People
Nic Lughadha, Eimear M.
| Job Title | Head of Science Operations |
|---|---|
| Department | Directorate |
| Section | |
| Science Teams |
Drylands: Tropical America Myrtaceae Large-Scale Syntheses |
| Joined Kew | 1988 |
| Foreign Language(s) | Portuguese, French, Spanish. |
Qualifications & Appointments
BA (Mod.), Natural Sciences (Botany), Trinity College Dublin, 1987
PhD, Univ. St. Andrews, 1998
Member, Darwin Advisory Committee
Member, Global Biodiversity Sub-Committee, Global Environmental Change Committee
Commission for Flora Neotropica
Member, Royal Society Working Group on Measuring Biodiversity 2002-2003
Specialist Advisor to Science and Technology Select Committee, House of Lords 2001-2002
Role
Implementing Kew’s Science Strategy: promoting access, analysis and use of Kew’s plant diversity resources. Systematics of Neotropical Myrtaceae.
Current role involves working closely with the Heads of Department and staff in the Jodrell Laboratory, Seed Conservation Department and Herbarium, as well as other staff across the organisation to drive the further integration and development of Kew's science and conservation programmes. Also active in articulating and strengthening the relevance of Kew's work to the needs of external stakeholders, from scientists to policy-makers, and in developing and securing funding for international projects which directly address these needs. Particular focus on development and maintenance of global authority files of plant names and species, and on documenting and interpreting patterns of plant diversity at varying scales using herbarium data. Continued interest in systematics of the Myrtaceae, especially the Myrciinae, and in botanical nomenclature.
Projects
Documenting and Analysing Patterns in the Diversity and Distribution of Flowering Plant Genera
Establishing a Standard DNA Barcode for Land Plants
International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
Kew Latin America Research Fellowships
Myrciinae (Myrtaceae) Genera for Flora Neotropica and Flora of the Guianas
Phylogeny of Eugenia and Eugeniinae (Myrtaceae)
Phylogeny of Subtribe Myrciinae (Myrtaceae)
Phylogeny of Tribe Myrteae (Myrtaceae)
South American Myrteae (Myrtaceae) Online
Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation - Global Checklists
The Sampled Red List Index for Plants
World Myrtaceae Checklist and Bibliography
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Brummitt*, N.A. & Nic Lughadha*, E. (2003). Biodiversity: where's hot and where's not. Conservation Biology 17 (5): 1442-1448.
Knapp, S., Lamas, G., Nic Lughadha*, E. & Novarino, G. (2004). Stability or stasis in the names of organisms: the evolving codes of nomenclature. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 359: 611-622.
Nic Lughadha*, E. (2004). Towards a working list of all known plant species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 359: 681-687.
Lucas*, E.J., Belsham, S.R., Nic Lughadha*, E.M., Orlovich, D.A., Sakuragui, C.M., Chase*, M.W. & Wilson, P.G. (2005). Phylogenetic patterns in the fleshy-fruited Myrtaceae - preliminary molecular evidence. Plant Systematics and Evolution 251: 35-51.
Nic Lughadha*, E., Baillie, J., Barthlott, W., Brummitt*, N.A., Cheek*, M.R., Farjon*, A., Govaerts*, R., Hardwick*, K.A., Hilton-Taylor, C., Meagher, T.R., Moat*, J., Mutke, J., Paton*, A.J., Pleasants*, L.J., Savolainen*, V., Schatz, G.E., Smith*, P., Turner, I., Wyse-Jackson, P. & Crane*, P.R. (2005). Measuring the fate of plant diversity: towards a foundation for future monitoring and opportunities for urgent action. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 360 (1454): 359-372.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Nic Lughadha, E. (1995). Myrtaceae. In Stannard, B.L. (ed.). Flora of the Pico das Almas, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 492-517.
Nic Lughadha, E. & Proença, C. (1996). A survey of the reproductive biology of the Myrtoideae (Myrtaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 83: 480–503.
Nic Lughadha, E. (1998). Preferential outcrossing in Gomidesia (Myrtaceae) is maintained by a post-zygotic mechanism. In Owens, S.J. & Rudall, P.J. (eds) Reproductive Biology in systematics, conservation and economic botany. 363–379
Croft, J., Cross, N., Hinchcliffe, S., Nic Lughadha, E., Stevens, P.F., West, J.G. & Whitbread, G. (1999). Plant names for the 21st century: The International Plant Names Index, a distributed data source of general accessibility. Taxon 48: 317–324.
Porter, E.A., Nic Lughadha, E. & Simmonds, M.S.J. (2000). Taxonomic significance of polyhydroxyalkaloids in the Myrtaceae. Kew Bulletin 55: 615–632.