Brown, Andrew Phillip   (1951 - )

He was born in 1951.

He was a Conservation Biologist and Taxonomist at the Western Australian Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, joining in July 1981.

There he coordinated research and recovery work on threatened flora and prepared taxonomic treatments in the Orchidaceae and Scrophulariaceae.

He retired in 2017.

After retirement he became a Research Associate at the Western Australian Herbarium, specialising in the Orchidaceae, Colchicaceae and Scrophulariaceae.

He is the author/co-author of 150 journal publications and 12 books on Western Australian flora and have collaborated in the formal descriptions of 140 new Western Australian orchid taxa, 22 Eremophila taxa and a smattering of taxa in several other genera.

He is a life member of the Western Australian Native Orchid Study and Conservation Group, a foundation member of the Australian Orchid Foundation and a member of the Orchid Specialist Group of the IUCN.

His current interests include ongoing taxonomic research and the preparation of articles and books on the Western Australian flora.

Source: Extracted from:
https://www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au/tcd/andrew-brown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Phillip_Brown
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brown-andrew-4694aaa9/?originalSubdomain=au
Portrait Photo: Taxonomy Australia website.

Collecting localities for 'Brown, A.P.' from AVH (2025)

Data from 1,055 specimens