Timothy John Entwisle

Honours Entwisle was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2026 King's Birthday Honours in recognition of "distinguished service to environmental conservation, to botanical sciences, to the media, to tertiary education, and to the community".

In 2026, Entwisle was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Victoria for "distinguished leadership in botany, environmental education, and public engagement with science and biodiversity".

The algal genus, Entwisleia F.J.Scott, G.W.Saunders & Kraft, 2013, in its own family Entwisleiaceae and order Entwisleales, was named for him.

Some published names (in Algae, as T.J.Entwisle) Audouinella scopulata S.Skinner & T.J.Entwisle Batrachospermum americanum (Harvey) O.Necchi & T.J.Entwisle (currently accepted name: Tuomeya americana (Kützing) Papenfuss) Batrachospermum anatinum var. australe Skuja ex T.J.Entwisle Batrachospermum deminutum Entwisle & Foard

(Some 120 algal species listed, not all currently accepted)

Publications (incomplete)

Books N.G.Walsh; T.J. Entwisle, eds. (1994). "Flora Of Victoria. Vol. 2. Ferns And Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons". Melbourne: Inkata Press.

Entwisle, T.J. (2014) Sprinter and Sprummer Australia's Changing Seasons CSIRO publishing Entwisle, T. (2022). Evergreen: The Botanical Life of a Plant Punk. Thames & Hudson. Entwisle, T. (2025). The Sceptical Botanist: Separating Fact from Fiction. CSIRO Publishing.

Articles

Entwisle, T.J. 1992. The setaceous species of Batrachospermum (Rhodophyta): a re-evaluation of B. atrum (Hudson) Harvey and B. puiggarianum Grunow including the description of B. diatyches sp. nov. from Tasmania, Australia. Muelleria 7: 425–445. Entwisle, T.J. 1995. Batrachospermum antipodites sp. nov. (Batrachospermaceae): a widespread freshwater red alga in eastern Australia and New Zealand. Muelleria 8(3): 291–298.

Entwisle, T.J. & Foard, H.J. 1998. [Batrachospermum latericium sp. nov. (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) from Tasmania, Australia, with new observations on B. atrum and a discussion of their relationships. Muelleria 11: 27–40, 5 figs.

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