Kenneth Newbey

Kenneth Raymond Newbey was a plant ecologist, botanical collector, and horticulturist. Born in Katanning, [Western Australia], he collected over 12,000 specimens from the Albany-Esperance, Wheatbelt, goldfields, and Pilbara regions of Western Australia.
He died in White Gum Valley in 1988. His collection was incorporated into the Department of Conservation and [Land Management |CALM] office in Albany. The shrub Leucopogon newbeyi was named in his honour.

Publications

Publications include

West Australian Wildflowers for Horticulture, one of the seminal works introducing native plants into horticulture in Western Australia

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