# Andrew Phillip Brown

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Australian botanist

**Andrew Phillip Brown** (born 1951) is a conservation biologist and taxonomist at the [Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation](/source/Department_of_Environment_and_Conservation_(Western_Australia)). He is also curator of [Orchidaceae](/source/Orchidaceae) and [Myoporaceae](/source/Myoporaceae) at the [Western Australian Herbarium](/source/Western_Australian_Herbarium) and is a founding member of the Australian Orchid Foundation as well as the Western Australia Native Orchid Study and Conservation Group. Brown has authored more than 100 journal articles and seven books on the flora of Western Australia, including a comprehensive field guide to the [eremophilas](/source/Eremophila_(plant)) of that region.[1][2]

The standard [author abbreviation](/source/List_of_botanists_by_author_abbreviation_(A)) A.P.Br. is used to indicate this person as the author when [citing](/source/Author_citation_(botany)) a [botanical name](/source/Botanical_name).[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-UWAP_1-0)** ["Andrew Brown"](http://uwap.uwa.edu.au/collections/andrew-brown). University of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Brown_2-0)** Brown, Andrew; Buirchell, Bevan (2011). *A field guide to the eremophilas of Western Australia* (1st ed.). Hamilton Hill, W.A.: Simon Nevill Publications. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780980348156](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780980348156).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [International Plant Names Index](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index). [*A.P.Br*](https://www.ipni.org/search?q=author%20std%3AA.P.Br.).

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