Staff ProfileSally Whyman
Curator: Botany (Vascular Plants)
Contact Details
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NP
Phone: +44 (0)29 2057 3345
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Qualifications, memberships and relevant positions
MPhil on the cytotaxonomy of Rhododendron subsections Heliolepida and Triflora. Member and (since 2010) co-editor of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland Welsh Bulletin. Also member of Plant Life, Rhododendron Species Conservation Group, Natural Sciences Collections Association (NATSCA) and the Porcupine Marine Natural History Society.
Research Interests
Research into a wide range of botanical topics for Natural Science exhibitions and outreach events – how the botany collections can be best displayed and used for these.
Research into the poppy – key curator for the currently touring exhibition Poppies for Remembrance.
Links
Selected Publications
Slade K. & Whyman, S. 2014. Report on the Guernsey seaweed fieldwork [PDF]. Porcupine Marine Natural History Society’s Newsletter, Spring 2014.
Whyman, S. 2003. A partial cytotaxonomic revision of Rhododendron subsections Heliolepida and Triflora. In: Argent, G. & McFarlane (eds), Rhododendrons in Horticulture and Science. Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, p. 298.