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{{short description|Australian botanist}}
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'''Lindy Webster Cayzer''' [[Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts|CF]] (born 25 April 1952) is an Australian botanist.
{{botanist|L.W.Cayzer|inline=yes}} (The [[Australian Plant Name Index]] consistently gives her author abbreviation as '''L.Cayzer'''.)<ref name=apni>{{APNI2|id=136185|name=''Rhytidosporum inconspicuum''}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Cayzer was born on 25 April 1952, daughter of Robert and Rita Webster.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/search/display?dbid=auth&id=36583911|title=Cayzer, Lindy - Full record view - Libraries Australia Search|website=librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125633673|title=Family Notices|date=1981-05-13|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)|access-date=2020-04-23|pages=33}}</ref> She graduated from the [[Australian National University]] with a PhD in 1997.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cayzer|first=Lindy Webster|date=1997|others=The Australian National University, The Australian National University|title=Revision of the family Pittosporaceae in Australia|url=https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/145391|language=en-AU|pages=2 v|doi=10.25911/5D6667A3BA8DF}}</ref>
==Career==
Cayzer was awarded a [[Winston Churchill Memorial Trusts|Churchill Fellowship]] in 2016 which enabled her to visit herbaria in Europe and South-East Asia to study the taxonomic data held on the Australian plant family [[Pittosporaceae]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.medianet.com.au/releases/119592/|title=106 Aussies are going global to explore new opportunities for Australia|website=AAP Medianet|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-04-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchilltrust.com.au/fellows/detail/4102/Lindy+Cayzer|title=Cayzer, Lindy's Fellowship Profile {{!}} WINSTON CHURCHILL MEMORIAL TRUST|website=www.churchilltrust.com.au|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref> She was supported in this by her husband, Robin Cayzer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchilltrust.com.au/media/fellows/Cayzer_L_2016_Taxonomic_information_on_the_Pittosporaceae_in_overseas_herbaria.pdf|title=An archaeological dig through the information and specimens held on the Australian plant family Pittosporaceae R.Br. in overseas herbaria and botanic gardens|last=Cayzer|first=Lindy|date=2017-10-31|website=The Churchill Trust|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-23}}</ref>
She has continued to work on Australian plants, publishing further work on [[Pittosporaceae]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chandler|first1=Gregory T.|last2=Plunkett|first2=Gregory M.|last3=Pinney|first3=Steven M.|last4=Cayzer|first4=Lindy W.|last5=Gemmill|first5=Chrissen E. C.|date=2007|title=Molecular and morphological agreement in Pittosporaceae: phylogenetic analysis with nuclear ITS and plastid trn L– trn F sequence data|url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=SB07004|journal=Australian Systematic Botany|language=en|volume=20|issue=5|pages=390|doi=10.1071/SB07004|issn=1030-1887}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cayzer|first1=L. W.|last2=Crisp|first2=M. D.|last3=Telford|first3=I. R. H.|date=2004|title=Cladistic analysis and revision of Billardiera (Pittosporaceae)|url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=SB03028|journal=Australian Systematic Botany|language=en|volume=17|issue=1|pages=83|doi=10.1071/SB03028|issn=1030-1887}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cayzer|first1=L. W.|last2=Crisp|first2=M. D.|date=2004|title=Reinstatement and revision of the genus Marianthus (Pittosporaceae)|url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=SB03029|journal=Australian Systematic Botany|language=en|volume=17|issue=1|pages=127|doi=10.1071/SB03029|issn=1030-1887}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cayzer|first1=Lindy W.|last2=Crisp|first2=Mike D.|last3=Donaldson|first3=Stuart|date=2007|title=Cheiranthera (Pittosporaceae)|url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=SB06045|journal=Australian Systematic Botany|language=en|volume=20|issue=4|pages=340|doi=10.1071/SB06045|issn=1030-1887}}</ref>  a monograph on ''[[Gastrolobium]]'',<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chandler|first1=Gregory T.|last2=Crisp|first2=Michael D.|last3=Cayzer|first3=Lindy W.|last4=Bayer|first4=Randall J.|date=2002|title=Monograph of Gastrolobium (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae)|url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=SB01010|journal=Australian Systematic Botany|language=en|volume=15|issue=5|pages=619|doi=10.1071/SB01010|issn=1030-1887}}</ref>  and more recently, a monograph on ''[[Daviesia]]'',<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Crisp|first1=Michael D.|last2=Cayzer|first2=Lindy|last3=Chandler|first3=Gregory T.|last4=Cook|first4=Lyn G.|date=2017-03-24|title=A monograph of Daviesia (Mirbelieae, Faboideae, Fabaceae)|url=https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.300.1.1|journal=Phytotaxa|language=en|volume=300|issue=1|pages=1–308|doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.300.1.1|issn=1179-3163|doi-access=free}}</ref>  and work on insect pests in timber.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Zahid|first1=Iqbal|last2=Grgurinovic|first2=Cheryl|last3=Zaman|first3=Tarik|last4=De Keyzer|first4=Roger|last5=Cayzer|first5=Lindy|date=2012|title=Assessment of technologies and dogs for detecting insect pests in timber and forest products|journal=Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research|language=en|volume=27|issue=5|pages=492–502|doi=10.1080/02827581.2012.657801|s2cid=87269278 |issn=0282-7581}}</ref>
==Publications==
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* {{Cite book|title=What's its name? : a concise list of plant names & name changes for Australia. Proteaceae|date=2001|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study|others=Cayzer, Lindy., Whitbread, Greg., Australian Biological Resources Study.|isbn=0-642-56812-X|location=Canberra|oclc=48129338}}
==See also==
*[[:Category:Taxa named by Lindy W. Cayzer]]
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[[Category:20th-century Australian botanists]]
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[[Category:20th-century Australian women scientists]]