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 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. 
• 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. 
• 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.