Alex Davey

With a background in taxonomy, phylogenetics, and biodiversity informatics, Professor Rod Page’s current work focuses on making biodiversity information accessible and discoverable. He regularly posts opinions on the state of the field on his “iPhylo” blog.

Ian Charleson Hedge, who passed away peacefully last month at the age of 93, was an exceptional botanist and long-time lynchpin of RBGE’s Southwest Asian programme. In a career stretching a remarkable seven decades, he made huge contributions to the taxonomy of Apiaceae, Brassicaceae and Lamiaceae, and to the floras of Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and even Madagascar and Thailand.