Ian Charleson Hedge

Ian Charleson Hedge
Born 1928
Residence Scottish
Nationality British
Fields Botany
Biology
Zoology
Known for Taxonomy
Ecology
Botany
Author abbrev. (botany) Hedge

Ian Charleson Hedge is a Scottish botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. Ian Hedge made important contributions to the flora of Iran and the flora of Iraq and is a recognised authority on the flora of south-west Asia. He has named more than 300 new plant species.

Biography

Hedge spent seven months collecting in Turkey in 1957 with Peter Davis. Together they gathered more than 6,000 specimens.[1] Then he spent 3 months in Afghanistan with (a Norwegian botanist) Per Wendelbo,[2] they made significant collections to the Garden Herbarium in 1962 in the north and north-east of the country and then he returned in 1969 with Wendelbo and Lars Ekberg. They were one of the first botanists to explore the area.[3]

He described Salvia buchananii in the Botanical Magazine in 1963.[4]

In 1982, he published a book about Salvia's, which recognised up to 86 species.[5]

By 1988, he was the curator of the Botanical Garden Herbarium.[6]

He collected in Portugal in the 1990s with Fatima Sales.[1] They then published 'Jasione L. taxonomy and phylogeny' in 2002.[7] Also 'Three perplexing names of species of Campanula L.' [8] and 'The taxonomy and conservation of Campanula primulifolia (Campanulaceae), a critically endangered species in the Iberian Peninsula' in 2010 (with Anna Trias-Blasi, Eddie, William M.M. and Michel Möller).[9]

He contributed to 'The Davis Festschrift' (edited by Kit Tan) on Peter Hadland Davis's 70th birthday and his own 60th Birthday in 1989.[10]

He is mentioned in Mabberley's Plant-book of 2003.[11] and his 'The Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants' (in 1990).[12]

In 2010, with other members of the Royal Botanical Garden, he identified various plant specimens for Mark Price's book 'Animal Re-introductions: The Arabian Oryx in Oman'.[13]

On 31 January 2012, he appealed (on behalf of the Royal Botanic Garden) via the BBC to the Pakistani government to release more than 4,000 copies of a botany text book destined for Afghanistan schools and environmental groups. The 10 tonnes of books had been held at customs in Karachi for the past year.[3] It is the 'Field Guide Afghanistan Flora and Vegetation', written by Ian and Siegmar-Walter Breckle in 2010.[14]

Other sources

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 "Hedge, Ian Charleson (1928-)". Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Collectors at RBGE (E)". Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Karachi customs delay for Edinburgh botany books". bbc.co.uk. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Lamiaceae Salvia buchananii Hedge". ipni.org. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Salvia ekiminana (Lamiaceae), a new species from Turkey" (pdf). Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Peter Hadland Davis, James Cullen, M. J. E. Coode (Editors)of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Volume 10&pg=PAvii (acknowledgements) mZTg4S65jzoC, p. vii (acknowledgements), at Google Books
  7. ↑ Sales, F.; Hedge, I.C. (2 December 2002). "Jasione L. taxonomy and phylogeny" (pdf). Turkish Journal Botanic. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Sales, F.; Hedge, I.C. (17 May 2010). "Three perplexing names of species of Campanula L." (pdf). CONSERVATOIRE ET JARDIN BOTANIQUES DE GENÈVE 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "The taxonomy and conservation of Campanula primulifolia (Campanulaceae), a critically endangered species in the Iberian Peninsula". worldcat.org. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  10. ↑ Umberto Quattrocchi CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names Volume 1, p. 1770, at Google Books
  11. ↑ D. J. Mabberley A Portable Dictionary of Plants, Their classification and uses &pg=PA986 9RyKKHtwXUYC , p. 986, at Google Books
  12. ↑ The Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants&pg=PA828 ZVdoUPtqKCIC, p. 828, at Google Books
  13. ↑ Mark R. Stanley Price Re-introductions: The Arabian Oryx in Oman&pg=PAxviii yr7vofq7SPgC, p. xviii, at Google Books
  14. 1 2 "Field Guide Afghanistan Flora and Vegetation". worldcat.org. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Author Query for 'Hedge'". International Plant Names Index.
  16. ↑ Flora Iranica: Capparidaceae - Volume 68 at Google Books
  17. ↑ "Plant life of South-West Asia". worldcat.org. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  18. 1 2 Walker, Jay B.; Sytsma, Kenneth J. (August 2007). "Staminal Evolution in the Genus Salvia (Lamiaceae): Molecular Phylogenetic Evidence for Multiple Origins of the Staminal Lever". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  19. ↑ Aizoaceae at Google Books
  20. ↑ Molluginaceae at Google Books
  21. ↑ Iridaceae: Aizoaceae at Google Books
  22. ↑ Ian Hedge Chenopodiaceae at Google Books
  23. ↑ Labiatae at Google Books
  24. ↑ Flora of Pakistan. No. 204, Chenopodiaceae at Google Books
  25. ↑ "Cruciferae (Brassicaceae)". worldcat.org. 1997. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

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