# Anthony Bean

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'''Anthony Russell Bean''' (born 1957) is an Australian botanist who works at the [Queensland Herbarium](/source/Queensland_Herbarium) and [Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha](/source/Brisbane_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Mount_Coot-tha).<ref>{{Cite Q|Q92315276}}</ref> Since 1982, he has led the Eucalyptus Study Group of the Society for Growing Australian Plants.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trove: Bean, Anthony Russell (1957 - )|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1514411|access-date=2020-11-27|website=trove.nla.gov.au}}</ref> The standard [author abbreviation](/source/Author_citation_(botany)) '''A.R.Bean''' is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.<ref name="IPNIstd">{{cite web |url=https://www.ipni.org/a/35385-1 |title=Bean, Anthony R. (1957-) |website=International Plant Names Index (IPNI) |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2025 |access-date=18 November 2025}}</ref>

==Career==
From at least 1989, he was working at [CSIRO](/source/CSIRO), Division of Plant Industry, in [Nambour, Queensland](/source/Nambour%2C_Queensland),<ref name=euc1>{{cite Q|Q92299951}}</ref> and much of that work was on [Eucalypts](/source/Eucalyptus).<ref name=euc1/><ref>{{Cite Q|Q92299829}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Q|Q92299744}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Q|Q92299719}}</ref>

In later years he has contributed to the history of Australian botany, with work on [Ludwig Leichhardt](/source/Ludwig_Leichhardt),<ref>{{Cite Q|Q102404405}}</ref> Frederick Kenny,<ref>{{Cite Q|Q92301335}}</ref>  and [Cyril Tenison White](/source/Cyril_Tenison_White),<ref>{{Cite Q|Q92301215}}</ref>

== Names published ==
[IPNI](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index) lists 343 names published by Bean.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bean, Anthony R. {{!}} International Plant Names Index|url=https://www.ipni.org/a/35385-1|access-date=2020-11-27|website=www.ipni.org}}</ref> Examples are:

* ''[Alphitonia pomaderroides](/source/Alphitonia_pomaderroides)'' <small>(Fenzl) A.R.Bean.</small><ref>{{Cite Q|Q92298673}}</ref>
* ''[Eucalyptus exilipes](/source/Eucalyptus_exilipes)'' <small>M.I.H. Brooker & A.R. Bean</small><ref>{{Cite Q|Q55756122}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.inaturalist.org/people/4522590/ Anthony Bean] on iNaturalist

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