Joy Thompson (botanist)
Joy Thompson (born Joy Gardiner-Garden, 1923, died 2018) was an Australian botanist. Her main research areas were taxonomy and Myrtaceae.
Joy Thompson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Joy Gardiner-Garden 3 October 1923 Manly, Sydney |
| Died | 15 August 2018 (aged 94)[1] |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Sydney University |
| Spouse(s) | Max Thompson |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Joy Thomps. |
Life & Career
Thompson's university studies occurred during the second world war and in university vacations she worked in the Land Army near Maitland. She graduated in 1946 with a B.Sc. (Agric) from the University of Sydney, and went to work at the New South Wales Herbarium (then a part of the NSW department of Agriculture).[2] She was Honorary Secretary of the Systematic Botany Committee of ANZAAS from 1952 to 1954.[2]
In 1956 she married Max Thompson and, as a public servant, resigned from her position as was required at the time. Ten years later, after the birth of her two children, she returned to work at the Herbarium, in a part-time position.[2] On her retirement in 1982, she became an Honorary Research Associate,[3][1] and until 2009, continued to work in this role, making the 2.5 hour train journey from Mittagong once a week.[2]
The standard author abbreviation Joy Thomps. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
Some publications
- 1993. A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5(3): 427-581
- 1992. (with J. Everett) New alpine and subalpine species in Craspedia sens. strict. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Telopea 5(1): 45-51
- 1991. Swainsona pyrophila (Fabaceae), a new name and synonymisation. Telopea 4(2): 359-359
- 1990. New species and new combinations in the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae) in New South Wales. Telopea 4(1): 1-5
- 1989. (with J.R. Clarkson) A revision of the genus Neofabricia (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 291-300
- 1989. A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 301-449
- 1986. (with L.A.S. Johnson) Callitris glaucophylla Australia's 'White Cypress Pine' - a new name for an old species. Telopea 2(6): 731-736
- 1983. Redefinitions and nomenclatural changes within the Leptospermum suballiance of Myrtaceae. Telopea 2(4): 379-383
- 1981. A key to the plants of the subalpine and alpine zones of the Kosciusko region. Telopea 2(3): 219-297
- 981. (with Max Gray)A check-list of the subalpine and alpine species found in the Kosciusko region of New South Wales. Telopea 2(3): 299-346
- 1976. A Revision of the Genus Tetratheca (Tremandraceae). Telopea 1(3): 139-215
Books
- 1993. A Revision of the Genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea (Sydney) 5 (3): 156 pp.
- 1986. A Revision of the Genus Leptospermum: Including a Discussion of the Variation Contained Within the Genus and Its Probable Significance as Indicating the Origin, Subsequent Evolution and Spread of the Group. Editor Univ. of Sydney, 678 pp.
- 1978. Polygalaceae. Flora of New South Wales 112: 118 pp.
- 1961. Papilionaceae. Flora of New South Wales 101: 91 pp.
Honours
Eponymy
- (Oxalidaceae) Oxalis thompsoniae B.J.Conn & P.G.Richards[5]
- (Poaceae) Agrostis thompsoniae S.W.L.Jacobs[6]
References
- CHAH: Joy Thompson
- Wilson, K.L.; Briggs, B.G. (2018). "Vale Joy Thompson 3 October 1923 – 15 August 2018" (PDF). Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter. 176: 23.
- RBGS: Joy Thompson (honorary research associate)
- IPNI. Joy Thomps.
- Conn, BJ; Richards, PG (1994). "A new species of Oxalis section Corniculatae (Oxalidaceae) from Australasia". Australian Systematic Botany. 7 (2): 171. doi:10.1071/SB9940171. ISSN 1030-1887.
- Jacobs, S.W.L. (2002). "Four new species of Agrostis (Gramineae) from Australia". Telopea. 9 (3): 679-683.
