Michael D. Ferrero

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| birth_date = 1968

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| fields = Botany, Arecaceae

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| workplaces=Nong Nooch Tropical Garden
James Cook University

| nationality = Australian

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Michael D. Ferrero (born 1968) is a botanist who specialises in the systematics and ecology of the Arecaceae, with emphasis on the genera, Calyptrocalyx, Gronophyllum, Hydriastele and has described more than 20 new species of palms. He has collected in Indo China, Thailand, Australasia and Papua New Guinea,

Some publications

Dowe,J.L. & Ferrero, M.D. (2000) Gronophyllum cariosum, an Ornamental New Species from Papua New Guinea, Palms 2000 Vol.44 No.4 pp. 161–165. {{ISSN|1523-4495}}
Dowe, J.L. & Ferrero, M.D. (2001) Revision of Calyptrocalyx and the New Guinea species of Linospadix (Linospadicinae: Arecoideae: Arecaceae) [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/566280 Blumea 46: 207-251] {{ISSN|0006-5196}}
Dowe, J,L. & Ferrero, M.D. (2000) A new species of rheophytic palm from New Guinea. Palms, 44 (4). pp. 194–197.

References

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[http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000373599 Michael D. Ferrero (JSTOR)]

[http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?id=43093 Michael D. Ferrero (Harvard Botanist Database)]

[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_family=&find_genus=&find_species=&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=M.D.Ferrero&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch All the genera and species for M.D.Ferrero in IPNI]

Dowe, J.L. & Ferrero, M.D. (2001) Revision of Calyptrocalyx and the New Guinea species of Linospadix (Linospadicinae: Arecoideae: Arecaceae) [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/566280 Blumea 46: 207-251] {{ISSN|0006-5196}}

Dowe, J,L. & Ferrero, M.D. (2000) A new species of rheophytic palm from New Guinea. Palms, 44 (4). pp. 194-197.

[http://www.palmtree-talks.com/ferrero/ Palm searcher Michael Ferrero: "A matter of instinct, trial and error, and good luck"]

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External links

Category:20th-century Australian botanists

Category:1968 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century Australian botanists