James W. Byng

This article is about the British Botanist. For the actor, see James Byng.

James W. Byng
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Institutions
Author abbrev. (botany)Byng

James W. Byng is a British botanist who is the Director of TU Delft Hortus Botanicus (TU Delft Botanic Garden) since 2021. He was trained at the University of Aberdeen, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

He is an authority on the Myrtaceae genus Syzygium Gaertn. and is working on a global monograph for the group with regional collaborators. He is also a co-author on the latest Angiosperm Phylogeny Group plant classification, APG IV, and author of the comprehensive practical plant books The Flowering Plants Handbook and The Gymnosperms Handbook

The standard author abbreviation Byng is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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