Allen Lowrie
Allen Lowrie is a West Australian botanist. He is recognised for his expertise on the genera Drosera and Stylidium.
Lowrie, originally a businessman and inventor, first experienced the carnivorous flora of western Australia in the late sixties and studied it as an amateur. Over time, his hobby turned into a profession and Lowrie discovered and described numerous species, partly together with Neville Marchant. From 1987 to 1998 he published Carnivorous Plants of Australia in three volumes; a fourth is in the making.
Lowrie lives in Duncraig, a Perth suburb, is married and has two daughters.
