Lifetime Achievement Award

Allen James Lowrie (1948-2021) is the recipient of an ICPS Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded posthumously in December 2021 for his significant impact on the understanding of the Carnivorous Plants of Australia and his continuous scientific contributions in this field from 1982-2021.

Allen Lowrie dedicated his scientific work to the research of Australian Carnivorous Plant taxonomy, systematics and biology, especially the genera Drosera, Utricularia, and Byblis, which he studied more intensively than anyone else before him and until today. His impact on that field is unreached, spanning 40 years of scientific research.

Allen authored 6 books on Australian Carnivorous Plants and co-authored 3 further works on the Drosera of the world and wrote many scientific papers naming the many new species of plants he discovered. During his botanical career Allen named 167 new taxa (species and subspecies) and contributed to the infrageneric classification of Drosera and Utricularia in particular. In addition to his work on Carnivorous Plants, Allen was also a world authority on triggerplants, and his contribution to the genus Stylidium is significant. His name is honoured in two carnivorous plant species, Drosera lowriei and Utricularia lowriei and the triggerplant Stylidium lowrieanum.

Tributes published in CPN

Richard Nunn. 2021. Obituary: Allen Lowrie 1948 — 2021. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 50(4):223. (PDF)
Richard Nunn. 2022. Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award — Allen Lowrie. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 51(1):8-9. (PDF)
Kevin F. Kenneally. 2022. Allen James Lowrie (10 October 1948 — 30 August 2021). Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 51(1):10-13. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn511.kk672
Richard Nunn and Robert Gibson and Marcel van den Broek and Denzel Murfet and Greg Bourke and Andreas Fleischmann and Russell L. Barrett and Spot Cullen. 2022. In memory of Allen James Lowrie (1948 — 2021). Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 51(1):14-21. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn511.rn383
Andreas Fleischmann. 2022. The huge scientific footprint of Allen James Lowrie (1948 — 2021). Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 51(1):22-39. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn511.af192
Richard Nunn. 2022. Allen Lowrie's definitive work on Australian Carnivorous Plants - Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 51(1):40. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn511.7rn888
Thilo Alexander Krueger. 2022. New Australian Drosera taxa published since Allen Lowrie's Magnum Opus. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 51(1):41-47. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn511.tk829
Richard Nunn. 2022. New Australian Nepenthes taxa published since Allen Lowrie's Magnum Opus. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 51(1):48-50. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn511.rn459
Richard Nunn. 2022. New Australian Utricularia taxa published since Allen Lowrie's Magnum Opus. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 51(1):51-69. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn511.rn472

Articles by Allen Lowrie in CPN

Lowrie, Allen. 1978. Cephalotus Hunting in the Deep S.W. of Australia. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 7(4):119-121. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn074.al244
Lowrie, Allen. 1980. Cannington Swamp R.I.P. (Born about the time of the dinosaurs, Died 1981). Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 9(1):8,24. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn091.al909
Lowrie, Allen. 1981. Byblis gigantea. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 10(1):14,19-20. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn101.al159
Lowrie, Allen. 1981. In Reply to the Article on 'Cannington Swamp'. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 10(1):8. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn101.al498
Lowrie, Allen. 1981. Polypompholyx. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 10(2):38-39,46-47. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn102.al354
Lowrie, Allen. 1981. Drosera zonaria in Flower. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 10(3):74-75. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn103.al549
Lowrie, Allen. 1982. A Field Trip to Toolbrunup Peak. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 11(2):48-49. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn112.al954
Lowrie, Allen. 1983. Sabah Nepenthes Expeditions 1982 & 1983. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 12(4):88-95. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn124.al453
Lowrie, Allen. 1990. The Drosera petiolaris complex. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 19(3-4):65-72. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn193-4.al861
Lowrie, Allen. 1991. A field trip to Darwin and Kununurra for C.P.. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 20(4):114-123. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn204.al923
Lowrie, Allen. 1993. The Australian pygmy Drosera roster for 1992. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 22(1-2):19-20. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn221-2.al448
Richard Nunn and Allen James Lowrie and Richard Sivertsen and Robert Gibson and Greg Bourke and Cindy Chiang and Rob Cantley and Diana Williams and Barry A. Rice and Elizabeth Salvia. 2014. In memory of Phillip James Mann (1951-2014). Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 43(4):112-124. (PDF)
John Hancock and Allen Lowrie. 2015. Drosera x Dork's Pink a man-made pygmy Drosera hybrid between Drosera lasiantha and Drosera callistos. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 44(1):18-23. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn441.jh343
Allen Lowrie. 2015. The 241 species that appeared in Allen Lowrie's Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 44(3):120-145. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn443.al746
Allen Lowrie. 2016. In memory of Steven David Rose. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 45(1):9-11. (PDF)
Richard Nunn and Allen Lowrie. 2021. An account of Drosera section Lasiocephala. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 50(3):118-132. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn503.rn308