John Carrick (botanist)

John Carrick
Born14 June 1914
Glasgow, Scotland
Died4 January 1978 (1978-01-05) (aged 63)
Adelaide, South Australia
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)Carrick

John Carrick (14 June 1914 – 4 January 1978) was a botanist and the author of a number of plant names. He was born in Glasgow and died in Australia. He worked at the University of Malaya from 1952 to 1967 and then became a botanist at the South Australian State Herbarium.[1][2]

The mintbush, Prostanthera carrickiana was named in his honour.[3]

The standard author abbreviation Carrick is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference DesmEllw97 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "IPNI Author Query Results for Carrick", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 8 December 2015
  3. ^ Conn, Barry J. (1987). "A new Western Australian species of Prostanthera section Klanderia (Labiatae)". Muelleria. 6 (5): 371–374. doi:10.5962/p.171884. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index,  Carrick