Pauline Yvonne Ladiges AO FAA (born 1948) is a botanist whose contributions have been significant both in building the field of taxonomy, ecology and historical biogeography of Australian plants, particularly Eucalypts and flora, and in science education at all levels.
[3] In 1976 she graduated with a PhD from the same university for her thesis, "Studies of population differentiation in Eucalyptus viminalis Labill., in relation to mineral nutrition and drought resistance".
[5] Pauline Ladiges was the first [6] to use advanced methodologies to define the relationships between the major groups of Eucalyptus, particularly by employing these two techniques: The education of students in science at secondary and tertiary levels has been supported by her work throughout her career.
As head of the School of Botany at the University of Melbourne she worked to address the deficit of skilled taxonomists in Australia by creating links with an important user of botanical knowledge, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, an initiative acknowledged with a commendation in the inaugural Vice-Chancellor's Knowledge Transfer Awards.
[9] (She is deputy chair of the Royal Botanic Gardens and served as a board member for 14 years.)