John Richard Maconochie

John Richard Maconochie (13 June 1941 — 24 January 1984) was a botanist from Australia. He collected Acacia.

Maconochie was born in Adelaide. He was in charge of the herbarium in Alice Springs from 1967 until 1984.[1]

He helped establish the National Herbarium of Oman.[1] Plant specimens he collected are also at the Northern Territory Herbarium.[2]

Cycas maconochiei is named for him and Maconochie Road in the Desert Springs suburb of Alice Springs was gazetted 17 September 1987 and dedicated to "the town's longest serving botanist".[1]

He died in a traffic accident in Somalia.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Maconochie, John R. - botanical collector". www.anbg.gov.au.
  2. ↑ Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology. "Maconochie, John Richard - Person - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation". www.eoas.info.
  3. ↑ International Plant Names Index. Maconochie.
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