Aljos Farjon (born 1946) is a Dutch botanist specialized in conifers. After studying at

Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

he worked at

Kew Gardens Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London that houses the "largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world". Founded in 1840, from the exotic garden at Kew Park, its living collections include some of the ...

. He is a fellow of the

Linnean Society of London The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature colle ...

since 1991. Farjon has published 80 papers and 7 books mainly on conifer systematics.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Farjon, Aljos 1946 births Living people 20th-century Dutch botanists 21st-century Dutch botanists Utrecht University alumni Fellows of the Linnean Society of London