People
Challen, Gill L.
| Job Title | Herbarium Assistant |
|---|---|
| Department | Herbarium |
| Section | Dicot Systematics |
| Science Teams |
Wet Tropics: SE Asia Malpighiales |
| Joined Kew | 1993 |
| Foreign Language(s) | French |
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc (Hons), Microbiology, University of Surrey, 1973.
Role
Curation of families within the Malpighiales Section; taxonomy and systematics of Euphorbiaceae.
Curation and transactional process management of families within Malpighiales Section, Herbarium. Naming of Euphorbiaceae sensu lato worldwide. Research into systematics of West African Tragia. Field studies in SE Asia. Databasing of types of Euphorbiaceae sensu lato.
Projects
Interactive Key to the Genera of Malpighiales
Polyhydroxyalkaloids in Euphorbiaceae sensu stricto
World Classification and Phylogeny of Salicaceae sensu stricto
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Hoffmann, P., Kirkup, D., Galster, A., G. Challen, G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2005). Interactive key to the genera of Euphorbiaceae sensu lato. Available at: http://www.kew.org/herbarium/keys/euphorbs/.