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A BIOGRAPHY OF G. ARGENT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2020

P. Wilkie
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, EdinburghEH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail for correspondence: p.wilkie@rbge.org.uk
T. Conlon
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, EdinburghEH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail for correspondence: p.wilkie@rbge.org.uk
G. Hardy
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, EdinburghEH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail for correspondence: p.wilkie@rbge.org.uk
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Abstract

A biographic summary of the research of Dr Graham Charles George Argent (born 15 May 1941, died 24 April 2019) is presented, summarising his research career. Expedition information, including dates, collection number series and the names of collaborators, is given, as is a list of his publications, annotated with taxonomic decisions and the names of new species described within them.

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© Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2020)

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