Malcolm Eric Trudgen

Malcolm Eric Trudgen  (born 1951) is a West Australian botanist. He has published some 105 botanical names. He currently runs his own consulting company, ME Trudgen and Associates.

He has worked in the Pilbara.

Honours

 * A daisy, Pilbara trudgenii, which he and Colma Keating discovered in 1985 east of Paraburdoo in the  Hamersley Range and which has been named in his honour.
 * Micromyrtus trudgenii, a Myrtaceae species,
 * a wattle, Acacia trudgeniana (Trudgen's wattle) and
 * a trigger plant, Stylidium trudgenii, also honour Trudgen, because it was he who drew attention the existence of these plants.

Some published names

 * Aluta Rye & Trudgen, Nuytsia 13(2): 347 (2000).
 * Angasomyrtus Trudgen & Keighery, Nuytsia 4(3): 435 (1983). (not accepted, synonymous with Kunzea)
 * Astartea granitica Rye & Trudgen, Nuytsia 23: 239 (2013).
 * Astus Trudgen & Rye, Nuytsia 15(3): 502 (498-503) (2005).
 * Enekbatus Trudgen & Rye, Nuytsia 20: 241 (-242) (2010).
 * Ochrosperma Trudgen, Nuytsia 6(1): 11 (1987).
 * Seorsus Rye & Trudgen, Nuytsia 18: 248 (-249) (2008).