Lorna MacKinnon

Research Assistant

Department

Accelerated Taxonomy

Team

Integrated Monography

Specialism

Herbarium taxonomy

Biography

I am a plant taxonomist currently working on a revision of the genus Digitaria from Madagascar. I have a background in Middle Eastern and tropical African taxonomy.

Qualifications and appointments

MSc Biodiversity & Taxonomy of Plants, University of Edinburgh & Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2007
BSc(hons) Plant Science, University of Glasgow, 2005

Projects

Grasses and savannas of Madagascar

Using knowledge of endemic grasses to understand the history of open canopy areas for land management and conservation planning.

Get in touch

email

l.mackinnon@kew.org

Twitter

@BotanistLorna

Grasses and savannas of Madagascar

Get in touch

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