Judith Roderick Wheeler (born 1944 in

Cardiff Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area officially known as the City and County of Ca ...

, Wales) is an Australian

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botanist. After receiving an honours degree in botanical science, she was employed at the

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, before moving to Western Australia's

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and later the West Australian Herbarium. Wheeler was the leading contributor to the two volume ''Flora of the South West'' (UWAP).

Life

Judith Roderick Wheeler was born in Cardiff, Wales in 1944. She is an

botanist in Australia. She studied at King’s College, Newcastle on Tyne, (now Newcastle University) and the

University of Durham Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837. It was the first recognised university to ...

. After receiving an honours degree in botanical science, she was employed at the

, before moving to Western Australia's

and later the West Australian Herbarium. Wheeler was the leading contributor to the two volume ''Flora of the South West'' (UWAP). Judy Wheeler's name is abbreviated to J.R.Wheeler when cited as the author of a plant descriptions.

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