Mark Alwin Clements

Mark Alwin Clements (b. 1949) is an Australian botanist and orchidologist. He obtained his doctorate at the Australian National University^[1] defending his thesis entitled Reproductive Biology in relation to phylogeny of the Orchidaceae, especially the tribe Diurideae.^[2]

Dr. Mark Alwin Clements
Born	1949 (age 75–76)
Nationality	Australian
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Author abbrev. (botany)	M.A.Clem.

In 2008, Clements was a researcher at the Center for Research on Plant Biodiversity at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra.^[3] As of January 2012, it had identified and classified 1,992 new species.

Publications

• Weston, P.H.; Clements, M.A.; Dyer, A.G.; Batley, M; Whelan, R.J.; Indsto, J.O. (2007). "Generalised pollination of Diuris alba (Orchidaceae) by small bees and wasps". Australian Journal of Botany. 55: 628.
• Indsto, JO; Weston PH; Clements MA; Dyer AG; Batley M; Whelan RJ. 2006. Pollination of Diuris maculata (Orchidaceae) by male Trichocolletes venustus bees. Australian Journal of Botany 54 (7): 669
• MA Clements. 2006. Molecular phylogenetic systematics in Dendrobieae (Orchidaceae). Aliso 22: 465—480
• Indsto, JO; PH Weston; MA Clements; RJ Whelan. 2005. Highly sensitive DNA fingerprinting of orchid pollinaria remnants using AFLP. Australian Systematic Botany 18 (3): 207 - 213
• MA Clements. 2003. Molecular phylogenetic systematics in the Dendrobiinae (Orchidaceae), with emphasis on Dendrobium section Pedilonum. Telopea 10: 247—298
• Jones, DL; MA Clement. 2002. A Review of Pterestylis (orchidaceae). Ed. Australian Orchid Foundation. ISBN 0-642-54904-4

Honours

• (Orchidaceae) Flickingeria clementsii D.L.Jones^[4]
• (Orchidaceae) Microtatorchis clementsii D.L.Jones and B.Gray^[5]