Barry John Conn (Barry Conn, born 1948), is an Australian botanist.
[ He was awarded a Ph.D. from ]Adelaide University
The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...
in 1982 for work on ''Prostanthera
''Prostanthera'', commonly known as mintbush or mint bush, is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae, and all are endemic to Australia. Plants are usually shrubs, rarely trees with leaves in oppos ...
''.
Career
Conn's first appointment as a botanist was with the Lae Herbarium in 1974. He then became herbarium curator and a lecturer at the Papua New Guinea Forestry College, Bulolo
Bulolo is a town in Wau-Bulolo Urban LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. It was once an important gold dredging centre in the former Territory of New Guinea,National Herbarium of Victoria
The National Herbarium of Victoria ( Index Herbariorum code: MEL) is one of Australia's earliest herbaria and the oldest scientific institution in Victoria. Its 1.5 million specimens of preserved plants, fungi and algae—collectively known a ...
(1982–1987), and botanist (and principal research scientist) at the National Herbarium of New South Wales
The National Herbarium of New South Wales was established in 1853. The Herbarium has a collection of more than 1.4 million plant specimens, making it the second largest collection of pressed, dried plant specimens in Australia,Thiers, B. ...
(1987–2015). In 1994-1995, he was Australian Botanical Liaison Officer
Australian Botanical Liaison Officer was a secondment position, held for up to twelve months by an Australian botanist (or expert in Australian botany) at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London, England in the United Kingdom. The position was c ...
at Kew. While with the National Herbarium of New South Wales, he managed the Australia’s Virtual Herbarium Project for New South Wales, and was scientific editor of the journal ''Telopea'' from 2013 to 2015.
Some published names
*'' Acacia aureocrinita'' B.J.Conn & Tame, Austral. Syst. Bot. 9(6): 851 (1996) (1996).
*'' Acacia cremiflora'' B.J.Conn & Tame, Austral. Syst. Bot. 9(6): 853 (1996) (1996).
*'' Actephila forsteri'' B.J.Conn, Telopea 20: 11 (2017).
*''Dasymalla chorisepala
''Dasymalla chorisepala'' is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It is a small shrub with its branches and leaves densely covered with hairs. The leaves are stalkless, ...
'' (Munir) B.J.Conn & Henwood, Austral. Syst. Bot. 24(1): 6 (2011).
*''Drosera hookeri
''Drosera hookeri'', the grassland sundew is an shortly erect perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus ''Drosera''. ''Drosera hookeri'' is found in south-eastern Australia. Although the holotype was collected in Tasmania, its dis ...
'' R.P.Gibson, B.J.Conn & Conran, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 24: 41 (2010).
*''Mentha atrolilacina
''Mentha atrolilacina'', or slender mint, is a species within the ''Mentha'' (mint) genus, Endemism, endemic to southeastern South Australia. It has been identified only within the Honans Native Forest Reserve, near Mount Gambier, South Australia ...
'' B.J.Conn & D.J.Duval, Telopea 12(4): 521 (2010)
See IPNI.
(Some 174 species listed, not all currently accepted)
Plants named in his honour
*'' Prostanthera conniana'' (and in honour of his wife)
Publications
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References
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Living people
1948 births
University of Adelaide alumni
Australian Botanical Liaison Officers