William Russell Sykes (1927–2018), New Zealander botanist.

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Taxon names authored

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• 0 taxon names authored by William R. Sykes

Publications

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• Sykes, W.R. 1969: The effect of goats on vegetation of the Kermadec Islands. Proceedings of the New Zealand Ecological Society 16: 13-16. Reference page. 
• Sykes, W.R. 1971. Senecio lautus in the Kermadec Islands. New Zealand journal of botany 9(3): 533–538. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1971.10430199 Reference page. 
• Sykes, W.R. 1977. Kermadec Islands flora: an annotated check list. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 219. Reference page. 
• Sykes, W.R. 1982: Checklist of dicotyledons naturalised in New Zealand 15. Annonales, Berberidales, Cactales, Fagales, some Geraniales, Juglandales, Laurales, Rutales, Salicales, Sapindales, Tiliales, Nyctaginaceae, and Zygophyllaceae. New Zealand journal of botany 20(4): 333-341. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1982.10428502 Reference page. 
• Sykes, W.R. 1987: Kermadec ngaio (Myoporum, Myoporaceae). New Zealand journal of botany 25(4): 595-601. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1987.10410090 Reference page. 
• Sykes, W.R. 1987: A new species of Senecio from New Zealand. New Zealand journal of botany 25(4): 611-613. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1987.10410092 Reference page. 
• Sykes, W.R. 1988: Notes on New Zealand Plantago species. New Zealand journal of botany 26(2): 321-323. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1988.10410121 Reference page. 
• Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R. & Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988. Flora of New Zealand. Volume IV: Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Christchurch: Botany Division, LXVIII, 1365 pp., ISBN 0-477-02529-3. Reference page. 
• Sykes, W.R.; West, C.J. 1996: New records and other information on the vascular flora of the Kermadec Islands. New Zealand journal of botany 34(4): 447-462. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1996.10410126 Reference page. 
• Sykes, W.R. 1998. Scaevola gracilis (Goodeniaceae) in the Kermadec Islands and Tonga. New Zealand Journal of Botany 36(4): 671-673. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1998.9512604 Reference page. 
• Sykes, W.R.; West, C.J.; Beever, J.E.; Fife, A.J. 2000: Kermadec Islands flora - special edition. A compilation of modern material about the flora of the Kermadec Islands. Lincoln, Canterbury, N.Z.: Manaaki Whenua Press. Reference page. 
• Sykes, W.R. 2014: A new species of Lepidium (Brassicaceae) in the Cook Islands. Phytotaxa 181(3): 184–187. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.181.3.7 Reference page.