Smith, Rosemary Margaret   (1933 - 2004)

Born 4 May 1933 at Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire, ENGLAND; died in UK in 2004.

Secondary school: Erskine School, Edinburgh, Scotland.

She was a Scientific Officer, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from 1950.

She specialized in the taxonomy of the Zingiberaceae, or ginger family.
Many of the species she classified and identified were found in Asian countries, especially in the isolated island of Borneo.

She was also a noted botanical artist.

Artwork medium:
- Watercolor
- pen and ink
- Color pencil
- Oil

Journals in which her illustrations were published include:
- Baileya.
- Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India.
- Flora Iranica.
- Journal of the Arnold Arboretum.
- Journal of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society.
- Journal of the Scottish Rock Garden Club.
- Notes and Monthly Notes of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
- Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh.

She was also an illustrator for: FLORA OF AUSTRALIA, Volume 45, AGPS Canberra (1987)

Source: Extracted from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Margaret_Smith
https://huntbot.org/internatcat/artwork/smith-rosemary-margaret
Contributers Survey, Flora of Australia project, ABRS (1987)
Portrait Photo: https://huntbot.org/internatcat/artwork/smith-rosemary-margaret.