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Mark Wayne Chase

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Mark Wayne Chase FRS (born 1951) is a US-born British botanist. He is noted for work in plant classification and evolution, and one of the instigators of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group-classification for flowering plants which is partly based on DNA studies. In particular he has researched orchids, and currently investigates ploidy and hybridization in Nicotiana.[citation needed] In 1998 he shared the Linnean Medal with Colin Patterson. In 2008 he was one of thirteen recipients of the Darwin-Wallace Medal, which was given every 50 years by the Linnean Society of London. Chase currently holds the position of keeper of the Jodrell Laboratory at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and is a fellow of the Royal Society.[1]

He was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in 2014.[2]

The standard author abbreviation M.W.Chase is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

References

  1. ^ Royal Garden's Kew site Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 2014 RHS Awards for Exceptional Contributions to Horticulture Announced
  3. ^ International Plant Names Index.  M.W.Chase.


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