William Faris Blakely (November 1875 – 1 September 1941) was an Australian botanist and collector. From 1913 to 1940 he worked in the

National Herbarium of New South Wales The National Herbarium of New South Wales was established in 1853. The Herbarium has a collection of more than 1.4 million plant specimens, making it the second largest collection of pressed, dried plant specimens in Australia,Thiers, B. ...

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Joseph Maiden Joseph Henry Maiden (25 April 1859 – 16 November 1925) was a botanist who made a major contribution to knowledge of the Australian flora, especially the genus ''Eucalyptus''. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing ...

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Eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including '' Corymbia'', they are commonly known as euca ...

'', Maiden named a ''red gum'' in his honour, ''

Eucalyptus blakelyi ''Eucalyptus blakelyi'', known as Blakely's red gum, is a tree endemic to eastern Australia. It has smooth bark on its trunk and branches, dull bluish green, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds usually in groups of seven, white flowers and cup ...

''. His botanical work centred particularly on ''

Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...

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Loranthaceae Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are ''Nuytsia floribunda'' (the W ...

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Eucalypts Eucalypt is a descriptive name for woody plants with capsule fruiting bodies belonging to seven closely related genera (of the tribe Eucalypteae) found across Australasia: ''Eucalyptus'', ''Corymbia'', ''Angophora'', ''Stockwellia'', ''Allosynca ...

. The standard author abbreviation ''Blakely'' is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Some published names

(incomplete) * '' Astrotricha crassifolia Blakely -- Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1925, 1. 385.. * '' Olearia stilwellae Blakely—Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1925, 1.385. * '' Hibbertia dentata ''var. ''calva'' Blakely—Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1(3) 1951 * ''

Brachyloma daphnoides ''Brachyloma daphnoides'', commonly known as daphne heath, is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is a small upright shrub with dull grey-green leaves and white tubular flowers. Description ''Brachyloma daphnoides'' is a small, upright ...

'' var. ''glabrum'' Blakely—Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1(3) 1951 * '' Bertya astrotricha'' Blakely—Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1(3) 1951 * '' Bertya mollissima'' Blakely—Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1(3) 1951 * '' Bertya oblonga'' Blakely—Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. liv. 682 (1929).

Publications

(incomplete) * Blakely, W.F. 1922. The Loranthaceae of Australia. Part iii. ''Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales'' 47(4) * Blakely, W.F. 1965. A key to the eucalypts : with descriptions of 522 species and 150 varieties
Trove: summary
Eucalyptus blakely juvenile leaves

References

External links

*http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/blakely-william.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Blakely, William 20th-century Australian botanists Australian taxonomists Botanists with author abbreviations 1875 births 1941 deaths Botanists active in Australia Botanical collectors active in Australia