Alan James Paton

Alan James Paton (born 1963), Scottish botanist.

Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, United Kingdom (in 1993, 1995, 1997)
Science Directorate, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom (in 2018, 2019)

IPNI standard form: A.J.Paton

Taxon names authored

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31 taxon names authored by Alan James Paton

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

Paton, A. 1993. Notes on Fuerstia (Labiatae) in Tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin 48(1): 129–137. DOI: 10.2307/4115757 Reference page.
Paton, A. 1995. A new species and new combinations in Orthosiphon and Fuerstia (Labiatae). Kew Bulletin 50(1): 147–150. DOI: 10.2307/4114620 Reference page.
Paton, A. 1996. Provisional generic delimitation in the Haumaniastrum/Acrocephalus complex (Labiatae). Pp. 507– 512 in: Biodiversity of African plants. Springer Netherlands. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-0285-5_66 Reference page.
Paton, A. 1997. Classification and Species of Platostoma and Its Relationship with Haumaniastrum (Labiatae). Kew Bulletin 52(2): 257–292. JSTOR Reference page.
Paton, A. 1997. A revision of Haumaniastrum (Labiatae). Kew Bulletin 52(2): 293–378. DOI: 10.2307/4110386 Reference page.
Harley, R.M., Paton, A.J. & Ryding, P.O. 2003. New Synonymy and Taxonomic Changes in the Labiatae. Kew Bulletin 58(2): 485–489. DOI: 10.2307/4120633 ResearchGate JSTOR Reference page.
Paton, A.J., Springate, D., Suddee, S., Otieno, D.F., Grayer, R.J., Harley, R.M., Willis, F., Simmonds, M.S.J., Powell, M. & Savolainen, V. 2004. Phylogeny and evolution of basils and allies (Ocimeae, Labiatae) based on three plastid DNA regions, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31(1): 277–299. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.08.002. Reference page.
Paton, A.J. & Johns, R.J. 2004. A New High Altitude Species of Ajuga, A. novoguineensis (Lamiaceae) from the Kemabu Plateau, Papua. Contributions to the Flora of Mt Jaya, XII. Kew Bulletin 59(1): 153–155. DOI: 10.2307/4111092 Reference page.
Suddee, S., Paton, A.J. & Parnell, J.A.N. 2005. Taxonomic Revision of Tribe Ocimeae Dumort. (Lamiaceae) in Continental South East Asia III. Ociminae. Kew Bulletin 60(1): 3–75. JSTOR Reference page.
Otieno, D.F., Balkwill, K., Paton, A.J. & Savolainen, V. 2006. A Reassessment of Hemizygia and Syncolostemon (Ocimeae-Lamiaceae). Taxon 55(4): 941–958. DOI: 10.2307/25065688 ResearchGate Reference page.
Suddee, S. & Paton, A.J. 2006. Validation of Lamiaceae Names. Kew Bulletin 61(4): 619–621. JSTOR Reference page.
Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley 2009. Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430. Reference page.
Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.); Paton, A.J., Bramley, G.L.C., Ryding, P.O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D.F., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (authors) 2013. Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana. Volume 8 part 8: Labiatae, Pogostemonoideae to Nepetoideae Tribe Mentheae. 346 pp., Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. ISBN 978-1-84246-196-9. Reference page.
Paton, A., Phillipson, P.B. & Suddee, S. 2016. Records of Wenchengia (Lamiaceae) from Vietnam. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e9596. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e9596. Reference page.
Paton, A., Mwanyambo, M. & Culham, A. 2018. Phylogenetic study of Plectranthus, Coleus and allies (Lamiaceae): taxonomy, distribution and medicinal use. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 188(4): 355-376. DOI: doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boy064 PDF Reference page.
Paton, A.J., Mwanyambo, M., Govaerts, R.H.A., Smitha, K., Suddee, S., Phillipson, P.B., Wilson, T.C., Forster, P.I. & Culham, A. 2019. Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera. PhytoKeys 129: 1–158. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988 Reference page.
Suddee, S., Paton, A.J., Parnell, J.A.N., Puudjaa, P., Kiewbang, W. & Rueangruea, S. 2019. Five new species of Platostoma (Lamiaceae) from North-Eastern Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 47(2): 226–240. DOI: 10.20531/tfb.2019.47.2.13 Reference page.
Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. 2021. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8(215): 1–10. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Reference page.
Bongcheewin, B., Ingrouille, M.J. & Paton, A.J. 2022. A revision of Gomphostemma (Lamiaceae). Kew Bulletin 77(1): 27–92. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-021-09991-y . Reference page.
Goyder, D.J., Davies, N., Finckh, M., Gomes, A., Gonçalves, F.M.P., Meller, P. & Paton, A.J. 2023. New species of Asclepias (Apocynaceae), Baphia (Leguminosae), Cochlospermum (Bixaceae) and Endostemon (Lamiaceae) from the Kalahari sands of Angola and NW Zambia, with one new combination in Vangueria (Rubiaceae). PhytoKeys 232: 145–166. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.232.110110 Reference page.