Pauline Ladiges

Professor
Pauline Yvonne Ladiges
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
AwardsAO, FAA
Scientific career
FieldsPlant ecology, taxonomy
InstitutionsUniversity of Melbourne

Pauline Yvonne Ladiges AO FAA (born 1948) is a botanist whose contributions have been significant both in building the field of taxonomy, ecology and historical biogeography of Australian plants, particularly Eucalypts and flora, and in science education at all levels. She is professorial fellow in the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne,[1] where she has previously held a personal chair and was head of the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne from 1992 to 2010. She has been a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science since 2002. The standard author abbreviation Ladiges is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

  1. ^ Walker, R.H.; et al. "Ladiges, Pauline Yvonne". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Ladiges.