David Mabberley

British born Australian botanist (born 1948) David MabberleyAMMabberley in 2004BornMay 1948 (1948-05) (age 78)Tetbury, Gloucestershire, EnglandOther nameDavid John MabberleyEducationRendcomb CollegeSt Catherine's College, OxfordSidney Sussex College, CambridgeSt John's College, OxfordWadham College, OxfordKnown forThe plant-bookAwardsEngler Medal in Silver (2009)José Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical BotanyLinnean MedalScientific careerFieldsBotanyDoctoral advisorE. J. H. CornerAuthor abbrev. (botany)Mabb. Professor David John Mabberley AM, (born May 1948) is a British-born Australian botanist, educator and writer. Among his varied scientific interests is the taxonomy of tropical plants, especially plants of the families Labiatae, Malvaceae, Meliaceae and Rutaceae (in particular Citrus). The third edition of his plant dictionary The plant-book. A portable dictionary of the vascular plants was published in 2008 as Mabberley's Plant-book, for which he was awarded the Engler Medal in Silver in 2009. As of June 2017 Mabberley's Plant-book is in its fourth edition. Biography Born in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, Mabberley won a scholarship to Rendcomb College, Cirencest