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Index of Botanists

NameWomersley, John Spencer
Date of birth1920
Date of death1985
Remarks [Author: Born in England; Moved to Australia in 1930; B.Sc. (1944; University of Adelaide); Forest Botanist, Papua and New Guinea Administration, Lae, PNG (in 1946) [collector note: col. ca. 1950-1953; A, L, LAE]
ASA Botanist ID105948 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/fbd3ddb8-6833-4bda-82f4-d9da1b862095
Variant nameJohn Spencer Womersley
Author nameJ. S. Womersley
B & P Author Abbrev.J.S.Womersley
Standard/Label NameJ. S. Womersley
Full NameWomersley, John Spencer
Geography AuthorAustralia (Country),  Papua New Guinea
Geography CollectorPapua New Guinea
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Author Index Herbariorum. Part 1: The Herbaria of the World. Sixth Edition. Utrecht
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors T-Z
Citation as AuthorBiography in: Plant Collectors of Papua New Guinea. https://www.pngplants.org/collInfo.php?irn=9084 (via Irina Ferreras; AMES)
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by J. S. Womersley
Collections in[no date] (11),  1948 (1),  1949 (10),  1950 (2),  1951 (24),  1952 (1),  1953 (40),  1954 (7),  1955 (10),  1956 (59),  1957 (16),  1959 (47),  1960 (5),  1961 (19),  1962 (36),  1963 (39),  1964 (23),  1965 (25),  1966 (17),  1967 (7),  1968 (10),  1969 (9),  1970 (5),  1971 (6),  1972 (8),  1973 (12),  1974 (6),  1975 (4)
Collector Teams:J. S. Womersley & N. W. Simmonds  R. D. Hoogland & J. S. Womersley  J. S. Womersley, P. van Royen & C. Versteegh  J. S. Womersley & E. Gray  J. S. Womersley & R. D. Hoogland  J. S. Womersley, Ingle & Richardson  J. S. Womersley & D. M. Osborn  J. S. Womersley & H. O. Sleumer  J. S. Womersley & P. van Royen  J. S. Womersley & L. J. Brass  J. S. Womersley & R. F. Thorne  J. S. Womersley & K. R. Wooliams  J. Vandenberg, J. S. Womersley & M. Galore  J. S. Womersley & J. Vandenberg  J. S. Womersley & A. N. Millar  A. G. Floyd & J. S. Womersley  J. S. Womersley & A. G. Floyd  J. S. Womersley & B. C. Stone  J. S. Womersley & Mr. Aprd.  J. S. Womersley & W. Vink  H. Streimann & J. S. Womersley  J. S. Womersley & G. J. Leach  J. S. Womersley, A. G. Floyd & J. Havell  J. S. Womersley, J. Vandenberg & M. Galore  J. S. Womersley & P. Katik  J. S. Womersley, A. G. Floyd & H. S. MacKee  J. S. Womersley & H. D. Ingle  J. S. Womersley & G. Larivita  J. S. Womersley & E. E. Henty  A. G. Floyd, J. Womersley, & H. S. MacKee  J. S. Womersley & T. Umba  J. S. Womersley & M. Kazakof  A. G. Floyd, J. S. Womersley, & J. Havell  A. N. Millar & J. S. Womersley  J. S. Womersley, A. N. Millar & N. R. Lowe  J. S. Womersley & T. C. Whitmore  J. S. Womersley & D. Meraga  M. J. E. Coode & J. S. Womersley