Lindy W. Cayzer
Australian botanist
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Lindy Webster Cayzer CF (born 25 April 1952) is an Australian botanist.
25 April 1952
Lindy W. Cayzer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lindy Webster 25 April 1952 |
| Spouse | Robin Cayzer |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Revision of the family Pittosporaceae in Australia (1997) |
| Doctoral advisors | Michael Crisp, Judith Gay West |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | L.W.Cayzer (IPNI) L.Cayzer(APNI) |
The standard author abbreviation L.W.Cayzer is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1] (The Australian Plant Name Index consistently gives her author abbreviation as L.Cayzer.)[2]
Early life and education
Cayzer was born on 25 April 1952, daughter of Robert and Rita Webster.[3][4] She graduated from the Australian National University with a PhD in 1997.[5]
Career
Cayzer was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2016 which enabled her to visit herbaria in Europe and South-East Asia to study the taxonomic data held on the Australian plant family Pittosporaceae.[6][7] She was supported in this by her husband, Robin Cayzer.[8]
She has continued to work on Australian plants, publishing further work on Pittosporaceae,[9][10][11][12] a monograph on Gastrolobium,[13] and more recently, a monograph on Daviesia,[14] and work on insect pests in timber.[15]
Publications
