Elizabeth Anne (Berndt) George (1935–2012) was a botanical collector and writer active in Western Australia, specialising in the featherflowers Verticordia. Works include the coordination of the Verticordia Reference Collection, specimens that allowed an extensive revision of the genus by the botanist Alex George, and the standard reference Verticordia; the turner of hearts (2002).[1]
The standard author abbreviation Eliz.George is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]
Elizabeth George was commemorated in the naming of Verticordia elizabethiae, a species described in 2020.[3]
References
edit- ^ "George, Elizabeth (1935 - 2012)". Biographical notes. Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Eliz.George.
- ^ Rye, Barbara; Barrett, M. D. (2020). "A new species that's worth its salt: Verticordia elizabethiae (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae), a salt-tolerant rarity from semi-arid Western Australia". Nuytsia. 31: 259–262, Fig. 1. doi:10.58828/nuy00985. S2CID 257674970.