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A BIOGRAPHY OF G. ARGENT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2020

P. Wilkie ,
T. Conlon  and
G. Hardy
P. Wilkie
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, EdinburghEH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail for correspondence: [email protected]
T. Conlon
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, EdinburghEH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail for correspondence: [email protected]
G. Hardy
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, EdinburghEH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

A biographic summary of the research of Dr Graham Charles George Argent (born 15 May 1941, died 24 April 2019) is presented, summarising his research career. Expedition information, including dates, collection number series and the names of collaborators, is given, as is a list of his publications, annotated with taxonomic decisions and the names of new species described within them.

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Argentexpeditionsnew speciespublicationsRhododendronVireya
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 77 , Issue 3 , November 2020 , pp. 311 - 335
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© Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2020)

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