Paula Rudall
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Paula J Rudall | |
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Born | 1954 (age 69–70) |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of London |
Known for | Botanical taxonomy, Comparative Plant Anatomy |
Awards |
Corresponding Membership of the Botanical Society of America, 2007
Corresponding Membership of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT), 2012 • Distinguished Fellowship Medal from the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EED), 2020 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Rudall |
Paula J Rudall (born 1954) is a British botanist, who was Head of the Micromorphology Section (1999–2014) and Head of the Department of Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[1][2]
Career
Paula Rudall graduated from the University of London, with a BSc (Hons) in 1975, and went on to get her PhD (1979) and DSc (2001) at the same institution. She was Head of the Micromorphology Section[3] and subsequently Head of the Department of Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, based in the Jodrell Laboratory. She has been the recipient of several awards, including the Linnean Medal (2005) and the Dahlgren Prize (2008). She is known for her work on the taxonomy and phylogeny of monocotyledons and was the lead organiser of the foundational international conference on Monocotyledons, systematics and evolution (Kew, 1993[4]), which led to an ongoing international series of conferences and workshops. She is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Paula Rudall has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers and several books, including a textbook on the Anatomy of Flowering Plants.[5]
Features in [[Sir David Attenborough]]’s documentary ‘Lost Gods of Easter Island’
References
- ^ Rudall P.J. 2022. From New Botany to New Systematics: an historical perspective on the Jodrell Laboratory. Kew Bulletin 77: 807–818. doi:10.1007/S12225-022-10061-0
- ^ RBG 2015.
- ^ Rudall P.J. 2022. From New Botany to New Systematics: an historical perspective on the Jodrell Laboratory. Kew Bulletin 77: 807–818. doi:10.1007/S12225-022-10061-0
- ^ Rudall P.J., P.J. Cribb, D.F. Cutler and C.J. Humphries (eds). 1995. Monocotyledons: systematics and evolution, vols I and II. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 9780947643850
- ^ Rudall P.J. 2020. Anatomy of Flowering Plants. Fourth edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-74912-1
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Rudall.
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