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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-05-06 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005675b.htm person Lazarides Michael AACR2 26 February 1928 14 November 2011 Place of Birth Townsville, Queensland, Australia Systematic botanist Mike Lazarides was regarded as the leading botanist on the flora of Australia's arid and drier tropical regions. He was also an expert on the grass family (Poaceae), and published revisions of Australian Chlorideae and the genera Eragrostis, Eriachne and Triodia. Between 1949 and 1992 he made 35 collecting trips, mostly in Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia. Lazarides was renowned for the quality of his collections which were accompanied by extensive field notes with information on abundance, habit and habitat. Over 6,200 of his collections are in the Australian National Herbarium. Publications included comprehensive works on Australian and southeast Asian grasses, weeds, economic plants and contributions to the Flora of Australia. He described over 120 new taxa including six new genera. 1949 1949 Career position - Appointed Botanical Assistant, Northern Territory Regional Survey, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 1965 1966 Career position - Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1967 1967 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Leicester 1970 1970 Award - Smithsonian Institution grant to work on the Flora of Ceylon 1970 1970 Award - SEATO Fellowship 1975 1980 Career position - Systematic botanist, Australian National Herbarium 1993 1993 Life event - Retired 1993 2002 Career position - Honorary Research Fellow, Australian National Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1759 - )

Australian Botanical Liaison Officer, 1965 - 1966

 Australian National Herbarium (1984 - )

Over 6,200 specimens collected by Lazarides are in the Herbarium

 Australian Systematic Botany Society Inc (1973 - 2011)

Treasurer 1975 - 1980

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 'Lazarides, Michael (Mike)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Lazarides, Michael (Mike) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Michael (Mike) Lazarides [obituary] Nightingale, Maggie, West, Judy and Lazarides, Wayne Michael (Mike) Lazarides [obituary] 2012 Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 150 27-35 Book: CSIRO handbook of Australian weeds Lazarides, Michael, Cowley, Kirsten J. and Hohnen, P. CSIRO handbook of Australian weeds Collingwood, Vic. CSIRO Publishing 1997