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Royal Botanic Gardens Kew: Richmond, London, GB

2017-08 to present | Senior Science Editor & Coordinator
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Rhian J. Smith

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: London, GB

2014-11 to 2017-07 | Senior Science Officer (Education & Communication)
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Rhian J. Smith

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: London, GB

2013-11 to 2014-10 | Science Facilitator
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Rhian J. Smith

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: London, GB

2007-03 to 2013-10 | Director’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Rhian J. Smith

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: London, GB

2005-10 to 2007-02 | Conservation Genetics Scientist
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Rhian J. Smith

Trinity College Dublin: Dublin, IE

2004 to 2005 | Postdoctoral Researcher (Botany Department)
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Rhian J. Smith

Natura Environmental Consultants: Wicklow, IE

2002 to 2005 | Senior Ecologist
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Rhian J. Smith

Education and qualifications (3)

Trinity College Dublin: Dublin, IE

2004 | PhD (Botany Department)
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Rhian J. Smith

Trinity College Dublin: Dublin, IE

2000 to 2001 | Postgrad Diploma in Statistics (Distinction)
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Rhian J. Smith

Cardiff University: Cardiff, GB

1994-09 to 1997-06 | BSc Ecology and Environmental Management (1st Class Hons)
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Professional activities (2)

The Red List Project: Santa Cruz, CA, US

Science Advisory Board member
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Rhian J. Smith

Atlantic Forest Research and Conservation Alliance: Nova Friburgo, BR

Research Coordinator and Strategic Advisor
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Rhian J. Smith

Works (24)

The 2030 Declaration on Scientific Plant and Fungal Collecting

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET
2025-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10569
Contributors: Alexandre Antonelli; Jordan K. Teisher; Rhian J. Smith; A. Martyn Ainsworth; Giuliana Furci; Ester Gaya; Susana C. Gonçalves; David L. Hawksworth; Isabel Larridon; Emily B. Sessa et al.
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State of the World's Plants and Fungi, 2023.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
2023-11 | Report
DOI: 10.34885/WNWN-6S63
Contributors: A. Antonelli; C. Fry; R. J. Smith; J. Eden; R. H. A. Govaerts; P. Kersey; E. Nic Lughadha; R. E. Onstein; M. S. J. Simmonds; A. Zizka et al.
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Rhian J. Smith

Why plant diversity and distribution matter

New Phytologist
2023-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.19282
Contributors: Alexandre Antonelli; Rafaël Govaerts; Eimear Nic Lughadha; Renske E. Onstein; Rhian J. Smith; Alexander Zizka
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Genetic assimilation of ancestral plasticity during parallel adaptation to zinc contamination in Silene uniflora

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2023-01-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01975-w
Contributors: Daniel P. Wood; Jon A. Holmberg; Owen G. Osborne; Andrew J. Helmstetter; Luke T. Dunning; Amy R. Ellison; Rhian J. Smith; Jackie Lighten; Alexander S. T. Papadopulos
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Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use

Science
2022-12-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.abf0869
Contributors: Alexandre Antonelli; Rhian J. Smith; Allison L. Perrigo; Angelica Crottini; Jan Hackel; Weston Testo; Harith Farooq; Maria F. Torres Jiménez; Niels Andela; Tobias Andermann et al.
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Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities

Science
2022-12-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.adf1466
Contributors: Hélène Ralimanana; Allison L. Perrigo; Rhian J. Smith; James S. Borrell; Søren Faurby; Mamy Tiana Rajaonah; Tianjanahary Randriamboavonjy; Maria S. Vorontsova; Robert S. C. Cooke; Leanne N. Phelps et al.
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Ten golden rules for reforestation to optimize carbon sequestration, biodiversity recovery and livelihood benefits

2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15498
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Rhian J. Smith

Revisiting the taxonomy of the Neotropical Haemodoraceae (Commelinales)

Phytokeys
2020 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.169.57996
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Rhian J. Smith

