People
Gregory, Mary
| Job Title | Honorary Research Fellow |
|---|---|
| Department | Jodrell |
| Section | Micromorphology |
| Science Teams |
Monocots I: General Alismatids & Lilioids Large-Scale Syntheses |
| Joined Kew | 1961 |
| Foreign Language(s) | French, German. |
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc (Hons), Univ. Cambridge, 1955.
Hon. member, International Association of Wood Anatomists 1980.
Role
Systematic plant anatomist; bibliographer
Co-editor of the series ‘Anatomy of the Dicotyledons’ (vol. V, Myrtales) and ‘Anatomy of the Monocotyledons’. Research focus on Alliaceae, plus a database of fossil dicot woods. Also responsible for supervising volunteers inputting data into the Anatomy microscope slide database.
Projects
Plant Micromorphology Bibliographic Database
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Gregory, M. & Cutler, D.F. (eds) (2002). Anatomy of the monocotyledons. Vol. IX. Acoraceae and Araceae. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 327 pp.
Prychid, C.J., Rudall, P.J. & Gregory, M. (2004). Systematics and biology of Silica bodies in monocotyledons. Bot. Rev. 69: 977-440.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Gregory, M. & Baas, P. (1989). A survey of mucilage cells in vegetative organs of the dicotyledons. Israel Joural of Botany 38: 125-174.
Gregory, M. (1994). Bibliography of systematic wood anatomy of dicotyledons. IAWA Journal, Supplement. 1, 265 pp.
Cutler, D.F. & Gregory, M. (eds) (1995). Anatomy of the monocotyledons. Vol. VIII. Iridaceae. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 126 pp.
Cutler, D.F. & Gregory, M. (eds) (1998). Anatomy of the dicotyledons. 2nd edn. Vol. IV. Saxifragales. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 324 pp.
Gregory, M., Fritsch, R.M., Friesen, N.W., Khassanov, F.O. & McNeal, D.W. (1998). Nomenclator Alliorum. Allium names and synonyms - a world guide. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 83 pp.