Malcolm Eric Trudgen (born 1951) is a West Australian botanist. He has published some 105 botanical names. He currently runs his own consulting company, ME Trudgen and Associates. He has worked in the Pilbara. Some publications . Honours A daisy, Pilbara trudgenii, which he and Colma Keating discovered in 1985 east of Paraburdoo in the Hamersley Range and which has been named in his honour. Micromyrtus trudgenii, a Myrtaceae species, a wattle, Acacia trudgeniana (Trudgen's wattle) and a trigger plant, Stylidium trudgenii, also honour Trudgen, because it was he who drew attention the existence of these plants. Some published names Aluta Rye & Trudgen, Nuytsia 13(2): 347 (2000). Angasomyrtus Trudgen & Keighery, Nuytsia 4(3): 435 (1983). (not accepted, synonymous with Kunzea) Astartea granitica Rye & Trudgen, Nuytsia 23: 239 (2013). Astus Trudgen & Rye, Nuytsia 15(3): 502 (498-503) (2005). Enekbatus Trudgen & Rye, Nuytsia 20: 241 (-242) (2010). Ochrosperma Trudgen, Nuytsia 6(1): 11 (1987). Seorsus Rye & Trudgen, Nuytsia 18: 248 (-249) (2008). See also :Category:Taxa named by Malcolm Eric Trudgen References Living people 1951 births 20th-century Australian botanists 21st-century Australian botanists