Protecting and sustainably using the world’s plants and fungi

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET
2020-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10150
Part of ISSN: 2572-2611
Part of ISSN: 2572-2611
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Rhian J. Smith
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State of the World's Plants and Fungi 2020

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
2020-09 | Report
DOI: 10.34885/172
Contributors: A. Antonelli; C. Fry; R.J. Smith; M.S.J. Simmonds; P.J. Kersey; H.W. Pritchard; M.S. Abbo; C. Acedo; J. Adams; A.M. Ainsworth et al.
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Rhian J. Smith

Unlocking the properties of plants and fungi for sustainable development

Nature Plants
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41477-019-0554-1
Part of ISSN: 2055-0278
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Rhian J. Smith

Variation in plant diversity in mediterranean‐climate ecosystems: the role of climatic and topographical stability

Journal of Biogeography
2015-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12429
Part of ISSN: 0305-0270
Part of ISSN: 1365-2699
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Rhian J. Smith

Gynodioecy in Campanula trachelium (Campanulaceae)

New Journal of Botany
2013-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1179/2042349713y.0000000022
Part of ISSN: 2042-3489
Part of ISSN: 2042-3497
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Rhian J. Smith

Genetic diversity and species delimitation in the cultivated and wild Guinea yams (Dioscorea spp.) from Southwest Ethiopia as determined by AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) markers

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
2013-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-012-9925-4
Part of ISSN: 0925-9864
Part of ISSN: 1573-5109
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Rhian J. Smith

Sand-binding roots in Haemodoraceae: global survey and morphology in a phylogenetic context

Plant and Soil
2011-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0874-z
Part of ISSN: 0032-079X
Part of ISSN: 1573-5036
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Rhian J. Smith

Patterns of genetic variation in Colchicum autumnale L. and its conservation status in Ireland: a broader perspective on local plant conservation

Conservation Genetics
2010-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9964-3
Part of ISSN: 1566-0621
Part of ISSN: 1572-9737
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Rhian J. Smith

Plastid microsatellites for the study of genetic variability in the widespread Cephalanthera longifolia, C. damasonium and C. rubra (Neottieae, Orchidaceae), and cross-amplification in other Cephalanthera species

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
2010-06-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01053.x
Part of ISSN: 0024-4074
Part of ISSN: 1095-8339
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Rhian J. Smith

Ecology and genetic diversity of the dense-flowered orchid, Neotinea maculata, at the centre and edge of its range

Annals of Botany
2009-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn200
Part of ISSN: 1095-8290
Part of ISSN: 0305-7364
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Rhian J. Smith

Molecular phylogenetics of Haemodoraceae in the Greater Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2009-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.015
Part of ISSN: 1055-7903
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Rhian J. Smith

Isoetes eludens (Isoetaceae), a new endemic species from the Kamiesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa

Kew Bulletin
2009-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12225-008-9092-0
Part of ISSN: 0075-5974
Part of ISSN: 1874-933X
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Rhian J. Smith

Morphometric and population genetic analyses elucidate the origin, evolutionary significance and conservation implications ofOrchis × angusticruris(O. purpurea × O. simia), a hybrid orchid new to Britain

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
2008-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00856.x
Part of ISSN: 0024-4074
Part of ISSN: 1095-8339
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Rhian J. Smith

Genetic variation in Irish Whitebeam, Sorbus hibernica E. F. Warb. (Rosaceae) and its relationship to a Sorbus from the Menai Strait, North Wales.

Watsonia
2008-01 | Journal article
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Rhian J. Smith

Can we bring Madagascar's critically endangered palms back from the brink? Genetics, ecology and conservation of the critically endangered palm Beccariophoenix madagascariensis

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
2007-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00676.x
Part of ISSN: 1095-8339
Part of ISSN: 0024-4074
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Rhian J. Smith

POPULATION GENETICS AND CONSERVATION OF THE SMALL WHITE ORCHID, PSEUDORCHIS ALBIDA , IN IRELAND.

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Rhian J. Smith
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