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Place of Birth: Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
About Bruce Maslin
- Bruce Roger Maslin (born 3 May 1946) is an Australian botanist. Bruce Maslin is a renowned Acacia taxonomist.
- Born in Bridgetown, Western Australia, he obtained an honours degree in botany from the University of Western Australia in 1967, then took up an appointment as a botanist with the Western Australian Herbarium.
- The following year he was conscripted to serve in the Vietnam War; he gave three years in National Service, serving in Vietnam in 1969.
- In 1970 he returned to his position at the Western Australian Herbarium, serving in that institution until 1987.
- During this time he was Australian Botanical Liaison Officer in 1977 and 1978; editor of Nuytsia from 1981 to 1983; and acting curator in 1986 and 1987.
- In 1987, Maslin was appointed a Senior Research Scientist, still within the Department of Environment and Conservation.
- A specialist in the genus Acacia, he has published around 250 Acacia taxa.
- He retired from his position at the Western Australian Herbarium in 2017, after 48 years of service and more than 180 scientific papers and articles.
- He has continued his Acacia work as an Honorary Research Associate at the Herbarium and has conducted research in south, south-east and east Asia, dealing with the region's Acacia sens.
- lat taxonomy and nomenclature.
- Bruce was awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2017.
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