Mary Mendum (botanist)

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Mary Mendum (1945-2004), born Caroline Mary Bates, was a British botanist, taxonomist and botanical illustrator. [1] [2] A number of plant species were described and named by her, as well as others named in memory of her. The Mary Mendum Medal is awarded in her honour for an exceptional outstanding botanical illustration. [3]

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Career

Mendum was a botanist, taxonomist and botanical illustrator; she worked at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. She undertook botanical fieldwork in the Philippines and Indonesia collecting specimens, publishing on them and naming them. In 1993 Mendum, under her name of Caroline Mary Bates, was awarded the Jill Smythies Award for botanical illustration. [2] [4]

Species named by or in honour of Mary Mendum

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Publications

Edinburgh Journal of Botany articles:

References

  1. "Index of Botanists Harvard University Herbaria and Libraries". Harvard University Herbaria and Libraries. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Record of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London for the 205th Session (1992-93)" (PDF). The Linnean. 9 (3): 34.
  3. "Botanical Images Scotia" (PDF). Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society. p. 4.
  4. "The Jill Smythies Award". The Linnean Society. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  5. "ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH FLORILEGIUM: List of Plants" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. Mendum, M.; Madulid, D. (November 1995). "Aeschynanthus arctocalyx, a new species from the Philippines". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 52 (3): 343–345. doi: 10.1017/S096042860000202X via Cambridge University Press.
  7. 1 2 3 Mendum, M (July 1999). "Three new species of Aeschynanthus(Gesneriaceae)". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 56 (2): 265–272. doi: 10.1017/S0960428600001128 .
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "International Plant Names Index (IPNI): Mendum, Mary (1945-2004)". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  9. Mendum, M; Woods, P.J.B. (July 1997). "Aeschynanthus flavidus (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Sarawak" . Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 54 (2): 254–257. doi: 10.1017/S0960428600004066 via Cambridge University Press.
  10. 1 2 Mendum, M (November 1998). "Notes on Aeschynanthus(Gesneriaceae) from Seram" . Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 55 (3): 359–365. doi: 10.1017/S0960428600003255 via Cambridge University Press.
  11. "Callicarpa mendumiae Bramley". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  12. Argent, G.C.G. (2004). "New species and comments on Rhododendron (Ericaceae) from the island of Palawan, Philippines" (PDF). Gardens' Bulletin Singapore. 56: 82.