People

Pennington, Terence D. [Terry]

Job Title Honorary Research Fellow
Department Herbarium
Section Honorary Research Associate
Science Teams Drylands: Tropical America
Leguminosae
Joined Kew
Foreign Language(s) Spanish, French

Qualifications & Appointments

BA, Botany, Oxford Univ., 1960

DPhil, Oxford Univ., 1965.

Role

Taxonomy and floristics of tropical American trees; biodiversity of Amazonian rain forest; dendrological inventory; tree utilization in forestry/agro-forestry systems.

World generic studies have concentrated on Meliaceae, Sapotaceae and Inga, with later accounts of all the American species of these taxa. Floristic accounts have already been published for Nicaragua, Venezuelan Guyana, Peru, Ecuador and French Guiana, and are planned for other countries. The species revisions provide the basis for studies illustrating large-scale patterns of distribution and speciation. Work has also begun on a revision of Neotropical Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae). Morphological work on Inga has underpinned studies investigating the use of this genus in agro-forestry systems in tropical America, and it is now being used on a significant scale in some countries. Collaborative projects with researchers in the UK and overseas, using DNA to reconstruct hypothetical phylogenies, are now under way.

Projects

CITES-Listed Timbers

Diversity of Neotropical Meliaceae

Diversity of Neotropical Sapotaceae

Flora of China

Pollen Evolution

Tree Flora of Peru

Selected Publications 2001-2005

Reynel, C., Pennington, T.D., Pennington, R.T., Flores, C. & Daza, A. (2003). Arboles Utiles de la Amazonia Peruana y sus Usos. Perú: Tarea Gráfica Educativa.

Pennington, T.D., Reynel, C. & Daza, A. (2004). Illustrated guide to the trees of Peru. Sherborne: David Hunt. 848 pp.

Pennington, T.D. & Sarukhan, J. (2005). Arboles Tropicales de Mexico, Ed.3. Mexico: UNAM & Fondo de Cultura Economica.

Selected Publications pre-2001

Pennington, T.D. (1990). Flora Neotropica Monograph 52. Sapotaceae. New York: New York Botanical Garden.

Pennington, T.D. (1991). The Genera of Sapotaceae. Kew/New York: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/New York Botanical Garden.

Pennington, T.D. (1996). The Genus Inga: Botany. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 844 pp.

Pennington, T.D. & Fernandes, E.E.M. (1998). The Genus Inga: Utilization. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 167 pp.