David Mabberley | |
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Born | May 1948 Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England | (age 76)
Other names | David John Mabberley |
Education | Rendcomb College |
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Known for | The plant-book |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Doctoral advisor | E. J. H. Corner |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Mabb. |
Professor David John Mabberley AM, (born May 1948) is a British-born botanist, educator and writer. Among his varied scientific interests is the taxonomy of tropical plants, especially trees of the families Labiatae, Meliaceae and Rutaceae. He is perhaps best known for his plant dictionary The plant-book. A portable dictionary of the vascular plants. The third edition was published in 2008 as Mabberley's Plant-book, for which he was awarded the Engler Medal in Silver in 2009. As of June 2017 Mabberley's Plant-book is in its fourth edition.