Etelka A. Leadlay

Etelka Anne Leadlay (born 1947) is a British botanist.{{Cite web|title=Leadlay, Etelka A. (fl. 1990)|url=https://www.ipni.org/a/14933-1|access-date=23 March 2021|website=IPNI (2021).}}

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Born in Lambeth on 16 September 1947, she attended St Mary's School, Calne, Wiltshire.{{Cite journal|date=October 1966|title=School Leavers|url=https://issuu.com/stmaryscalne/docs/smsn1966_iss_051_october/4|journal=St Mary's Calne News Sheet|volume=51|pages=4|via=ISSUU}} Later she studied for a M.Sc. in Pure and Applied Plant Taxonomy (1973) at the University of Reading,{{Cite journal|date=2004|title=Reading systematists around and about|url=http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/files/Herbarium/Dec2004.pdf|journal=The University of Reading School of Plant Sciences Herbarium News|volume=42|pages=8}} and a Ph.D. "The biology and systematics of the genus Hutera Porta" (1978).{{Cite web |title=The biology and systematics of the genus Hutera Porta |url=https://rdg.ent.sirsidynix.net.uk/client/en_GB/library/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:809691/ada |website=University of Reading}} She and was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1978.{{Cite journal|date=December 1979|title=Certificates of Recommendation|journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=12|pages=375}}

She worked for over 20 years for Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI),{{Cite journal|date=December 1992|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24755307|journal=Botanic Gardens Conservation News|volume=2|issue=1 |pages=12–19|jstor=24755307 |title=Annual Report of Botanic Gardens Conservation International 1992 }}{{Cite book|url=https://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/45069/frontmatter/9780521845069_frontmatter.pdf|title=Taxonomy and Plant Conservation: The Cornerstone of the Conservation and the Sustainable Use of Plants|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2006|isbn=9780521607209|editor-last=Leadlay|editor-first=Etelka|pages=xiii|editor-last2=Jury|editor-first2=Stephen}} based on Kew Green, as Head of Research and Membership Services, until she retired in 2007.{{Cite web|date=8 January 2007|title=Appointments, Awards, Staff & Training|url=https://plantnetwork.org/news/no-34-august-2007/|access-date=23 March 2021|website=Plant Network}} In 2006, she co-edited "Taxonomy and Plant Conservation".{{Cite journal |date=February 2006 |title=Taxonomy and Plant Conservation |url=https://www.reading.ac.uk/herbarium/-/media/project/functions/research/herbariums/documents/dec2006.pdf |journal=Herbarium News |volume=43 |pages=11 |via=University of Reading}}

Etelka married John F Davey in 1978. They have a daughter.

Selected publications

The Darwin Technical Manual for Botanic Gardens. Etelka Leadlay (Editor), Jane Greene (Editor). (1998). Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). {{ISBN|978-0952027560}}
Report of the 2nd World Botanic Gardens Congress, Barcelona, Spain. (2004). BGjournal 1(1) 7–14. {{JSTOR|24809917}}
The BGCI contribution to the implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Leadlay, E., Sharrock, S., & Simiyu, S. (2005). BGjournal, 2(2), 3–7. {{JSTOR|24809960}}
Taxonomy and plant conservation: the cornerstone of the conservation and the sustainable use of plants. Leadlay, Etelka and Jury, Stephen (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2006) {{ISBN|9780521607209}}
The International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation and the 2010 Targets for Botanic Gardens. (2006). BGjournal (1) 3–4. {{JSTOR|24810072}}
Report on 3rd Global Botanic Gardens Congress Wuhan, China. (2007). BGjournal 4(2) 34–35. {{JSTOR|24810601}}

References

Category:1947 births

Category:People educated at St Mary's School, Calne

Category:British women botanists

Category:People from Lambeth

Category:Living people

Category:Alumni of the University of Reading

Category:British conservationists