John Akeroyd

John Robert Akeroyd FLS (1952–) is a British botanist.

John Robert Akeroyd
Born1952 (age 67–68)
EducationSt. Andrew's University, Cambridge University
Known forBotany, Polygonaceae
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Reading
InfluencesWilliam Stearn, Alastair Culham
Author abbrev. (botany)Akeroyd

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.[1] He succeeded William Stearn as editor of the Annales Musei Goulandris in 1999,[2] and also editor of Watsonia. He has served as a vice-president of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.[3] there he was referee for Polygonaceae,[4] 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.[5][1] He is also known for his culinary skills.[6][7]

He collected plants from the Mediterranean and Ireland, an contributed to the herbarium at Reading.[8][1] John Akeroyd is the botanical authority, for a nearly twenty taxa, such as Arenaria serpyllifolia L. subsp. aegaea (Rech.f.) Akeroyd.[9] He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society (FLS) in 1982.[8]

Selected publications
  • Akeroyd, John (2008). A Beginner's Guide to Ireland's Wild Flowers. Sherkin Island Marine Station. ISBN 9781870492232.
  • The wild plants of Sherkin, Cape Clear and adjacent Islands of West Cork. Sherkin Island Marine Station (1996)
gollark: University here is mostly only 3 years, so those things don't really exist, which is nice.
gollark: Hmm, would you sell all future months separately or just 12 of them once for every year?
gollark: Oh yes, month NFTs, great idea, very decentralized.
gollark: Someone trustworthy like me should run month allocation.
gollark: It's quite bad.

References
  1. Culham 2004.
  2. Akeroyd 2006.
  3. BSBI 1983.
  4. Decraene & Akeroyd 1988.
  5. Plant Talk 2016.
  6. Jury 1994.
  7. Nature's Web 2006.
  8. Akeroyd 2006a.
  9. Plantlist 2016.
  10. IPNI.  Akeroyd.

Bibliography

IPNI. List of plant names with authority Akeroyd.


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