Roger Charles Carolin Explained
Roger Charles Carolin |
Birth Date: | 15 October 1929 |
Birth Place: | London, UK |
Education: | University of Sydney (Ph.D. 1962) |
Fields: | Botany |
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Workplaces: | University of Sydney |
Nationality: | Australian |
Author Abbrev Bot: | Carolin |
Roger Charles Carolin (born 1929) is a botanist, pteridologist and formerly an associate professor at Sydney University. He was appointed as a lecturer in botany at the University of Sydney in 1955 earned a Ph.D from Sydney University in 1962 with a thesis on the floral morphology of the campanales,[1] and retired as an associate professor in 1989.
Much of his research focussed on the Campanulales, in the particular the families, Brunoniaceae and Goodeniaceae. He co-authored the Flora of the Sydney Region (various editions: 1972–1993), and served on the editorial Committees for the Flora of Central Australia and the Flora of Australia. Carolin was the principal author of Flora of Australia Vol. 35. Brunoniaceae, Goodeniaceae (1992).
Some plants authored
- Campanulaceae Isotoma luticola Carolin Telopea 2 1980
- Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia communis Carolin Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89 1965 (synonym of Wahlenbergia capillaris (G.Lodd.) G.Don
- Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia graniticola Carolin Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89 1965
- Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia planiflora P.J.Sm. subsp. longipila Carolin ex P.J.Sm. Telopea 5(1): 144. 1992
- Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia queenslandica Carolin ex P.J.Sm. Fl. S. Australia 3: 1381 (1986).
- Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia scopulicola Carolin ex P.J.Sm. Telopea 5(1): 111. 1992
- Geraniaceae Erodium angustilobum Carolin Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 94: 212. 1970
- Geraniaceae Erodium angustilobum Carolin Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 94 1969
- Geraniaceae Erodium aureum Carolin Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83 1958.
For a list of all plants authored by Carolin see International Plant Name Index.
See also
Some publications
Articles
Books
- Beadle, NCW, OD Evans, RC Carolin. (1962) Handbook of the vascular plants of the Sydney district and Blue Mountains. Armidale,New South Wales, Brown Gem Print. 597 pp.
- Beadle, NCW, OD Evans, RC Carolin. (1982) Flora of the Sydney region. Reed, Frenchs Forest. 720 pp. 16 pp. of plates: ill. (some col.), maps
- Pellow, B.J., Henwood, M.J. Carolin, R.C. (2009) Flora of the Sydney Region, 5th Ed. A complete revision, Sydney University Press.
- Carolin, RC, P Clarke. (1991) Beach plants of south eastern Australia. Sainty & Associates, Potts Point, NSW, Australia. 119 pp.
- (1992) Brunoniaceae, Goodeniaceae. Flora of Australia Series, Vol 35.
- (2002) Encyclopedia of Discovery:Nature. 11 chapters.
- Dow, L. (1997) Incredible plants. McGraw Hill. consulting editor: Roger Carolin
- (1981) Salt lakes & coolabahs : field trip 23, (30 August – 18 September) / leader: Roger Carolin
External links
Notes and References
- Carolin, R.C. (1962) The floral morphology of the campanales sens. Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. Retrieved 11 May 2019.