People
Johnson, Nick P.
| Job Title | Team Leader, Temperate and Carnivorous Plant Unit, Tropical Nursery |
|---|---|
| Department | Horticulture and Public Education |
| Section | Great Glasshouses and Training |
| Science Teams |
UK Overseas Territories |
| Joined Kew | 2002 |
| Foreign Language(s) | French. |
Qualifications & Appointments
Role
Provide support and facilities to grow UKOT plants and determine best practice for their cultivation.
Care and propagation of threatened island flora, including that from United Kingdom’s Overseas Territories, in particular Trochetiopsis ebenus, Commidendrum rugosum, Medusagyne oppositifolia, Sophora toromiro, Dendroseris littoralis, Ramosmania rodriguesii, Cylindrocline laurencei, Acacia anagadensis and Hibiscus fragilis.
Results of experiments in germination tests and general cultivation techniques made available to UKOT team and in situ conservation groups.
Projects
Araceae Taxonomic Knowledge Base
Darwin Initiative Assessment of the Coastal Biodiversity of Anegada, British Virgin Islands
Developing Ex Situ Conservation Collections of UKOTs Species In-Territory and at Kew
Enabling the People of Montserrat to Conserve the Centre Hills
In Ivan’s wake: a Darwin Initiative Biodiversity Action Plan for the Cayman Islands
Morphometrics and Phylogeography of Anthurium and Monstera (Araceae) in NE Brazil