William Faris Blakely
Blakely in 1900[1]
Born	November 1875 Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia
Died	1 September 1941 (1941-10) (aged 65) Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Citizenship	Australian
Known for	Botanical collector
Scientific career
Fields	botany

William Faris Blakely (November 1875 – 1 September 1941) was an Australian botanist and collector. From 1913 to 1940 he worked in the National Herbarium of New South Wales, working with Joseph Maiden on Eucalyptus,^[2] Maiden named a red gum in his honour, Eucalyptus blakelyi.^[3][4] His botanical work centred particularly on Acacias, Loranthaceae and Eucalypts.^[5]

The standard author abbreviation Blakely is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[6]

Some published names

(incomplete)^[7]

• Acacia abrupta Maiden & Blakely^[8] Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1927
• Acacia acellerata Maiden & Blakely^[9] Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1927
• Astrotricha crassifolia Blakely -- Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1925, 1. 385..
• Olearia stilwellae Blakely—Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1925, 1.385.
• Hibbertia dentata var. calva Blakely—Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1(3) 1951
• Brachyloma daphnoides var. glabrum Blakely—Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1(3) 1951
• Bertya astrotricha Blakely—Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1(3) 1951
• Bertya mollissima Blakely—Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1(3) 1951
• Bertya oblonga Blakely^[10]Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. liv. 682 (1929).
• Eucalyptus wandoo Blakely^[10] A Key to the Eucalypts 1934

Publications

(incomplete)

• Blakely, W.F. 1922. The Loranthaceae of Australia. Part iii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47(4)
• Blakely, W.F. 1965. A key to the eucalypts : with descriptions of 522 species and 150 varieties. Trove: summary