Malcolm Eric Trudgen (born 1951) is a West Australian botanist.
He has published some 105 botanical names.
[IPNI: Trudgen, Malcolm Eric (1951-)]
/ref> He currently runs his own consulting company, ''ME Trudgen and Associates''.
He has worked in the Pilbara.
Some publications
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Honours
*A daisy, '' Pilbara trudgenii'', which he and Colma Keating discovered in 1985 east of Paraburdoo in the Hamersley Range
The Hamersley Range is a mountainous region of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The range was named on 12 June 1861 by explorer Francis Thomas Gregory after Edward Hamersley, a prominent promoter of his exploration expedition to the ...
and which has been named in his honour.
*'' Micromyrtus trudgenii'', a Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae (), the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pÅhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All ...
species,
Some published names
* '' Aluta'' Rye & Trudgen, Nuytsia 13(2): 347 (2000).
* '' Angasomyrtus'' Trudgen & Keighery, Nuytsia 4(3): 435 (1983). (not accepted, synonymous with ''Kunzea
''Kunzea'' is a genus of plants in the family Myrtaceae and is Endemism, endemic to Australasia. They are shrubs, sometimes small trees and usually have small, crowded, rather Aroma compound, aromatic leaves. The flowers are similar to those of p ...
'')
* '' Astartea granitica'' Rye & Trudgen, Nuytsia 23: 239 (2013).
* ''Astus
''Astus'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Myrtaceae.
Its native range is Southwest Australia.
Species:
*'' Astus duomilia''
*''Astus subroseus
''Astus'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Myrtac ...
'' Trudgen & Rye, Nuytsia 15(3): 502 (498-503) (2005).
* '' Enekbatus'' Trudgen & Rye, Nuytsia 20: 241 (-242) (2010).
* '' Ochrosperma'' Trudgen, Nuytsia 6(1): 11 (1987).
* ''Seorsus
''Seorsus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae.
The occurrence of the four species in Australia and Borneo is widely spaced, and is thought to be indicative that the genus predates the breakup of Gondwana.
Species include: ...
'' Rye & Trudgen, Nuytsia 18: 248 (-249) (2008).
See also
* :Taxa named by Malcolm Eric Trudgen
References
Living people
1951 births
20th-century Australian botanists
21st-century Australian botanists
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