Etelka A. Leadlay

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

Leadlay (left) in 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.

  1. ^ "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.