Pauline Ladiges, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Pauline Ladiges

Australian botanist

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1948

Place of Birth: Bolton, England, United Kingdom

Profession: botanist, ecologist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Pauline Yvonne Ladiges is a botanist whose contributions have been significant both in building the field of taxonomy, ecology and historical biogeography of Australian plants, particularly Eucalypts and flora, and in science education at all levels.
She is professorial fellow in the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne, where she has previously held a personal chair and was head of the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne from 1992 to 2010.
She has been a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science since 2002.
The standard author abbreviation Ladiges is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.