Betsy Rivers Paterson de Jackes[3] (1935, Nueva Gales del Sur) ye una naturalista, botánica,[4] [5] taxónoma, curadora, y esploradora australiana.
Tres la finalización de la so llicenciatura, en 1957; y, la maestría, en 1959 pola Universidá de Nueva Inglaterra, Jackes convirtióse n'investigadora na Universidá de Chicago, onde llogró la so doctoráu en 1961.
Foi xefa de los Departamentos Tropical Plant Sciences y xefa axunta de la Facultá de Bioloxía Tropical de la Universidá James Cook, Jackes tamién foi miembru del profesoráu académicu de la Universidá de Nueva Inglaterra y de la Universidá de Queensland.[6] Ye autora o coautora d'artículos en revistes arbitraes, comunicaciones arbitraes a congresos, documentos diversos, artículos, cartelos, etc y los informes de consultoríes ambientales.[7]
Ye autora na identificación y nomamientu de nueves especies pa la ciencia, a abril de 2016, tien 47 rexistros d'especies nueves pa la ciencia, especialmente de les families Myrsinaceae (Myrsine), y Vitaceae (xéneros Cissus, y Tetrastigma (vease más embaxo'l venceyu a IPNI).
Casada con Y. Michael Jacques (1962) tienen 2 fíos
- r. Cochard, betsy rivers Jackes. 2005. Seed ecology of the invasive tropical tree Parkinsonia aculeata. Plant Ecology 180: 13 – 31.
- p.a. Anthony, a.m. Holtum, betsy rivers Jackes. 2002. Shade acclimation of rainforest leaves to colonization by lichens. Functional Ecology 16: 808 - 816.
- m. Rossetto, betsy rivers Jackes, k.d. Scott, r.j. Henry. 2002. Is the genus Cissus (Vitaceae) monophyletic? Evidence from plastid and nuclear ribosomal DNA. Syst. Bot. 27: 522 – 533.
- p. Nakkiew, betsy rivers Jackes. 2000. Triterpenoid constituents in the bark of Balanops australiana. Aust. J. Chem. 53: 809 - 812.
- d.j. Lee, n. Berding, betsy rivers Jackes, l.m. Bielig. 1998. Isozyme markers in Saccharum spp. hybrids and Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.) Jeswiet. Australian Journal of Agriculturai Research 49: 915 - 921.
- s.m. Talley, w.n. Setzet, betsy rivers Jackes. 1996. Host associations of two adventitious-root-climbing vines in a North Queensland tropical rainforest. Biotropica 28: 356 - 366.
- n.c. Duke, betsy rivers Jackes. 1987. A systematic revision of the mangrove genus Sonneratia (Sonneratiaceae) in Australia. Blumea 32: 277 - 302.
- w.a. Shipton, betsy rivers Jackes. 1986. Clonal propagation of Leptospermum spp. by tissue culture. Plant Cell Reports 5: 5 - 8.
- n.c. Duke, betsy rivers Jackes. 1985. A systematic revision of the mangrove genus Sonneratia (Sonneratiaceae) in Australasia. Blumea 32: 277 - 302.
- betsy rivers Jackes, j.m. Powell. 1980. "Additions to the Genus Acrotriche R.Br. (Epacridaceae). Telopea 1 (6).
- betsy rivers Jackes. 2013. Wattles of the Burra Range Section of the White Mountains National Park and Nearby Areas. Fotografíes de Keith Townsend, 32 p. ISBN 0987310968, ISBN 9780987310965
- ⸻. 2004. A Guide to the Herbs, Small Shrubs and Climbing Plants of Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park, Tutong, Brunei Darussalam. Contribuidor Muzium Brunei. Publicó Brunei Museums Department, 72 p. ISBN 9991730168, ISBN 9789991730165
- ⸻. 2003. Plants of Magnetic Island. Contribuidor James Cook University of North Queensland. School of Tropical Biology, 2ª edición de School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University of North Queensland, 164 p. ISBN 0864437056, ISBN 9780864437051
- ⸻. 1992. Poisonous Plants in Northern Australian Gardens: Including Plants with Irritant Properties. Contribuidor James Cook University of North Queensland. Department of Botany. 46 p. ISBN 0864433875, ISBN 9780864433879
- ⸻, c.l. Gross. 1992. Remnant Vegetation in the Mackay Region: An A-NPWS "Save the Bush" Report. Contribuidor James Cook University of North Queensland. Department of Botany, Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, 63 p.
- ⸻. 1991. Plants of the Tropical Rainforest. Mt Spec Area, North Queensland. James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, 81 p. ISBN 086443359X
- ⸻. 1990. Plants of the Tropical Rainforest: Mt. Spec Area, North Queensland. Reimpreso de Botany Department, James Cook University of North Queensland, 81 p. ISBN 086443359X, ISBN 9780864433596
- ⸻. 1985. A Guide to the Plants of the Burra Range. Contribuidor James Cook University of North Queensland, James Cook University of North Queensland. Department of Botany. 2ª edición de James Cook University of North Queensland, 64 p. ISBN 0864431910, ISBN 9780864431912
- ⸻. 1975. Burdekin Artificial Groundwater Recharge Study: Biological Problems in Artificial Recharge of Groundwater. Contribuidor Australian Water Resources Council, 134 p.
L'abreviatura Jackes emplégase pa indicar a Betsy Rivers Jackes como autoridá na descripción y clasificación científica de los vexetales. (consulta la llista de tolos xéneros y especies descritos por esti autor nel IPNI).
- Robert Zander; Fritz Encke, Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold (eds.) Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. 13ª ed. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5