Belyaeva, Irina V.

Job Title

IPNI Editor  and Plant taxonomist

Department

Herbarium, Library, Art & Archives Directorate

Section

Biodiversity, Information & Conventions

Science Teams:

Joined Kew: 2005

Foreign Language(s): Russian (mother tongue), German

Qualifications & Appointments

MSc, Ural Main State University, Ekaterinburg, 1979.

PhD, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, 1988.

Fellow of Linnaean Society of London

Role

Curation and research for the maintenance and improvement of nomenclatural and bibliographic records in the IPNI database. Research providing answers to a wide range of queries received by IPNI editors from users worldwide. Research into standardisation methods of the IPNI data and provision of information relevant to technical developments and funding proposals. Advice on the use of plant names for checklists and other projects. Compiling a World Checklist of Salicaceae sensu stricto for the

'World Checklist of Dicotyledons'

Projects

Selected Recent Publications

  • Belyaeva, I. 2009.Nomenclature of Salix x fragilis L. and a new species, S. euxina (Salicaceae). Taxon, 58: 1344-1348.

  • Belyaeva, I. 2009. Salix skvortsovii and S. skvortsovii. Request for recommendation on cases of near homonymy. Taxon, 58: 291.
  • Belyaeva, I. & Sennikov, A. 2008. Typification of Pallas’ names in Salix. Kew Bulletin, 63: 1-11
  • Belyaeva, I. 2007. Typification of the names published by Edmond Boissier in Salix L. Candollea, 62(2): 131-140.
  • Belyaeva, I., Epanchintseva, O.V., Shatalina, A.A. & Semkina, L.A. 2006. Willows of Ural: Atlas and Identification Key. (in English and Russian). Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg. 180 pages.

Selected Earlier Publications

  • Belyaeva, I. 2005. Notula de material typical specierum Salix bicolor Ehrh. ex Willd. et Salix basaltica Coste (Salicaceae). Nov. Syst. Plant Vasc. 37: 86-90. (in Russian)

  • Belyaeva, I., Kirchner, B., Kovalev, S. Yu. and Semkina, L.A. 2004. Taxonomy, variability and distribution of Salix bicolor (Salicaceae). Bot. Zhur. 89: 286-302. (in Russian)
  • Belyaeva, I. 2002. A new species of genus Salix (Salicaceae) from Ural. Bot. Zhurn. 87(4): 153-159. (in Russian)
  • Belyaeva, I. 2000. A new variety of Salix viminalis (Salicaceae) from Tyumen region. Bot. Zhurn. 85(8): 104. (in Russian)
  • Belyaeva, I. 1998. A new hybrid between Salix triandra and S. dasyclados (Salicaceae) from Perm region. Bot. Zhurn. 83(11): 111-113. (in Russian)

Scientific Research & Data

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