Donald John McGillivray (20 August 1935 – 17 August 2012
) in
New South Wales
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Australia
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, usually known as D.J. McGillivray, was an Australian
botanical
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taxonomist
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. He was trained in
forestry
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, and became interested in plant taxonomy just before he transferred in 1964 to the National Herbarium of the
Royal Botanic Gardens in
Sydney, New South Wales
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.
From 1969 to 1970, he was the
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 the
Royal Botanic Gardens in
Kew
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,
London
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McGillivray specialised in the ''
Grevillea
''Grevillea'', commonly known as spider flowers, is a genus of about 360 species of evergreen flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. Plants in the genus ''Grevillea'' are shrubs, rarely trees, with the leaves arranged alternately along the b ...
''
genus
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, and in 1993 published ''Grevillea – Proteaceae: A Taxonomic Revision'', a definitive scientific survey of the prolific Australian plant genus.
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