Eleanor Marion Bennett

Eleanor Marion Bennett (born 4 February 1942) (née Scrymgeour) is an Australian botanist who was employed by the Western Australian Herbarium from 1965 to 1970. She collected Eucalyptus species in the south-west of Western Australia and published a revision of the genus Hybanthus in 1972.[2][3] She is the author of two books: Bushland Plants of Kings Park, Western Australia[4] and Common and aboriginal names of Western Australian plant species.[5] Bennett was also one of the authors of Flora of the Perth region.[6]

Eleanor Marion Bennett
Born4 February 1942 (1942-02-04) (age 81)
Subiaco, Western Australia
NationalityAustralian
CitizenshipAustralian
Alma materThe University of Western Australia[1]
Scientific career
Fieldsbotany
Author abbrev. (botany)E.M.Benn.

References
  1. "50th Reunion of the Graduates of 1964" (PDF). University of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. "Scrymgeour, Eleanor Marion (1942 - ) [Bennett, Eleanor Marion]". Australian National Botanic Garden. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. Bennett, Eleanor M. (14 November 1972). "A revision of the Australian species of Hybanthus Jacquin (Violaceae)". Nuytsia. 1 (3): 218–241.
  4. Bennett, Eleanor M. (1988). The bushland plants of Kings Park, Western Australia. Perth: Kings Park and Botanic Garden. ISBN 073165031X.
  5. Bennett, Eleanor M. (1991). Common and Aboriginal names of Western Australian plant species (2nd ed.). Boya, Western Australia: Wildflower Society of Western Australia, Eastern Hills Branch. ISBN 0959544348.
  6. Marchant, N.G.; et al. (1987). Flora of the Perth region. Perth: Western Australian Herbarium. ISBN 0724489665.
  7. International Plant Names Index.  E.M.Benn.


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