John Roslyn Garnet

John Roslyn (Ros) Garnet (1906–1998) was an Australian biochemist and naturalist with a strong interest in nature conservation.

Life edit

Garnet began his career in the Commonwealth Health Department Laboratory at Port Pirie, where he worked from 1928 to 1930. However, for most of his career (1930 – 1971) he was based at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories in Parkville, Melbourne. Garnet was active in the conservation movement and was a founder of the Victorian National Parks Association in 1952, as well as serving as its Honorary Secretary for 21 years. He had a particular interest in Wilsons Promontory National Park.^[1]^[2]

Garnet, J. Ros. (1965). The Vegetation of Wyperfeld National Park (North-West Victoria). A survey of its Vegetation and Plant Communities, together with a Check-list of the Vascular Flora as at December 1964.. Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria.
Garnet, J. Ros. (1966). Spider, Insect and Man. Commonwealth Serum Laboratories: Parkville.
Garnet, J. Ros. (Editor). (1968). Venomous Australian Animals Dangerous to Man. Commonwealth Serum Laboratories: Parkville.
Garnet, J. Ros. (1970). Wilson's Promontory. OUP: London.
Garnet, J. Ros. (1971). The Wildflowers of Wilson's Promontory National Park. Lothian Books: Melbourne.
Garnet, J. Ros.; & Conabere, Elizabeth. (1987). Wildflowers of South-Eastern Australia. Greenhouse Publications: Melbourne.

The standard author abbreviation Garnet is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[3]

^ McCarthy, GJ (16 September 2004). "Garnet, John Roslyn (Ros)". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
^ Garnet, J. Ros; et al. (May 2009). "A History of Wilsons Promontory" (PDF). Victorian National Parks Association. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
^ International Plant Names Index. Garnet.

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