Sheila Collenette
Iris Sheila Collenette (née Darnton) (26 August 1927 – 24 July 2017) was a British botanist, plant collector, and author.[1][2]
Life
[edit]Collenette was born 26th August 1927, the daughter of Old Etonian Rupert Edward Darnton DFC (born Rupert, Baron von Schunck in 1895) and Iris Moreton, daughter of John Smith Moreton of Pickenham Hall, Norfolk which was situated in extensive botanical grounds. Collenette's uncle was composer Christian Darnton, born in 1905 and also known as Baron von Schunck.[3][4] She married the geologist Peter Collenette in 1955.[5]
Her husband took a job as chief geologist in Saudi Arabia and Collenette took the opportunity to visit the country and collect botanical specimens.[6] She became noted for her work on the flora there, particularly her books An illustrated guide to the flowers of Saudi Arabia and Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia.[1][2] The species Aloe sheilae and Rhytidocaulon sheilae were named in her honour.[7] She collected the holotype of Hypericum collenetteae, named by Norman Robson.[8] She identified at least fourteen species.[9] The standard author abbreviation Collen. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[10]
Works
[edit]- Collenette, Sheila (1985). An illustrated guide to the flowers of Saudi Arabia. Scorpion. ISBN 9780905906454. OCLC 924681691.[11]
- Collenette, Sheila (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia. NCWCD. OCLC 924045825.
- Collenette, Sheila (1998). A checklist of botanical species in Saudi Arabia. International Asclepiad Society. ISBN 9780953237609. OCLC 38854653.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Mccoy, Tom A (September 2017). "Iris Sheila Collenette (1927–2017)". Cactus and Succulent Journal. 89 (5): 236–238. doi:10.2985/015.089.0506. S2CID 89999571.
- ^ a b "Collenette, Iris Sheila (1927-) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Burke (1933). "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and ..." Burke's Peerage. p. 2607. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
Foreign Titles of Nobility -... Rupert Edward Darnton, DFC - born 15 July 1895... educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge - [grandson of] Edward, Baron von Schunck (1816-1889) father of Iris Shiela, born 26th August 1927... Phillip Christian born 1905...
- ^ Schaarwächter, Jürgen (27 February 2015). Two Centuries of British Symphonism: From the beginnings to 1945. A preliminary survey. With a foreword by Lewis Foreman. Volume 1. Georg Olms Verlag. p. 431. Chapter: Expansion of the 'academically feasible'. ISBN 9783487152271. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
Christian Darnton (Baron von Schunck)...(nr. Leeds)... son of exceptionally wealthy parents, .....
- ^ Manson, Joy (12 January 1967). "A life of danger in search of rare orchids". The Times. No. 56837. p. 13.
- ^ "Sheila Collenette". Journal of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America: Volume 75, Issues 1–6. 2003. p. 50.
- ^ Eggli, Urs; Newton, Leonard E. (2013). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 220. ISBN 9783662071250. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ Pattinson, David; Robson, Norman; Nürk, Nicolai; Crockett, Sarah. "Hypericum collenettiae [N. Robson] Nomenclature". Hypericum Online. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Tropicos | Person – Collenette, Iris Sheila". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Collen.
- ^ Barneby, Rupert C.; Colenette, Sheila (October 1986). "An Illustrated Guide to the Flowers of Saudi Arabia". Brittonia. 38 (4): 430. doi:10.2307/2807095. JSTOR 2807095. S2CID 81591898.
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