Ghillean Prance

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Ghillean T. Prance
Born (1937-07-13) July 13, 1937
Known for Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Notable awards Fellow of the Royal Society

Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance  FIBiol FRS FLS FRS (born 13 July 1937) is a prominent British botanist and ecologist.[1] who has published extensively[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] on the taxonomy of families such as Chrysobalanaceae and Lecythidaceae, but he perhaps drew more attention in documenting the pollination ecology of Victoria amazonica.[14][15] The foremost public office he held was as director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1988–1999). He was knighted in 1995. Since his retirement he has remained very active, notably involving himself with the Eden Project. Prance, a devout Christian, is currently the chair of A Rocha[16] and was president of Christians in Science 2002–08.[17]

He is actively involved on environmental issues, a trustee of the Amazon Charitable Trust, and a Vice-President of the Nature in Art Trust.[18] A biography of Prance was written by Clive Langmead.[1]

The standard author abbreviation Prance is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[19]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Langmead, Clive (2001). A Passion for Plants: Life and Vision of Ghillean Prance, Director of Kew Gardens. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. ISBN 1-900347-76-8. 
  2. ↑ Bebber, D. P.; Carine, M. A.; Wood, J. R. I.; Wortley, A. H.; Harris, D. J.; Prance, G. T.; Davidse, G.; Paige, J.; Pennington, T. D.; Robson, N. K. B.; Scotland, R. W. (2010). "Herbaria are a major frontier for species discovery". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (51): 22169–22171. doi:10.1073/pnas.1011841108. PMC 3009773. PMID 21135225. 
  3. ↑ Prance, G. T. (2002). "Species survival and carbon retention in commercially exploited tropical rainforest". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 360 (1797): 1777–1785. doi:10.1098/rsta.2002.1041. PMID 12460497. 
  4. ↑ Brown, S.; Swingland, I. R.; Hanbury-Tenison, R.; Prance, G. T.; Myers, N. (2002). "Changes in the use and management of forests for abating carbon emissions: Issues and challenges under the Kyoto Protocol". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 360 (1797): 1593–1605. doi:10.1098/rsta.2002.1021. PMID 12460486. 
  5. ↑ Prance, G. T. (2000). "Ethnobotany and the future of conservation". Biologist (London, England) 47 (2): 65–68. PMID 11190230. 
  6. ↑ Prance, G. (1999). "The poisons and narcotics of the Amazonian Indians". Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London 33 (4): 368–376. PMID 10472027. 
  7. ↑ Morton, C.; Mori, S.; Prance, G.; Karol, K.; Chase, M. (1997). "Phylogenetic relationships of Lecythidaceae: A cladistic analysis using rbcL sequence and morphological data". American journal of botany 84 (4): 530–540. doi:10.2307/2446029. PMID 21708605. 
  8. ↑ Dalton, H.; Goodwin, B.; Ho, M. W.; McGlade, J.; Prance, G.; Saunders, P.; Sherratt, D.; Smith, J. M.; Whittenbury, R. (1997). "Patent threat to research". Nature 385 (6618): 672. doi:10.1038/385672a0. PMID 9034179. 
  9. ↑ Prance, G. T. (1991). "What is ethnobotany today?". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 32 (1–3): 209–216. PMID 1881159. 
  10. ↑ Prance, G. T. (1982). "Threatened Plants". Science 216 (4549): 977–978. doi:10.1126/science.216.4549.977. PMID 17809062. 
  11. ↑ Mori, S. A.; Orchard, J. E.; Prance, G. T. (1980). "Intrafloral Pollen Differentiation in the New World Lecythidaceae, Subfamily Lecythidoideae". Science 209 (4454): 400–403. doi:10.1126/science.209.4454.400. PMID 17747812. 
  12. ↑ Fidalgo, O.; Prance, G. T. (1976). "The ethnomycology of the Sanama Indians". Mycologia 68 (1): 201–210. PMID 934181. 
  13. ↑ Prance, G. T. (1973). "The mycological diet of the Yanomam Indians". Mycologia 65 (1): 248–250. PMID 4734424. 
  14. ↑ Prance, Anne E.; Sandved, Kjell Bloch;Prance, Ghillean T. (1993). Bark: the formation, characteristics, and uses of bark around the world. Portland, Or: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-262-5. 
  15. ↑ Sandved, Kjell Bloch; Prance, Ghillean T. (1985). Leaves, the formation, characteristics, and uses of hundreds of leaves found in all parts of the world. [New York]: Crown. ISBN 0-517-55152-7. 
  16. ↑ "International Trustees". A Rocha. Retrieved 2013-03-17. 
  17. ↑ "Presidents". Christians in Science. Retrieved 2013-03-17. 
  18. ↑ "Nature in Art - Trust". Nature in Art Trust. Retrieved 23 March 2010. 
  19. ↑ "Author Query for 'Prance'". International Plant Names Index. 

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