Biography:Michael D. Guiry

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Short description: Irish phycologist and founder of AlgaeBase
Michael D. Guiry
Michael Guiry.jpg
(29 October 2019)
Born1949
NationalityIrish
EducationUniversity College Cork
University of London
Scientific career
FieldsPhycology
Taxonomy
databasing
InstitutionsNational University of Ireland
Author abbrev. (botany)Guiry

Michael Dominic Richard Guiry (born 1949), is an Irish botanist,[1] who specialises in phycology (algae). See for example the articles.[2][3][4][5] He is the founder and director of the algal database, AlgaeBase.[6]

He is a graduate of both University College Cork and the University of London. In addition to his interest in the taxonomy and the databasing of algae, his algal site promotes the sustainable use of seaweed resources.[6]

Since 2009 he has been an emeritus professor at the Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, in Galway.[7]

The standard author abbreviation Guiry is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]

Some published names

  • Achnanthes armillaris (O.F.Müller) Guiry
  • Aglaothamnion priceanum Maggs, Guiry & Rueness
  • Capreolia implexa Guiry & Womersley
  • Chondracanthus canaliculatus (Harvey) Guiry
  • Chondracanthus corymbiferus (Kützing) Guiry
  • Nostoc flagelliforme Harvey ex Molinari, Calvo-Pérez & Guiry

(in AlgaeBase, as Guiry, over 300 algal species listed, not all currently accepted)

Publications

(incomplete)

Books

Articles

References

  1. "Guiry, Michael Dominic Richard (1949-)". International Plant Names Index. https://www.ipni.org/a/29401-1. 
  2. Hommers, M.H.; Guiry, M.D.; Fredericq, S.; Leister, G.L.. "New perspectives in the taxonomy of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)". Hydrobiologia (1): 105–120. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227049209. 
  3. Guiry, Michael D.; Maggs, Christine A. (2009). "Reproduction and life history of Meredithia microphylla (J. Ag.) J. Ag. (Kallymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from Ireland". Giornale Botanico Italiano 118 (3–4): 105–125. doi:10.1080/11263508409426665. ISSN 0017-0070. 
  4. Maggs, C.A.; Guiry, M.D.; Rueness, J. (2007). "Aglaothamnion priceanum sp. nov. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from the North-Eastern Atlantic: Morphology and life history of Parasporangial plants". British Phycological Journal 26 (4): 343–352. doi:10.1080/00071619100650311. ISSN 0007-1617.  pdf
  5. Masuda, Michio; Kogame, Kazuhiro; Guiry, Michael D. (2019). "Life history of Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Phyllophoraceae, Gigartinales) from Ireland: implications for life history interpretation in the Rhodophyta". Phycologia 35 (5): 421–434. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-35-5-421.1. ISSN 0031-8884. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Team :: Algaebase". https://www.algaebase.org/team/. 
  7. ORCID. "Michael Guiry (0000-0003-1266-857X)" (in en). https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1266-857X. 
  8. IPNI,  Guiry, http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Guiry