Gillian Sally Bidgood (13 April 1948, in Corbridge – 18 March 2018, in Hammersmith) was a British botanist and plant collector noted for her study of the flora of Ethiopia, Zambia, and Tanzania, particularly Bignoniaceae.[1][2][3]
Sally Bidgood | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gillian Sally Bidgood 13 April 1948 |
| Died | 18 March 2018 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Plant collector |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Bidgood |
She attended Ackworth School (1959-1965), Haydon Bridge Technical School and then Froebel College, Roehampton. Bidgood worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1973 to 2008,[4] and over the course of her career took part in gathering over 13,000 specimens of African plants, describing at least two dozen species.[5]
She was also active as a trade unionist, being both a branch secretary and branch chair for Prospect at Kew.[2]
Coleus sallyae (A.J.Paton) A.J.Paton, Cyphostemma bidgoodiae Verdc., Dyschoriste sallyae Vollesen, Erythrocephalum sallyae Beentje, Fuirena bidgoodiae Hoenselaar & Muasya, Pavetta bidgoodiae Bridson are named for her.
She was born Gillian Sally Lee, and married the artist Clive Bidgood in 1976 at St Anne's Church, Kew.[6] She retired in 2008 and died on 18 March 2018.[2]
The standard author abbreviation Bidgood is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]
Data related to Gillian Sally Bidgood at Wikispecies
References edit
- ^ "Bidgood, Gillian Sally (1948-) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. JSTOR. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ a b c Ainsworth, Fiona (10 April 2018). "Sally Bidgood – straight talking, frequently irreverent and always compelling". www.prospect.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
Her main areas of taxonomic interest were the Bignoniaceae family of plants and the floras of Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia. She retired in 2008.
- ^ "Where am I? Home Scientific Research & Data Science Directory People Bidgood (Lee), Gilian S. [Sally] (Retired)". Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012.
- ^ Hepper, F Nigel (2009). "News of Kewites at Home and Abroad in 2009". The Journal of the Kew Guild: 444.
- ^ Friis, Ib (August 2018). "The East African Flora, and Those Who Study It, Have Lost a Great Friend, Kew Botanist Sally Bidgood". Journal of East African Natural History. 107 (1): 31–36. doi:10.2982/028.107.0103. S2CID 91328953.
In 1973, she came to the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, as a member of the African team....If added up, the time Sally spent in Africa on field trips will come to about five years. During this time, she took part in the collection of 13 820 numbers;
- ^ Sands, Martin (1976). "News of Kewites at home and abroad in 1976". The Journal of the Kew Guild. 9: 484.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Bidgood.
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