Neville Graeme Marchant (born 1939) is a retired

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. He was formerly the Director of the

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. Marchant began working for the Western Australian Herbarium at the age of 15, as a laboratory assistant to Government Botanist Charles Gardner. Later he attended the

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, graduating in 1962. He taught for a short time, including under Professor

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, before taking up a scholarship to study at

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. After attaining a PhD in plant taxonomy, he won a position on the staff of the Western Australian Herbarium, which he took up in 1970. In 2001 and 2002 he was

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at the

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. He was involved in the development of FloraBase, and the establishment of regional herbaria. He was also a driving force behind Botany 2000. He is an author of the 1987 book ''Flora of the Perth region'' and the 2002 book ''Flora of the South West'', and has also published on the history of the Herbarium.Marchant, N. G. (2005) ''Documenting a flora''. (History of the Herbarium) ''Early days'' (1970), Vol. 12, Part 5 (2005), p.566-583 His research interests include the genus ''

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''. Both the

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genus '' Nevilleiella'' (2017), and its

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, originally named '' Caloplaca marchantii'' (2007), were named in his honour.

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