John Dransfield
Known forBotany
Taxonomy
Palm classification
SpouseSoejatmi 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]

Selected works

  • Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics By William J. Baker & J Dransfield. 2016. Oxford Academy, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society,2016, 182, 207–233 ISSN 1095-8339[22]
    • The standard author abbreviation J.Dransf. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[23]

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "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.
    2. ^ a b "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.
    3. ^ "Dransfield, John". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012.
    4. ^ "Fairchild Medal". National Tropical Botanical Garden. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
    5. ^ "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.
    6. ^ Volume 11.05 Special Edition · May 2023 · Newsletter of the IPS
    7. ^ Sands, Martin (1978). "News of Kewites at home and abroad in 1977". The Journal of the Kew Guild. 10: 607–608 – via ISSUU.
    8. ^ Harold Emery Moore; John Dransfield (1979). The typification of Linnean palms. International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
    9. ^ John Dransfield (1979). A manual of the rattans of the Malay Peninsula. Forest Dept., Ministry of Primary Industries, Malaysia. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
    10. ^ John Dransfield (1984). The rattans of Sabah. Forest Dept. Sabah. ISBN 9780591134841. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
    11. ^ John Dransfield (1986). Palmae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-90-6191-329-0. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
    12. ^ Natalie W. Uhl; John Dransfield; Harold Emery Moore (1987). Genera Palmarum: a classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore, Jr. L.H. Bailey Hortorium. ISBN 978-0-935868-30-2. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
    13. ^ John Dransfield; Dennis Victor Johnson; Hugh Synge (November 1988). The palms of the New World: a conservation census. IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-941-9. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
    14. ^ John Dransfield (1992). The rattans of Sarawak. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-0-947643-41-6. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
    15. ^ John Dransfield; Henk Beentje (1995). The palms of Madagascar. Royal Botanic Gardens and the International Palm Society. ISBN 978-0-947643-82-9. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
    16. ^ A. N. Rao; V. Ramanatha Rao; J.T. Williams, eds. (1998). Priority species of bamboo and rattan (PDF). Bioversity International. ISBN 978-92-9043-491-7. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
    17. ^ John Dransfield (15 January 2000). Corybas West of Wallace's Line. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-226-3. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
    18. ^ Rafaël Govaerts; John Dransfield (2005). World checklist of palms. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-084-9. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
    19. ^ John Dransfield (2006). Field guide to the palms of Madagascar. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-157-0. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
    20. ^ William J. Baker; John Dransfield (December 2006). Field guide to the palms of New Guinea. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-138-9. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
    21. ^ John Dransfield; Natalie W. Uhl (2008). Genera Palmarum: the evolution and classification of palms. Kew Pub. ISBN 978-1-84246-182-2. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
    22. ^ Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 182 (2): 207–233. doi:10.1111/boj.12401.
    23. ^ International Plant Names Index.  J.Dransf.

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