Etelka Anne Leadlay (born 1947) is a British botanist.[1]

Left: Etelka Leadlay (1973)

Born in Lambeth on 16 September 1947, she attended St Mary's School, Calne, Wiltshire.[2] Later she studied for a M.Sc. in Pure and Applied Plant Taxonomy (1973) at the University of Reading,[3] and a Ph.D. "The biology and systematics of the genus Hutera Porta" (1978).[4] She and was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1978.[5]

She worked for over 20 years for Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI),[6][7] based on Kew Green, as Head of Research and Membership Services, until she retired in 2007.[8] In 2006 she co-edited "Taxonomy and Plant Conservation".[9]

Etelka married John F Davey in 1978; they have a daughter.

Selected publications

  • The Darwin Technical Manual for Botanic Gardens. Etelka Leadlay (Editor), Jane Greene (Editor). (1998). Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). ISBN 978-0952027560
  • Report of the 2nd World Botanic Gardens Congress, Barcelona, Spain. (2004). BGjournal 1(1) 7–14. JSTOR 24809917
  • The BGCI contribution to the implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Leadlay, E., Sharrock, S., & Simiyu, S. (2005). BGjournal, 2(2), 3–7. JSTOR 24809960
  • Taxonomy and plant conservation: the cornerstone of the conservation and the sustainable use of plants. Leadlay, Etelka and Jury, Stephen (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2006) ISBN 9780521607209
  • The International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation and the 2010 Targets for Botanic Gardens. (2006). BGjournal (1) 3–4. JSTOR 24810072
  • Report on 3rd Global Botanic Gardens Congress Wuhan, China. (2007). BGjournal 4(2) 34–35. JSTOR 24810601

References

  1. 1 2 "Leadlay, Etelka A. (fl. 1990)". IPNI (2021). International Plant Names Index. Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "School Leavers". St Mary's Calne News Sheet. 51: 4. October 1966 – via ISSUU.
  3. ↑ "Reading systematists around and about" (PDF). THE UNIVERSITY OF READING School of Plant Sciences Herbarium News. 42: 8. 2004.
  4. ↑ "The biology and systematics of the genus Hutera Porta". University of Reading.
  5. ↑ "Certificates of Recommendation". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 12: 375. December 1979.
  6. ↑ "Annual Report of Botanic Gardens Conservation International 1992". Botanic Gardens Conservation News. 2 (1): 12–19. December 1992. JSTOR 24755307 – via JSTOR.
  7. ↑ Leadlay, Etelka; Jury, Stephen, eds. (2006). TAXONOMY AND PLANT CONSERVATION: The Cornerstone of the Conservation and the Sustainable Use of Plants (PDF). Cambridge University Press. pp. xiii. ISBN 9780521607209.
  8. ↑ "Appointments, Awards, Staff & Training". Plant Network. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Taxonomy and Plant Conservation" (PDF). Herbarium News. 43: 11. February 2006 – via University of Reading.


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