Allen Lowrie

{{Short description|Western Australian botanist (1948–2021)}}

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Allen Lowrie (10 October 1948 - 30 August 2021{{ cite web |url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/lowrie-allen.html |title=Lowrie, Allen James |publisher=Australian National Herbarium |language=English |date=3 September 2021 |accessdate=22 September 2021}}) was a Western Australian botanist. He was recognised for his expertise on the genera Drosera and Stylidium.Australian Government, [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/s-coroniforme/acknowledgements.html Wongan Hills Triggerplant (Stylidium coroniforme) Interim Recovery Plan 2003-2008], accessed 21 June 2013.Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, [http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/resources/herbaria/perth.html Resources of Australian Herbaria: Western Australian Herbarium], accessed 21 June 2013.

Lowrie, originally a businessman and inventor, first experienced the carnivorous flora of Western Australia in the late sixties and studied it as an amateur. Over time, his hobby turned into a profession and Lowrie discovered and described numerous species (especially Drosera, Byblis and Utricularia), partly together with Neville Marchant. From 1987 to 1998 he published Carnivorous Plants of Australia in three volumes. A completely revised second edition, entitled Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus was published in 2014.

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