Walsingham, Lesley

Job Title

Assistant Botanist

Department

Herbarium, Library, Art & Archives

Section

Systematics

Science Teams:

Joined Kew: 2002

Foreign Language(s): French

Qualifications & Appointments

BA (Hons), Leicester Polytechnic, 1979

Role

Curation of the Lamiaceae and Gesneriaceae collections: identification of incoming Lamiaceae and Gesneriaceae specimens; preparing, databasing and imaging specimens.

Taxonomic research on Gomphostemma, Sphenodesme and Petraeovitex for Flora Malesiana.

 

Projects

Selected Recent Publications

  • Walsingham, L. & Bramley, G.L.C. (2010) A revision of Gomphostemma (Lamiaceae) in Sabah and Sarawak. Kew Bulletin 65: 479-485.

Scientific Research & Data

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