Terry Desmond Macfarlane (born 1953) is a botanist and

taxonomist In biology, taxonomy () is the scientific study of naming, defining ( circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are give ...

, who has worked in Australia. A senior research scientist at the

Western Australian Herbarium The Western Australian Herbarium is the State Herbarium in Perth, Western Australia. It is part of the State government's Department of Parks and Wildlife, and has responsibility for the description and documentation of the flora of Western Austr ...

, Macfarlane is associate editor of its journal ''

Nuytsia ''Nuytsia floribunda'' is a hemiparasitic tree found in Western Australia. The species is known locally as moodjar and, more recently, the Christmas tree or Western Australian Christmas tree. The display of intensely bright flowers during the ...

'' and currently collaborates with researchers across Australia and in Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Russia, Spain and United Kingdom. He was also involved in the development of

FloraBase ''FloraBase'' is a public access web-based database of the flora of Western Australia. It provides authoritative scientific information on 12,978 taxa, including descriptions, maps, images, conservation status and nomenclatural details. 1,272 alie ...

, the Western Australian flora database. His favourite child is June. The standard author abbreviation T.D.Macfarl. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a

botanical name A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the ''International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' (ICN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar or Group epithets must conform to the ''Internat ...

Names published

Macfarlane has published approximately 62 species. * Anthericaceae ''

Thysanotus exfimbriatus ''Thysanotus'' is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. They are mostly native to Australia with 45 of the 50 known species occurring in Western Australia alone, although a few species range northwar ...

'' Sirisena, Conran & T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 27: 123. 2016 Jul 2016 ublished online** '' Thysanotus fragrans'' (Brittan) Sirisena, Conran & T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 27: 122. 2016 Jul 2016 ublished online** '' Thysanotus racemoides'' Sirisena, T.D.Macfarl. & Conran—Telopea 15: 206, figs 1-3. 2013 5 Nov 2013 ublished online** '' Thysanotus unicupensis'' Sirisena, T.D.Macfarl. & Conran—Nuytsia 19(2): 260 (259-263; fig. 1). 2009 7 Dec 2009** '' Tricoryne soullierae'' T.D.Macfarl. & Keighery—Austral. Syst. Bot. 27(5-6): 417. 2015 014 publ. 29 Jun 2015** '' Tricoryne tuberosa'' Keighery & T.D.Macfarl. -- Austral. Syst. Bot. 27(5-6): 416. 2015 014 publ. 29 Jun 2015*

Colchicaceae Colchicaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes 15 genera with a total of about 285 known species according to Christenhusz and Byng in 2016. Description The family is characterized by the presence of colchicine. Taxonomy The APG III ...

'' Wurmbea biglandulosa'' (R.Br.) T.D.Macfarl. -- Brunonia 3(2): 191 (1980):. (IK) ** '' Wurmbea biglandulosa'' subsp. ''flindersica'' R.J.Bates—J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 16: 36. 1995 (IK) ** '' Wurmbea calcicola'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 9(2): 233 (1993). (IK) ** '' Wurmbea centralis'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Brunonia 1980 (APNI) ** '' Wurmbea centralis'' subsp. ''australis'' R.J.Bates—J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 16: 39. 1995 (IK) ** '' Wurmbea cernua'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Brunonia 1980 (APNI) **'' Wurmbea densiflora'' (Benth.) T.D.Macfarl. -- Brunonia 3(2): 198 (1980):. (IK) ** '' Wurmbea deserticola'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Brunonia 1980 (APNI) ** '' Wurmbea dilatata'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Brunonia 3(2): 165 (1980). (IK) ** '' Wurmbea dioica'' F.Muell. subsp. ''alba'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Brunonia 3(2): 164 (1980). (IK) ** '' Wurmbea fluviatilis'' T.D.Macfarl. & A.L.Case—Nuytsia 21(1): 26 (-29; fig. 1, map). 2011 4 Jun 2011** '' Wurmbea graniticola'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 5(1) 1984 (APNI) ** '' Wurmbea humilis'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Brunonia 1980 (APNI) ** '' Wurmbea inflata'' T.D.Macfarl. & A.L.Case—Nuytsia 17: 223 (-228; fig. 1, map). 2007 Dec 2007** '' Wurmbea inframediana'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Brunonia 1980 (APNI) ** '' Wurmbea latifolia'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Brunonia 1980 (APNI) ** '' Wurmbea latifolia'' subsp. ''vanessae'' R.J.Bates—J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 16: 48. 1995 (IK) ** '' Wurmbea monantha'' (Endl.) T.D.Macfarl. -- Brunonia 3(2): 167 (1980):. (IK) **'' Wurmbea murchisoniana'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 5(3) 1986 (APNI) **'' Wurmbea odorata'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Brunonia 1980 (APNI) ** '' Wurmbea saccata'' T.D.Macfarl. & S.J.van Leeuwen—Nuytsia 10(3): 429 (1996). (IK) ** '' Wurmbea sinora'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Brunonia 3(2): 196 (1980). (IK) **'' Wurmbea uniflora'' (R.Br.) T.D.Macfarl. -- Brunonia 1980 (APNI) *

