Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1 November 1850 – 14 March 1931) was an English

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

Biography

Moore was born in

Hampstead Hampstead () is an area in London, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from Watling Street, the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the northwest part of the Lon ...

. He worked at the

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,100 ...

, from about 1870 to 1879, wrote a number of botanical papers, and then worked in an unofficial capacity at the Natural History Museum from 1896 until his death. He was involved in an expedition to remote parts of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

from December 1894 to October 1895, travelling from

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to places like Siberia Soak—near Waverley—and Goongarrie. Moore is commemorated in the plant genus ''

Spenceria ''Spenceria ramalana'' is the lone species in the plant genus ''Spenceria'', known by two varieties. ''S. ramalana'' grows from 18–32 cm. tall, and puts out yellow flowers from July through August; bearing fruit (yellowish-brown achen ...

''.

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* 1850 births 1931 deaths Botanists active in Kew Gardens English botanists English explorers People associated with the Natural History Museum, London People from Hampstead {{England-botanist-stub