Elizabeth Anne (Berndt) George (1935–2012) was a botanical collector and writer active in Western Australia, specialising in the featherflowers ''
Verticordia
:For the clam genus, see ''Verticordia'' (bivalve).
''Verticordia'' is a genus of more than 100 species of plants commonly known as featherflowers, in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. They range in form from very small shrubs such as '' V. vertico ...
''. Works include the coordination of the Verticordia Reference Collection, specimens that allowed an extensive revision of the genus by the botanist
Alex George, and the standard reference ''Verticordia; the turner of hearts'' (2002).
Elizabeth George was commemorated in the naming of ''
Verticordia elizabethiae'', a species described in 2020.
References
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1935 births
2012 deaths
Natural history collectors
People from Perth, Western Australia