Michael Crisp

Michael Douglas Crisp (born 1950) is an emeritus professor in the Research School of Biology at the Australian National University located in Canberra. In 1976, he gained a PhD from the University of Adelaide, studying long-term vegetation changes in arid zones of South Australia. In 2020, Crisp moved to Brisbane, where he has an honorary position at the University of Queensland.^[1] Together with colleagues, he revised various pea-flowered legume genera (Daviesia,^[2] Gastrolobium,^[3] Gompholobium,^[4] Pultenaea^[5] and Jacksonia).^[6]

Michael Crisp
Born	Michael Douglas Crisp 1950 (age 74–75)
Alma mater	University of Adelaide
Scientific career
Institutions	Australian National University
Thesis	Long-term change in arid zone vegetation at Koonamore, South Australia (1976)
Author abbrev. (botany)	Crisp

He has made considerable contributions to biogeography,^{[7][8][9][10]} phylogeny^[11][12][13] and plant evolution.^[14][15][16]

Some taxa authored

• See Category:Taxa named by Michael Crisp