释义 |
- Life and work
- Selected publications
- References
- Bibliography
{{Userspace draft|source=ArticleWizard|date=January 2017}}{{Infobox scientist | name = John Robert Akeroyd | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1952}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = St. Andrew's University, Cambridge University | workplaces = University of Reading | influences = William Stearn, Alastair Culham | influenced = | known_for = Botany, Polygonaceae | spouse = | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = Akeroyd | children = }}John Robert Akeroyd {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FLS|size=100%|sep=,}} (1952–) is a British botanist. Life and work Educated at St. Andrew's University, he proceeded to Cambridge University for his doctorate on the ecological genetics of weeds. His post-doctoral work was at Trinity College, Dublin (1979–1981), and then at the University of Reading, Plant Sciences Department as a post-doctoral fellow (1981–1999). At Reading he worked on the Flora Europaea.{{sfn|Culham|2004}} He succeeded William Stearn as editor of the Annales Musei Goulandris in 1999,{{sfn|Akeroyd|2006}} and also editor of Watsonia. He has served as a vice-president of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.{{sfn|BSBI|1983}} there he was referee for Polygonaceae,{{sfn|Decraene|Akeroyd|1988}} and also served on the Meetings and Publications Committee. He frequently contributes to popular articles on conservation and botany and co-founded Plant Talk conservation magazine associated with the Eden Project.{{sfn|Plant Talk|2016}}{{sfn|Culham|2004}} He is also known for his culinary skills.{{sfn|Jury|1994}}{{sfn|Nature's Web|2006}} He collected plants from the Mediterranean and Ireland, an contributed to the herbarium at Reading.{{sfn|Akeroyd|2006a}}{{sfn|Culham|2004}} John Akeroyd is the botanical authority, for a nearly twenty taxa, such as Arenaria serpyllifolia L. subsp. aegaea (Rech.f.) Akeroyd.{{sfn|Plantlist|2016}} He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society (FLS) in 1982.{{sfn|Akeroyd|2006a}} Selected publications - {{cite book|last1=Akeroyd|first1=John|title=A Beginner's Guide to Ireland's Wild Flowers|date=2008|publisher=Sherkin Island Marine Station|isbn=9781870492232}}
- The wild plants of Sherkin, Cape Clear and adjacent Islands of West Cork. Sherkin Island Marine Station (1996)
{{botanist|Akeroyd}} References Bibliography {{refbegin|30em}}- {{cite journal|last1=Akeroyd|first1=John|title=Preface|journal=Annales Musei Goulandris|date=2006|issue=11|pages=35–36|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ioannis_Bazos/publication/274193329_Ibicella_Stapf_Van_Eseltine_A_genus_of_the_American_family_Martyniaceae_new_for_Greece/links/551d67900cf252bc3a87a886.pdf?origin=publication_detail&ev=pub_int_prw_xdl|accessdate=14 January 2017|ref=harv}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Akeroyd|first1=John|authorlink=John Akeroyd|title=William Thomas Stearn (1911-2001)|journal=Annales Musei Goulandris|date=2006a|issue=11|pages=9–16|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ioannis_Bazos/publication/274193329_Ibicella_Stapf_Van_Eseltine_A_genus_of_the_American_family_Martyniaceae_new_for_Greece/links/551d67900cf252bc3a87a886.pdf?origin=publication_detail&ev=pub_int_prw_xdl|accessdate=14 January 2017|ref=harv}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Decraene|first1=Louis-Philippe Ronse|last2=Akeroyd|first2=J. R.|title=Generic limits in Polygonum and related genera (Polygonaceae) on the basis of floral characters|journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|date=December 1988|volume=98|issue=4|pages=321–371|doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.1988.tb01706.x|ref=harv}}
- {{cite journal|last1=BSBI|authorlink=Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland|title=Council members 1983–1984|journal=BSBI News|date=September 1983|issue=34|url=http://archive.bsbi.org.uk/BSBINews34.pdf|ref=harv}}
- {{cite web|last1=Culham|first1=Alastair|authorlink=Alastair Culham|title=John Robert Akeroyd|url=http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/crg/jrakeroyd/|website=Culham Research Group|publisher=University of Reading|accessdate=19 January 2017|date=20 January 2004|ref=harv}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Jury|first1=Stephen L.|title=Obituary: David Allerdice Webb|journal=Plant Science Laboratories Herbarium News|date=1 November 1994|issue=34|url=http://www.reading.ac.uk/search/public/search?q=cache:Y3c3aYFYa6cJ:www.herbarium.reading.ac.uk/modules.php%3Fname%3DArchives%26op%3Dgo%26did%3D8+Akeroyd&access=p&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&client=internal&site=internal&proxystylesheet=internal&oe=UTF-8|publisher=University of Reading|ref=harv}}
- {{cite journal|title=A Day in the Life of John Akeroyd|journal=Nature's Web|date=Autumn 2006|issue=3|page=7|url=http://www.naturesweb.ie/Autumn2006%20Page%207.pdf|ref={{harvid|Nature's Web|2006}}}}
- {{cite journal|title=Aims|journal=Plant-talk|url=http://www.plant-talk.org/aims.htm|accessdate=19 January 2017|ref={{harvid|Plant Talk|2016}}}}
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