Martyn Rix

Born on 15 August 1943 to Edward Lionel Reusner and Elizabeth (Joyce) Rix, Martyn Rix was educated at Trinity College Dublin (MA), and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, where he received his PhD at biology school in 1971 for his dissertation on Fritillaria in Greece and Turkey (partially published as {{harvnb|Rix|1974}}).{{sfn|Rix|1971}}{{sfn|CUBG|2017}}{{sfn|Cornucopia|2017}} He married Alison Jane Goatcher in 1983, with whom he frequently collaborates, and they have two daughters.{{sfn|Encyclopedia|2017}}

Following completion of his doctorate he worked as a fellow at the Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, studying water weeds of India and co-authoring Waterplants of the World (1971–1973), before becoming a botanist at the Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley (1974–1978).{{sfn|Cornucopia|2017}} He travelled widely, collecting and photographing plants, including botanical expeditions to China, Mexico, South Africa and Argentina, and introducing a large number of plants into cultivation in Europe and North America. He has been involved in the design and planting of gardens in many parts of the world including California, Bermuda, the Virgin Islands, Turkey, France and Italy.{{sfn|Timber|2017}} Together with plant photographer Roger Phillips, David Lindsay and Sam Phillips, he ran an internet site called RogersRoses.{{sfn|RogersRoses|2016}}

Martyn Rix works at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS). His major interest is Liliaceae, especially Fritillaria.{{sfn|Timber|2017}}{{sfn|Curtis|2017}}{{sfn|Plantlist|2016}}

Rix has authored contributions in many major botanical texts including The European Garden Flora, Flora Europaea, Flora of Turkey,{{sfn|Cornucopia|2017}} the Kew Bulletin and has been editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine since 2003.{{sfn|Curtis|2017}}{{sfn|Cornucopia|2017}} He is the author of a number of books including Art of the Plant World, Art in Nature and Redoute Album.{{sfn|Timber|2017}} The latter deals with the work of the botanical artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté. he has also contributed to television programmes such as The Quest for the Rose (BBC). Together with Roger Phillips he has contributed to over thirty plant books.{{sfn|Cornucopia|2017}} Martyn Rix writes for magazines such as Country Life, Gardens Illustrated, The English Garden Magazine and Cornucopia.{{sfn|Cornucopia|2017}}

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• Water Plants of the World: a Manual for the Identification of the Genera of Freshwater Macrophytes , C.D.K. Cook, B.J. Gut, E. Martyn Rix, Jakob Schneller, Marta Seitz, Dr. W. Junk B.V. Publishers (1974), {{ISBN|90-6193-024-3}}
• Art of the Plant World, Martyn Rix, Penguin Group USA (1982), {{ISBN|0879511397}}
• Garden Open Today: To Celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the National Gardens Scheme, Martyn Rix, Alison Rix, Viking (1987), {{ISBN|0670814024}}
• Redoute Album, Martyn Rix, Alison Rix Studio Edns. (1990) 310 pp. {{ISBN|1851703985}}
• Art in Nature, Martyn Rix, : Studio Edns. (1991), {{ISBN|1851706348}}
• Vegetables, Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix, (1993)
• The Quest for the Rose, Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix, Random House Inc (1994), {{ISBN|0679435735}}
• Best Rose Guide: A Comprehensive Selection, Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix, Firefly Books Ltd (2004), {{ISBN|1552978443}}
• The Botanical Garden 2005 Calendar, Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix, Firefly Books Ltd (2004), {{ISBN|1552971821}}
• The Botanical Garden 2006 Calendar, Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix, Firefly Books Ltd (2005), {{ISBN|1552972151}}
• The Botanical Garden 2007 Calendar, Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix, Firefly Books Ltd (2006), {{ISBN|1552972593}}
• Subtropical and Dry Climate Plants: The Definitive Practical Guide, Martyn Rix, Timber Press (2006), {{ISBN|0881928089}}
• Growing bulbs Croom Helm. 209 pp. (1983) {{ISBN|0-917304-87-X}}
• Roses Random House Roger Phillips, E. Martyn Rix 224 pp. (1988) {{ISBN|0-394-75867-6}}
• The art of botanical illustration. Arch Cape Press. 224 pp. (1990)
• Conservatory and indoor plants. The garden plant series, Volume 1 of Conservatory and indoor plants: plants for warm gardens. Roger Phillips, E. Martyn Rix, Alison Rix Pan. 286 pp. (1998) {{ISBN|0-330-37375-7}}
• The ultimate guide to roses: a comprehensive selection Roger Phillips, E. Martyn Rix Macmillan. 288 pp. (2004) {{ISBN|1-4050-4920-0}}
• ''Treasures of botanical art: icons from the Shirley Sherwood and Kew collections. Sherwood, Shirley, E. Martyn Rix Kew Pub. 272 pp. (2008) {{ISBN|1-84246-221-0}}
• {{cite book|editor1-last=Tutin|editor1-first=T. G.|editor2-last=Heywood|editor2-first=V H|editor3-first=N. A.|editor3-last=Burges|editor4-first=D. M.|editor4-last=Moore|editor5-first=D. H.|editor5-last=Valentine|editor6-first=S. M.|editor6-last=Walters|editor7-first=D. A.|editor7-last=Webb|editor-link1=Tom Tutin|editor-link2=Vernon Heywood|editor-link6=Max Walters|editor-link7=D. A. Webb|title=Flora Europaea. Volume 5, Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (monocotyledones)|chapter=Fritillaria|author=E. M. Rix|authorlink=Martyn Rix|pages=31–34|date=1980|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, England|isbn=0-521-20108-X|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v11xJgWbUDcC&pg=PA31|ref={{harvid|Tutin et al|1980}}}} see also Flora Europaea
• {{cite book|last=Rix|first=Martyn|authorlink=Martyn Rix|title=Fritillaria: A Revised Classification : Together with an Updated List of Species|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OEYWHQAACAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Fritillaria Group of the Alpine Garden Society}}

