Alexander Floyd

{{Short description|Australian botanist (1926–2022)}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1926|04|01|df=y}}

|birth_place = Hampton, Victoria, Australia

|death_date = {{death date and age|2022|12|12|1926|04|01|df=y}}

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|nationality = Australian

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|field = Botany

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|known_for = Rainforest botany

|author_abbrev_bot = A.G.Floyd

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Alexander Geoffrey Floyd {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (1 April 1926 – 12 December 2022) was an Australian botanist{{cite web |title=Floyd, Alexander G. ((1926)|work=The International Plant Name Index|access-date=18 March 2018|url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idAuthorSearch.do?id=20000725-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvAuthorSearch.do%3Ffind_abbreviation%3D%26find_surname%3Dfloyd%26find_isoCountry%3D%26find_forename%3D%26output_format%3Dnormal}} with an expert knowledge of rainforest plants, particularly the rainforest trees of New South Wales. He has worked with the New South Wales Forestry Commission, the Department of Forestry in Papua-New Guinea, and the National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales. He helped create the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden at Coffs Harbour. Two genera and several species of plants are named in his honour; including Floydia, Alexfloydia, and Endiandra floydii.{{cite web |title=Floyd, Alexander Geoffrey (1926 - )|last= Hall (1984)|work=Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria Australian National Herbarium Biographical Notes|access-date=18 March 2018|url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/floyd-alexander-geoffrey.html}}{{cite book|author=Floyd, A. G.|author-link=Alexander Floyd|title=Australian Rainforests of New South Wales|year=1990|volume=2|isbn=0-949324-32-9|page=1}}

Floyd died on 12 December 2022, at the age of 96.{{cite web|title=Botanist Alex Floyd Remembered|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-23/botanist-alex-floyd-remembered-memorial-coffs-harbour/101880186|publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation News Website|date = 22 January 2023}}