Roger Charles Carolin
Roger Charles Carolin was an Australian botanist and pteridologist. He was appointed a lecturer in botany at the University of Sydney in 1955, earned a Ph.D. from there in 1962 with a thesis on the floral morphology of the campanales, and retired as an associate professor at the university in 1989.
Much of his research focused on the Campanulales, in particular the families Brunoniaceae and Goodeniaceae. He co-authored the Flora of the Sydney Region, and served on the editorial committees for the Flora of Central Australia and the Flora of Australia. Carolin was the principal author of Flora of Australia Vol. 35. Brunoniaceae, Goodeniaceae.
Carolin died on 3 February 2025, at the age of 95.
Some plants authored
- Campanulaceae Isotoma luticola Carolin Telopea 2 1980
- Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia communis Carolin Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89 1965 G.Don
- Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia graniticola Carolin Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89 1965
- Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia planiflora P.J.Sm. subsp. longipila Carolin ex P.J.Sm. Telopea 5: 144. 1992
- Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia queenslandica Carolin ex P.J.Sm. Fl. S. Australia 3: 1381.
- Campanulaceae Wahlenbergia scopulicola Carolin ex P.J.Sm. Telopea 5: 111. 1992
- Geraniaceae Erodium angustilobum Carolin Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 94: 212. 1970
- Geraniaceae Erodium angustilobum Carolin Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 94 1969
- Geraniaceae Erodium aureum Carolin Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83 1958.
See also :Category:Taxa named by Roger Charles Carolin
Some publications
Articles
- Cytological and hybridization studies in the genus Dianthus.
- Geraniaceae. Flora Malesiana-Series 1, Spermatophyta, 6, 445–449.
- Notes on the genus Erodium L'Her. Australia.
- The genus Geranium L. in the south western Pacific area.
- "Notes on Portulacaceae from Argentina. Parodiana 3 : 329–332
- "Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia ".
Books
- Beadle, NCW, OD Evans, RC Carolin. Armidale, New South Wales, Brown Gem Print. 597 pp.
- Beadle, NCW, OD Evans, RC Carolin.
- Pellow, B.J., Henwood, M.J. Carolin, R.C.
- Carolin, RC, P Clarke. Sainty & Associates, Potts Point, NSW, Australia. 119 pp.
- Brunoniaceae, Goodeniaceae. Flora of Australia Series, Vol 35.
- 11 chapters.
- Dow, L. consulting editor: Roger Carolin