People

Barker, Christine

Job Title IPNI editor
Department Herbarium
Section Dicot Systematics
Science Teams Large-Scale Syntheses
Joined Kew 1987
Foreign Language(s) Latin

Qualifications & Appointments

BSc (Hons), Univ. London, 1976

Role

Updating and maintenance of International Plant Names Index (IPNI), including nomenclatural and taxonomic research for checklists and nomenclatural advice.

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 checklist of Iridaceae for the ‘World Checklist of Monocotyledons’.

Projects

International Plant Names Index (IPNI)

Monocot Checklist

Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation - Global Checklists

Selected Publications 2001-2005

Barker, C. (2001). Margaritaria (Euphorbiaceae) in Malesia. Blumea 46(3): 505-512.

Barker, C. (2002). Broussonetia papyrifera. Moraceae. Curtis's Bot. Mag. 19(1): 8-18.

Selected Publications pre-2001

Barker, C. & Cheek, M. (1994). Hypericum buckleyi. Guttiferae. Kew Mag. 11(2): 65-69.

Barker, C. (1998). A new combination in Margaritaria (Euphorbiaceae). Kew Bull. 53(3): 755-756.