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Roger Charles Carolin

Roger Charles Carolin
Born(1929-10-15)15 October 1929[1]
London, England
Died3 February 2025(2025-02-03) (aged 95)
NationalityAustralian
EducationUniversity of Sydney
(Ph.D. 1962)[2]
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsUniversity of Sydney
Author abbrev. (botany)Carolin
Collecting locations in Australia

Roger Charles Carolin (15 October 1929 – 3 February 2025) was an Australian botanist and pteridologist.[1] He was appointed a lecturer in botany at the University of Sydney in 1955[1] earned a Ph.D. from Sydney University in 1962 with a thesis on the floral morphology of the campanales,[2] and retired as an associate professor in 1989.[1]

Much of his research focussed on the Campanulales, in the particular the families, Brunoniaceae and Goodeniaceae.[1] He co-authored the Flora of the Sydney Region (various editions: 1972–1993), and served on the editorial Committees for the Flora of Central Australia and the Flora of Australia. Carolin was the principal author of Flora of Australia Vol. 35. Brunoniaceae, Goodeniaceae (1992).[1]

Carolin died on 3 February 2025, at the age of 95.[3]

The standard author abbreviation Carolin is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

Some plants authored

For a list of all plants authored by Carolin see International Plant Name Index.[6]
See also Category:Taxa named by Roger Charles Carolin

Some publications

Articles

Books

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Carolyn, Roger Charles (1929–). Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b Carolin, R.C. (1962) The floral morphology of the campanales sens. Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Roger (Ruari) Carolin". Funeral Announcements. February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Carolin.
  5. ^ "Wahlenbergia communis". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  6. ^ "Plants authored by Carolin". The International Plant Name Index. Retrieved 11 May 2019.