• {{cite journal|last1=Rix|first1=E. M.|authorlink1=Martyn Rix|title=Notes on Fritillaria (Liliaceae) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, I & II|journal=Kew Bulletin|date=1974|volume=29|issue=4|pages=633–654|doi=10.2307/4108130|jstor=4108130}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Rix|first1=Edward M.|last2=Rast|first2=Dora|authorlink1=Martyn Rix|title=Nectar sugars and subgeneric classification in Fritillaria|journal=Biochemical Systematics and Ecology|date=February 1975|volume=2|issue=3–4|pages=207–209|doi=10.1016/0305-1978(75)90063-0|author-mask=1}}
• {{cite journal|last1=Rix|first1=E. M.|title=Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae) in Iran|journal=Iranian Journal of Botany|date=1977|volume=1|issue=2|pages=75–95|url=http://www.agrijournals.ir/article_103264_8afdadbff7baed9482c0958a0e034126.pdf}}
• -----, Brian Mathew 2007. Puschkinia peshmenii Hyacinthaceae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 24 ( 1 ): 54-57
• {{cite journal|last1=Rix|first1=Martyn|last2=Strange|first2=Kit|title=791. Fritillaria sororum|journal=Curtis's Botanical Magazine|date=September 2014|volume=31|issue=3|pages=214–222|doi=10.1111/curt.12075|author-mask=1}}

• {{cite book|last1=Rix|first1=E. M.|authorlink=Martyn Rix|title=The taxonomy of the genus Fritillaria in the Eastern Mediterranean region|date=1971|publisher=Cambridge University|type=PhD thesis}}

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In 1998 Rix was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Veitch Memorial Gold Medal.{{sfn|RHS|2014}}

Martyn Rix is the botanical authority{{sfn|Plantlist|2016}} for 33 taxa that bear his name, such as Fritillaria gussichiae.

The following plants are named after Martyn Rix:

• Bellevalia rixii WendelboNotes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38(3): 431 1980 (IK)
• Fritillaria rixii ZaharofNordic J. Bot. 6(6): 727 1986 (IK)

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• {{cite web|title=Fritillaria (European species)|url=http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/Botanic/Plant.aspx?p=27&ix=5&pid=0&prcid=0&ppid=0|publisher=Cambridge University Botanic Garden|access-date=10 October 2017|ref={{harvid|CUBG|2017}}}}
• {{cite web|title=Martyn Rix|url=http://www.cornucopia.net/contributors/martyn-rix/|website=Contributors|publisher=Cornucopia|access-date=12 October 2017|ref={{harvid|Cornucopia|2017}}}}
• {{cite web|title=The Veitch Memorial Medal|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/about-the-rhs/pdfs/about-the-rhs/our-structure/green-manual-2014-(correct-as-at-25-march-2013).pdf|website=The Green Manual|publisher=Royal Horticultural Society|access-date=13 October 2017|pages=53|date=2014|ref={{harvid|RHS|2014}}}}
• {{cite web|title=RogersRoses|url=http://www.rogersroses.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212814/http://www.rogersroses.com/|archive-date=4 March 2016|ref={{harvid|RogersRoses|2016}}}}
• {{cite web|title=Martyn Rix|url=http://www.timberpress.com/author/1265|website=Author profile|publisher=Timber Press|access-date=13 October 2017|ref={{harvid|Timber|2017}}}}
• {{cite journal|title=Curtis's Botanical Magazine|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8748/issues|journal=Curtis's Botanical Magazine|access-date=13 October 2017|date=2017|ref={{harvid|Curtis|2017}}|doi=10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8748|url-access=subscription}}
• {{cite web|title=Rix, (Edward) Martyn 1943-|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/rix-edward-martyn-1943|website=Contemporary Authors|publisher=Encyclopedia.com|access-date=13 October 2017|ref={{harvid|Encyclopedia|2017}}}}

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• [http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/diaries/Kent/+April+/662/ Kent Alpine Gardener's Diary] Talk given at Alpine Garden Society, Kent 2015

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