Daniel J. Murphy (botanist)
Daniel J. Murphy is an Australian botanist.
Biography
Daniel J. Murphy completed his Ph.D. at the school of botany, The University of Melbourne in 2001.Murphy is currently a senior research scientist based at the National Herbarium of Victoria. Murphy's research is molecular based, investigating systematics, taxonomy, classification and biogeography of flowering plants. Murphy's taxa of interest include Acacia, Persoonia, Adansonia, Vachellia farnesiana and grasses.
Murphy is currently an associate editor with the following journals:
The National Herbarium of Victoria holds over 200 specimens collected by Murphy and many more as an additional collector. Other herbaria in Australia holding his collections include the University of Melbourne Herbarium, Australian National Herbarium, Western Australian Herbarium, National Herbarium of New South Wales, Tasmanian Herbarium, and the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium.
Selected published names
- Acacia leprosa var. crassipoda Maslin & D.J.Murphy
- Acacia leprosa var. graveolens Maslin & D.J.Murphy
- Acacia leprosa var. magna Maslin & D.J.Murphy
- Acacia leprosa var. uninervia Maslin & D.J.Murphy
- Acacia rostriformis Maslin & D.J.Murphy
- Acacia stictophylla Court ex Maslin & D.J.Murphy
- Falcataria pullenii Gill.K.Br., D.J.Murphy & Ladiges
- Falcataria toona Gill.K.Br., D.J.Murphy & Ladiges
- See also :Category:Taxa named by Daniel J. Murphy
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