Lindy Webster Cayzer
CF (born 25 April 1952) is an Australian botanist.
(The
Australian Plant Name Index
The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is an online database of all published names of Australian vascular plants. It covers all names, whether current names, synonyms or invalid names. It includes bibliographic and typification details, informati ...
consistently gives her author abbreviation as L.Cayzer.)
Early life and education
Cayzer was born on 25 April 1952, daughter of Robert and Rita Webster. She graduated from the
Australian National University
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...
with a PhD in 1997.
Career
Cayzer was awarded a
Churchill Fellowship
Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts (WCMT) are three independent but related living memorials to Sir Winston Churchill, based in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. They exist for the purpose of administering Churchill Fellowships, a ...
in 2016 which enabled her to visit herbaria in Europe and South-East Asia to study the taxonomic data held on the Australian plant family
Pittosporaceae. She was supported in this by her husband, Robin Cayzer.
She has continued to work on Australian plants, publishing further work on
Pittosporaceae, a monograph on ''
Gastrolobium'', and more recently, a monograph on ''
Daviesia'', and work on insect pests in timber.
Publications
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See also
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:Taxa named by Lindy W. Cayzer
References
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1952 births
Living people
20th-century Australian botanists
Australian National University alumni
21st-century Australian botanists
20th-century Australian women scientists