Haemodoraceae Haemodoraceae is a family of perennial herbaceous flowering plants with 14 genera and 102 known species. It is sometimes known as the "bloodwort family". Primarily a Southern Hemisphere family, they are found in South Africa, Australia and New ...

subfam. Conostylidoideae T.D.Macfarl. & Hopper—Fl. Australia 45: 454. 1987 5 May 1987(IK) *Haemodoraceae trib. Tribonantheae T.D.Macfarl. & Hopper—Fl. Australia 45: 454, 131. 1987 5 May 1987(IK) *

'' Haemodorum basalticum'' R.L.Barrett, Hopper & T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 26: 114. 2015 Nov 2015 ublished online** '' Haemodorum discolor'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Flora of Australia 45 1987 ** '' Haemodorum gracile'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Flora of Australia 45 1987 ** '' Haemodorum loratum'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Flora of Australia 45 1987 ** '' Haemodorum venosum'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Flora of Australia 45 1987 ** '' Phlebocarya pilosissima'' subsp. ''teretifolia'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Flora of Australia 45 1987 (APNI) ** '' Tribonanthes purpurea'' T.D.Macfarl. & Hopper—Flora of Australia 45 1987 (APNI) *

Hydatellaceae Hydatellaceae are a family of small, aquatic flowering plants. The family consists of tiny, relatively simple plants occurring in Australasia and India. It was formerly considered to be related to the grasses and sedges (order Poales), but has b ...

'' Trithuria austinensis'' D.D.Sokoloff, Remizowa, T.D.Macfarl. & Rudall—Taxon 57(1): 192 (-193; figs., map). 2008 8 Feb 2008** '' Trithuria australis'' (Diels) D.D.Sokoloff, Remizowa, T.D.Macfarl. & Rudall—Taxon 57(1): 193. 2008 8 Feb 2008**'' Trithuria cookeana'' D.D.Sokoloff, Remizowa, T.D.Macfarl. & Rudall—Taxon 57(1): 193 (195; figs., map). 2008 8 Feb 2008** '' Trithuria polybracteata'' D.A.Cooke ex D.D.Sokoloff, Remizowa, T.D.Macfarl. & Rudall—Taxon 57(1): 196 (figs., map). 2008 8 Feb 2008*

Loganiaceae The Loganiaceae are a family of flowering plants classified in order Gentianales. The family includes up to 13 genera, distributed around the world's tropics. There are not any great morphological characteristics to distinguish these taxa from ot ...

