# Anthony Orchard

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{{Short description|Australian botanist (born 1946)}}
{{For|the British inorganic chemist|Tony Orchard}}
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| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1946|05|22|df=y}}
| birth_place       = Adelaide, South Australia
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| fields            = [Botany](/source/Botany), [Rosaceae](/source/Rosaceae), [Haloragaceae](/source/Haloragaceae), [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae), [Rubiaceae](/source/Rubiaceae)
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'''Anthony Orchard''' (born 22 May 1946) is a retired botanist who worked at the [State Herbarium of South Australia](/source/State_Herbarium_of_South_Australia). His main interests were the study of the genera [Rosaceae](/source/Rosaceae), [Haloragaceae](/source/Haloragaceae), [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae) and [Rubiaceae](/source/Rubiaceae).

Anthony (Tony) Orchard is a systematic botanist who, prior to his retirement, collected widely across Australia and New Zealand. Most of the specimens are in the Adelaide and Hobart herbaria. He had editorial and executive roles related to the publication of the [Flora of Australia](/source/Flora_of_Australia_(series)) and the [Australian Plant Census](/source/Australian_Plant_Census).<ref name="ORCHARD">{{cite web |title=Anthony Orchard |url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/orchard-anthony.html |website=Biographical Notes |publisher=Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria Australian National Herbarium |access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Orchard, Anthony (Tony) – Biographical entry|url=https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005912b.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Encyclopedia of Australian Science|language=en-gb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231040542/http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005912b.htm |archive-date=2017-12-31 }}</ref>

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Category:1946 births
Category:Living people
Category:Botanists active in Australia
Category:20th-century Australian botanists
Category:21st-century Australian botanists
Category:Australian Botanical Liaison Officers

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