Frank Tratman

Frank Tratman (1860–1927) was a British-born physician and plant collector who contributed to both healthcare in England and Western Australia, and Australian botany.

Life Born in Bristol in 1860, he attended Bristol Grammar School in his youth, before studying medicine at The London Hospital. In 1886, Tratman accepted an offer by the Colonial Office to take up a position as the resident medical officer at Carnarvon, Western Australia in the colony of Western Australia. which he received in absentia.

He died in Enfield, New South Wales on 2 June 1927.

Botanical legacy In the field of botany, Tratman served as the president of the Mueller Botanic society (1901–1904) In 1912, he described the succulent herb Calandrinia creethae. His standard author abbreviation is Tratman.

Two species of Australian trees were named after Tratman in both their common and bionomial names: Tratman’s wattle, Tratman’s werrawang, (a synonym of Commersonia craurophylla (F.Muell.) F.Muell.)

Herbarium specimens collected by "Dr. Tratman" are now cared for by the Western Australian Herbarium.