Etelka Anne Leadlay (born 1947) is a British botanist. Born in

Lambeth Lambeth () is a district in South London, England, which today also gives its name to the (much larger) London Borough of Lambeth. Lambeth itself was an ancient parish in the county of Surrey. It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Charin ...

on 16 September 1947, she attended

St Mary's School, Calne St Mary's School is a private day and boarding school in Calne, Wiltshire, England, for girls aged 11 to 18. The school is a registered charity. In 2023, the school's A Level results ranked third in the UK and joint second in the south-west of ...

, Wiltshire. Later she studied for a M.Sc. in Pure and Applied Plant Taxonomy (1973) at the

University of Reading The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as the University Extension College, Reading, an extension college of Christchurch College, Oxford, and became University College, ...

, and a Ph.D. "The biology and systematics of the genus Hutera Porta" (1978). She and was elected a Fellow of the

Linnean Society The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature collec ...

in 1978. She worked for over 20 years for

Botanic Gardens Conservation International Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) is a plant conservation biology, conservation Charitable organization, charity based in Kew, Surrey, England. It is a membership organisation, working with 800 botanic gardens in 118 countries, wh ...

(BGCI), based on

Kew Green Kew Green is a large open space in Kew in west London. Owned by the Crown Estate, it is leased to the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames. It is roughly triangular in shape, and its open grassland, framed with broadleaf trees, extends to abo ...

, as Head of Research and Membership Services, until she retired in 2007. In 2006, she co-edited "Taxonomy and Plant Conservation". Etelka married John F Davey in 1978. They have a daughter.

Selected publications

* The Darwin Technical Manual for Botanic Gardens. Etelka Leadlay (Editor), Jane Greene (Editor). (1998). Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). * Report of the 2nd World Botanic Gardens Congress, Barcelona, Spain. (2004). BGjournal 1(1) 7–14. * The BGCI contribution to the implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Leadlay, E., Sharrock, S., & Simiyu, S. (2005). BGjournal, 2(2), 3–7. * Taxonomy and plant conservation: the cornerstone of the conservation and the sustainable use of plants. Leadlay, Etelka and Jury, Stephen (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2006) * The International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation and the 2010 Targets for Botanic Gardens. (2006). BGjournal (1) 3–4. * Report on 3rd Global Botanic Gardens Congress Wuhan, China. (2007). BGjournal 4(2) 34–35.

References

1947 births People educated at St Mary's School, Calne British women botanists People from Lambeth Living people Alumni of the University of Reading British conservationists {{UK-botanist-stub