Barry John Conn (Barry Conn, born 1948), is an Australian botanist.[1] He was awarded a Ph.D. fromAdelaide University in 1982 for work onProstanthera.[2]
Conn's first appointment as a botanist was with the Lae Herbarium in 1974. He then became herbarium curator and a lecturer at the Papua New Guinea Forestry College,Bulolo (1976–1979). He is a scientific advisor to the Food and Agriculture Organisation. In Australia, he has been senior botanist at theNational Herbarium of Victoria (1982–1987), and botanist (and principal research scientist) at theNational Herbarium of New South Wales (1987–2015). In 1994-1995, he wasAustralian Botanical Liaison Officer at Kew. While with the National Herbarium of New South Wales, he managed theAustralia’s Virtual Herbarium Project for New South Wales, and was scientific editor of the journalTelopea from 2013 to 2015.[4]
Conn, B. J.; Streiber, N.; Brown, E. A.; Henwood, M. J.; Olmstead, R. G. (2009). "Infrageneric phylogeny of Chloantheae (Lamiaceae) based on chloroplast ndhF and nuclear ITS sequence data".Australian Systematic Botany.22 (4): 243.doi:10.1071/SB09011.
Conn, Barry J. (1984). "A taxonomic revision of Prostanthera Labill. section Klanderia (F.v. Muell.) Benth.(Labiatae)".Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.6 (3):207–348.JSTOR23873911.
Hadiah, Julisasi T.; Conn, Barry J.; Quinn, Christopher J. (2008). "Infra-familial phylogeny of Urticaceae, using chloroplast sequence data".Australian Systematic Botany.21 (5): 375.doi:10.1071/SB08041.pdf