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John Dransfield | |
|---|---|
| Known for | Botany Taxonomy Palm classification |
| Spouse | Soejatmi Dransfield |
| Scientific career | |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | J.Dransf. |
John Dransfield (born 1945) is former head of palm research at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom.[1]
Dransfield has written or contributed to several books on palms, notably both the first and second editions of Genera Palmarum. The first edition was the standard reference for palm evolution and classification and the second edition, expanding on the original, is expected to achieve that same benchmark.[2]
He studied at the University of Cambridge, B.A.(1967) biology, M.A. (1970) botany and Ph.D. biology (1970) before working at Kew Gardens.[3]
Dransfield was awarded the inaugural David Fairchild Medal for Plant Exploration in 1999, recognising him as the "world authority on the systematics of the palm family (Arecaceae)".[4] In 2004, he was awarded the Linnean Medal,[5] an annual award given by the Linnean Society of London. In 2023 Dr. Dransfield was the recipient of the Dent Smith Memorial Award, the highest accolade from the International Palm Society.[6]
The genus Dransfieldia was named for him, as was the species Adonidia dransfieldii.
He married Soejatmi Dransfield (née Soejatmi Soenarko) in Malaysia (1977).[7]
- ^ "Kew Magazine Photography". Kew Royal Botanic Gardens official website. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ "Genera Palmarum: the Evolution and Classification of Palms Edition 2 – Project Completed". Kew Royal Botanic Gardens official website. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 5 December 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ "Dransfield, John". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012.
- ^ "Fairchild Medal". National Tropical Botanical Garden. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Recipients of the Linnean Medal". The Linnean Society of London official website. The Linnean Society of London. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ Volume 11.05 Special Edition · May 2023 · Newsletter of the IPS
- ^ Sands, Martin (1978). "News of Kewites at home and abroad in 1977". The Journal of the Kew Guild. 10: 607–608 – via ISSUU.