Robson
"Yojiro Kimura's Contribution to the Study of Japanese Hypericum"
the original
Categories
English botanists
1928 births
2021 deaths
Taxon authorities of Hypericum species
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh

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