John McNeill

Who is John McNeill?

John McNeill is a British and Canadian botanist and museum director who has worked particularly on the plant order Caryophyllales. As a nomenclature specialist, he has provided editorial guidance for journals and book series, and has served as a member of the Editorial Committee of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants since the XIII International Botanical Congress in 1981. He has served as Vice-rapporteur and Rapporteur-general for several botanical congresses, including the most recent. As an editor for the journal Taxon, he is involved with assessing proposals to conserve and reject botanical names.