John William Green is an Australian botanist.

Career

Green began his botanical career in 1954 as assistant botanist in the Western Australian Herbarium

Western Australian Herbarium

The Western Australian Herbarium is the State Herbarium in Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia. It is part of the State government's Department of Environment and Conservation, and has responsibility for the description and documentation of the flora of Western Australia.The Herbarium is...

. He remained in that position until 1958, in his final year serving as botanical adviser to phytochemical

Phytochemical

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 surveys in the southwest

Southwest Australia

Southwest Australia is a biodiversity hotspot that includes the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregions of Western Australia. The region has a wet-winter, dry-summer Mediterranean climate, one of five such regions in the world...

. He then took up a position at the University of New England

University of New England, Australia

The University of New England is an Australian public university with approximately 18,000 higher education students. Its original and main campus is located in the city of Armidale in northern New South Wales....

 at Armidale, New South Wales

Armidale, New South Wales

Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale Dumaresq Shire had a population of 19,485 people according to the 2006 census. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region...

 until 1963, when he moved to Canberra

Canberra

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, unitially as an academic, and after 1966 as a researcher at the Forest Research Institute

Forest Research Institute

The Forest Research Institute is an institute of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education and is a premier institution in the field of forestry research in India. It is located at Dehradun in Uttarakhand. It was established in 1906 and is one of the oldest institutions of its kind...

. In 1970 he moved to Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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, taking up a post as professor

Professor

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 at the Laurentian University

Laurentian University

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.

In 1975, Green returned to Australia, taking on the post of curator

Curator

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 to the Western Australian Herbarium

Western Australian Herbarium

The Western Australian Herbarium is the State Herbarium in Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia. It is part of the State government's Department of Environment and Conservation, and has responsibility for the description and documentation of the flora of Western Australia.The Herbarium is...

. He held that position until 1987. During this time he oversaw the introduction of database

Database

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 systems for management of collections.

Plant taxa publications

Green has published a number of plant taxa, among which the following are still current:

• Tersonia cyathiflora (Button Creeper)
• Conostylis aculeata subsp. rhipidion
• Conostylis argentea
• Conostylis crassinerva
• Conostylis deplexa
• Conostylis teretifolia
• Corynanthera
• Corynanthera flava
• Malleostemon
• Malleostemon hursthousei
• Malleostemon minilyaensis
• Malleostemon pedunculatus
• Malleostemon peltiger
• Malleostemon roseus
• Malleostemon tuberculatus
• Micromyrtus barbata
• Micromyrtus blakelyi
  Micromyrtus blakelyi
  Micromyrtus blakelyi is a spreading shrub in the myrtle family. It is found near the Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney. Usually growing in depressions and crevices in Hawkesbury Sandstone. Growing from 0.3 to 0.6 metres tall with a cushion like appearance. Flowering occurs from August to October....
  
  
• Micromyrtus fimbrisepala
• Micromyrtus helmsii
• Micromyrtus obovata
• Micromyrtus serrulata
• Micromyrtus sessilis
• Micromyrtus striata
• Micromyrtus stenocalyx
• Thryptomene biseriata
• Thryptomene cuspidata
• Thryptomene decussata
• Thryptomene longifolia
• Thryptomene naviculata
• Thryptomene nealensis
• Thryptomene wittweri

He was also collector of the type specimen of Eucalyptus dolichorhyncha.