Grey-Wilson, Christopher (1944-)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Christopher
Last name
Grey-Wilson
Initials
C.
Life Dates
1944 -
Collecting Dates
1973 - 1989
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
K (main), A, BM, DSM, P
Countries
Western Asia: Afghanistan, TurkeyIndian region: Nepal, Sri LankaTropical Africa: TanzaniaChinese region: China
Associate(s)
Cafferty, Steve (1964-) (co-author)
Crawford, S. (fl. 1989) (co-collector)
Cribb, Phillip James (1946-) (co-collector)
Dransfield, John (1945-) (co-collector)
Hewer, T.F. (fl. 1972) (co-collector)
Mwasumbi, Leonard B. (1938-) (co-collector)
Wickramasingne (co-collector)
Biography
Alpine plant expert Christopher Grey-Wilson was born in Devon in 1944. He worked at Kew for 22 years and served as editor of the Alpine Garden Society for 20 years, retiring in 2011. He has made plant collecting expeditions to Iran, Afghanistan, Nepal, western China, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Tanzania. He was awarded the Victoria Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2008.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 242;
Grey-Wilson, Christopher (1944-)
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