The Parson to the Plankton: George Israel Playfair (1871–1922)

Authors

  • Stephen Skinner Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea16679

Keywords:

Plankton, New South Wales, George Playfair, Freshwater Algae

Abstract

It is one hundred years since ‘the late G.I. Playfair, Australia’s foremost student of freshwater algae’ died, in Tauranga, New Zealand, but the value of his collection, and descriptions of many freshwater photosynthetic organisms from New South Wales, is current and growing.

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Published

2022-12-14

Issue

Vol. 25

Section

Articles