Malcolm Eric Trudgen

Malcolm Eric Trudgen (born 1951) is a West Australian botanist. He has published some 105 botanical names.[1] He currently runs his own consulting company, ME Trudgen and Associates.[2]

Some publications

• Trudgen, M.E. (1987). "Ochrosperma, a new genus of Myrtaceae (Leptospermeae, Baeckeinae) from New South Wales and Queensland". Nuytsia. 6 (1): 9–17..
• Trudgen, M.E. (1986). "Reinstatement and revision of Rinzia Schauer (Myrtaceae, Leptospermeae, Baeckeinae)". Nuytsia. 5: 415–439..
• Trudgen, M.E., & Griffin, E.A. (2001). A Flora, Vegetation and Floristic Survey of the Burrup Peninsula, Some Adjoining Areas and Part of the Dampier Archipelago with Comparisons to the Floristics of Areas on the Adjoining Mainland: Floristic Analysis of Vegetation Site Data from the Burrup Peninsula, Dolphin, Angel and Gidley Islands with Data from Cape Preston, the Chichester Ranges and Other Localities. ME Trudgen and Associates.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Trudgen, M.E. (1984). A flora and vegetation survey of the Weeli Wolli Creek area. (Unpublished report prepared for the Mt Newman Mining Company.).
• Trudgen, M.E. & Casson, N. (1998). Flora and vegetation survey of Orebody A and Orebody B in the West Angelas Hill area, an area surrounding them, and of rail route options considered to link them to the existing Robe River Iron Associates rail line. (Unpublished report for Robe River Iron Associates.).CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Trudgen, M.E. (2002). A flora, vegetation and floristic survey of the Burrup Peninsula, some adjoining areas and part of the Dampier Archipelago, with comparisons to the floristic of areas on the adjacent mainland. (Unpublished report for the Department of Minerals & Petroleum Resources: Perth.).
• Rye, B.L. & Trudgen, M.E. (2008). "Seorsus a new Gondwanan genus of Myrtaceae with a disjunct distribution in Borneo and Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 18: 235–257.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Rye, B.L., & Trudgen, M.E. (2012). "Seven new combinations for Western Australian members of Myrtaceae tribe Chamelaucieae" (PDF). Nuytsia. 22 (6): 393–398.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Trudgen, M.E., & Rye, B.L. (2005). "Astus, a new Western Australian genus of Myrtaceae with heterocarpidic fruits" (PDF). Nuytsia. 15 (3): 495–512.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link).

Honours

• A daisy, Pilbara trudgenii, which he and Colma Keating discovered in 1985 east of Paraburdoo in the Hamersley Range and which has been named in his honour. [4][5]
• Micromyrtus trudgenii, a Myrtaceae species,[6]
• a wattle, Acacia trudgeniana (Trudgen's wattle)[7][8] and
• a trigger plant, Stylidium trudgenii,[9][10] also honour Trudgen, because it was he who drew attention the existence of these plants.[6][8][10]

Some published names

• Aluta Rye & Trudgen, Nuytsia 13(2): 347 (2000).
• Angasomyrtus Trudgen & Keighery, Nuytsia 4(3): 435 (1983). (not accepted, synonymous with Kunzea)
• Astartea granitica Rye & Trudgen, Nuytsia 23: 239 (2013).
• Astus 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 Rye & Trudgen, Nuytsia 18: 248 (-249) (2008).

See also

• Category:Taxa named by Malcolm Eric Trudgen

References

1. IPNI: Trudgen, Malcolm Eric (1951-)
2. "M.E. Trudgen and Associates". Research Data Australia. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
3. IPNI.  Trudgen.
4. Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science (2013). "FloraBase—the Western Australian Flora: Plant of the month Pilbara trudgenii". florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
5. "Pilbara trudgenii | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
6. Rye, B.L. (2007). "Micromyrtus trudgenii (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae), a new species from the Blue Hill Range area of south-western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 17 (1): 326–329, Figs 1-3.
7. "Factsheet - trudgeniana". worldwidewattle.com. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
8. Maslin, B.R. & van Leeuwen, S. (2008). "New taxa of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) and notes on other species from the Pilbara and adjacent desert regions of Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 18: 180–183, Fig. 11.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
9. "Vascular Plants". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
10. Lowrie, A. & Kenneally, K.F. (2004). "Two new species of Stylidium (Stylidiaceae) from the south-east of Western Australia". The Western Australian Naturalist. 24 (3).CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)