'' Logania sylvicola'' Cranfield, Hislop & T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 20: 272 (271-275; figs. 2-3, map). 2010 9 Sep 2010* Lomandraceae '' Chamaexeros longicaulis'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 9(3): 375 (1994). (IK) **'' Lomandra integra'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 5(1): 21 (1984). (IK) **'' Lomandra marginata'' T.D.Macfarl. & Conran—Austral. Syst. Bot. 27(5-6): 422. 2015 014 publ. 29 Jun 2015**'' Lomandra multiflora'' subsp. ''dura'' (F.Muell.) T.D.Macfarl. -- Flora of Australia 46 1986 (APNI) **'' Lomandra nigricans'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 5(1) 1984 (APNI) **'' Lomandra nutans'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 5(1) 1984 (APNI) **'' Lomandra teres'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Fl. Australia 46: 224, 106. 1986 May 1986(IK) *Poaceae Poa sect. Tovarochloa (T.D.Macfarl. & But) Molinari—Polish Bot. J. 60(1): 68. 2015 1 Jul 2015 ublished online*Poaceae trib. Amphipogoneae L.Watson & T.D.Macfarl. -- Fl. Australia 43(1): 373. 2002 8 Aug 2002(IK) * Poaceae ''

Amphipogon laguroides ''Amphipogon'', the greybeard grasses, is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family. ; Species ; formerly included see '' Diplopogon Melanocenchris '' * ''Amphipogon humilis - Melanocenchris jacquemontii'' * ''Amphipogon setaceus - M ...

'' R.Br. subsp. ''havelii'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Fl. Australia 43(1): 374. 2002 8 Aug 2002(IK) **''

Amphipogon sericeus ''Amphipogon'', the greybeard grasses, is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family. ; Species ; formerly included see '' Diplopogon Melanocenchris '' * ''Amphipogon humilis - Melanocenchris jacquemontii'' * ''Amphipogon setaceus - M ...

'' (Vickery) T.D.Macfarl. -- Fl. Australia 43(1): 375. 2002 8 Aug 2002(IK) ** '' Neurachne annularis'' T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 17: 217 (215-222; fig. 2, map). 2007 Dec 2007**'' Tovarochloa'' T.D.Macfarl. & But—Brittonia 34(4): 478 (1982). (IK) **'' Tovarochloa'' T.D.Macfarl. & But—Brittonia 34(4): 478. 1982 7 Dec 1982(GCI) **'' Tovarochloa peruviana'' T.D.Macfarl. & But—Brittonia 34(4): 478 (1982). (IK) * Proteaceae ''

Petrophile vana ''Petrophile vana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a shrub with needle-shaped, sharply-pointed leaves, and spherical to oval heads of small numbers of hairy, white flowers. De ...

'' Cranfield & T.D.Macfarl. -- Nuytsia 17: 154 (153-157; fig. 1, map). 2007 Dec 2007* Solanaceae ''

Anthocercis sylvicola ''Anthocercis'', commonly known as tailflower, is a genus of shrubs which are endemic to southern temperate Australia with the center of distribution in the South West Botanical Province of Western Australia.George ''et al.''. (1982) All species ...

'' T.D.Macfarl. & Ward.-Johnson—Nuytsia 11(1): 71 (1996). (IK) *

Zannichelliaceae The Potamogetonaceae, commonly referred to as the pondweed family, is an aquatic family of monocotyledonous flowering plants. The roughly 110 known species are divided over six genera. The largest genus in the family by far is ''Potamogeton'', w ...

'' Althenia hearnii'' T.D.Macfarl. & D.D.Sokoloff—Phytotaxa 317(1): 54. 2017 1 Aug 2017 ublished online** '' Althenia patentifolia'' (E.L.Robertson) T.D.Macfarl. & D.D.Sokoloff—Phytotaxa 317(1): 58. 2017 1 Aug 2017 ublished online

Selected publications

* Macfarlane, T.D. 1984. * Macfarlane, T.D. 1984. * Macfarlane, T.D. 1986. * Macfarlane, T.D. 1993. * Macfarlane, T.D. 1994.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Macfarlane, Terry Desmond 20th-century Australian botanists Australian taxonomists 1953 births Living people Botanists active in Australia Botany in Western Australia Botanists with author abbreviations Scientists from Western Australia 21st-century Australian botanists Australian Botanical Liaison Officers