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2 unusual facts about Allen Lowrie


Allen Lowrie

He is recognised for his expertise on the genera Drosera and Stylidium.

As time went on, his hobby turned to a profession and Lowrie discovered and described numerous species (especially Drosera, Byblis and Utricularia), partly together with Neville Marchant.


Drosera praefolia

Its placement at the rank of species was controversial and several authors, including Raymond Hamet in 1907, John McConnell Black in 1924, and Allen Lowrie in 1989, have reorganized it below the species rank.


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