William Blakely


William Faris Blakely was an Australian botanist and collector. From 1913 to 1940 he worked in the National Herbarium of New South Wales, working with Joseph Maiden on Eucalyptus. Maiden named a red gum in his honour, Eucalyptus blakelyi. His botanical work centred particularly on Acacias, Loranthaceae and Eucalypts.
The standard author abbreviation Blakely is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Some published names

Acacia abrupta Maiden & Blakely Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1927Acacia acellerata Maiden & Blakely Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1927Astrotricha crassifolia Blakely—Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1925, 1. 385..Olearia stilwellae Blakely—Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1925, 1.385. Hibbertia dentata var. calva Blakely—Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1 1951 Brachyloma daphnoides var. glabrum Blakely—Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1 1951 Bertya astrotricha Blakely—Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1 1951Bertya mollissima Blakely—Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1 1951Bertya oblonga Blakely Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. liv. 682.Eucalyptus wandoo Blakely A Key to the Eucalypts 1934

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