Byron Barnard Lamont (born 2 January 1945) is a

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n botanist. He is currently a senior researcher within the Department of Environmental Biology of

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. A specialist in

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of the flora of the

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, he has published hundreds of papers. Born in

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, Western Australia, he attended Applecross and Mount Pleasant Primary Schools, and later Wesley College. From 1963 to 1966 he pursued undergraduate studies at the Instituate of Agriculture,

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, graduating with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science with majors in Soils, Agronomy and Microbiology. He then undertook a Master's degree under the supervision of

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, focussed on soil-plant relationships of ''

Hakea ''Hakea'' ( ) is a genus of about 150 species of plants in the Family ''Proteaceae'', endemic to Australia. They are shrubs or small trees with leaves that are sometimes flat, otherwise circular in cross section in which case they are sometimes d ...

'', especially its

proteoid root Cluster roots, also known as proteoid roots, are plant roots that form clusters of closely spaced short lateral rootlets. They may form a two- to five-centimetre-thick mat just beneath the leaf litter. They enhance nutrient uptake, possibly by chem ...

s. His research into proteoid roots earned him a

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in 1974. Thereafter he began studying part time for a

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degree, which was awarded in 1993. During this period he held a series of academic positions within Curtin University of Technology. Among his many publications are two books, around 30 book chapters and review papers, and over 100 journal papers. He is the author of '' Hakea cygna'', ''H. c.'' subsp. ''needlei'' and '' H. erecta''. He also published the name ''Hakea rubriflora'', but this has since been found to be a synonym of '' H. denticulata''. Lamont was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the

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"For service to conservation and the environment, particularly Australian flora as an educator, researcher and author". He lives in the Perth suburb of Bull Creek. He is married with two adult children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamont, Byron Barnard 1945 births Botanists active in Australia Botany in Western Australia Living people Scientists from Western Australia Members of the Order of Australia