Gwen Harden

Gwen Harden
Born1940
NationalityAustralian
CitizenshipAustralian
Known forBotanist
Scientific career
Fieldsbotany
Author abbrev. (botany)G.J.Harden
Notes
4-volume Flora of New South Wales

Gwenneth Jean Harden OAM (born 1940) is an Australian botanist and author.

In 1990 the first of her four volumes of the Flora of New South Wales was published. The four-volume set was fully revised in 2000.

The nightcap oak (Eidothea hardeniana) is named in her honour.

Harden was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2004 Australia Day Honours for her "service to botany as a researcher, publisher, conservationist and educator".