Michael D. Ferrero (born 1968) is a botanist who specialises in the

systematics Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ...

and ecology of the

Arecaceae The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...

, with emphasis on the genera, ''

Calyptrocalyx ''Calyptrocalyx'' is a monoecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in Papua New Guinea and the nearby Maluku Islands. Ranging from small to large, the palms in this genus are increasingly found in cultivation owing largely to th ...

'', ''

Gronophyllum ''Hydriastele'' is a diverse and widespread genus of flowering plant in the palm family found throughout northern Australia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Southeast Asia. It consisted of just nine species until 2004, when molecular research, suppor ...

'', ''

Hydriastele ''Hydriastele'' is a diverse and widespread genus of flowering plant in the arecaceae, palm family found throughout northern Australia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Southeast Asia. It consisted of just nine species until 2004, when molecular resea ...

'' and has described more than 20 new species of palms. He has collected in

Indo China Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

Australasia Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecologica ...

and

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

Some publications

*Dowe,J.L. & Ferrero, M.D. (2000) ''Gronophyllum cariosum'', an Ornamental New Species from Papua New Guinea, ''Palms'' 2000 Vol.44 No.4 pp. 161–165. *Dowe, J.L. & Ferrero, M.D. (2001) Revision of ''Calyptrocalyx'' and the New Guinea species of ''Linospadix'' (Linospadicinae: Arecoideae: Arecaceae
''Blumea'' 46: 207-251
*Dowe, J,L. & Ferrero, M.D. (2000) A new species of rheophytic palm from New Guinea. ''Palms'', 44 (4). pp. 194–197.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrero, Michael D. 20th-century Australian botanists 1968 births Living people 21st-century Australian botanists