Alison Kellow is a botanist and research scientist from Australia, and a lecturer at La Trobe University.[1][2] As of 2023, she is curator of the La Trobe University Herbarium.[3]
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| Website | https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/akellow |
Kellow completed a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Melbourne, and postgraduate studies in environmental science at Monash University. She completed her doctoral degree in Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Adelaide.[2]
Kellow is the joint author, with Michael Bayly, of An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Hebes, which was a finalist in the 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[4] The pair worked on the project while both were researchers for the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[1] Kellow also held a position at Industrial Research Ltd, working on flavonoid chemistry.[5]
The standard author abbreviation Kellow is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]
Eponym edit
Veronica kellowiae was named in Kellow's honour by Phil Garnock-Jones, in 2007.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b "An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Hebes". www.nhbs.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ a b University, La Trobe. "Staff profile". www.latrobe.edu.au. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Herbarium". La Trobe University. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "Posthumous nominations for authors in Montana book awards". NZ Herald. 1 June 2007. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "RNZIH - Horticulture Pages - Hebe". www.rnzih.org.nz. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Kellow.
- ^ Garnock-Jones, Phil; Albach, Dirk; Briggs, Barbara G. (2007). "Botanical names in Southern Hemisphere Veronica (Plantaginaceae): sect. Detzneria, sect. Hebe, and sect. Labiatoides". Taxon (56): 571–582.
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