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Philipson, Melva Noeline

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)

Born: 1925, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

career:

Took her B.Sc. (1948), and her M.Sc. (1953) at the University of New Zealand; on the staff of the Dairy Division Dept of Agriculture, 1949-51; in the Microbiology Dept, Canterbury Agricultural College, 1951-55; in the Botany Division D.S.I.R., from 1963 onwards.

Collecting localities and collections:¹ 

1968. Terr. of New Guinea. With her husband, W.R. Philipson (see there).

literature:

(1) Melva N. Philipson: ‘Plant Hunting in New Guinea’ (New Zeal. Rhodod. Assoc. Bull. no 54, 1969, p. 10-14).