Elizabeth Jill Cowley

British botanist.

Elizabeth Jill Cowley (born 1940) is a British botanist, who has worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Her interests have included the tropical flora of East Africa and the genus Roscoea. After working at a nursery at Tadworth, Surrey, she took a horticultural course at Merrist Wood Farm Institute (1958), then worked at Elm Garden Nurseries, Claygate for eight years. She then worked in Geneva, Switzerland, and Millers of Send, near Guildford. She started working at Kew Gardens in 1968 in the Temperate House, Himalaya section. In 1972 she moved to work in the Herbarium, working on petaloid

Abbreviations: Cowley
Occupations: botanist
Citizenships: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Dates: 1940-00-00T00:00:00Z
Direct attributions: 36 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 37 plants, 0 fungi

36 plants attributed, 1 plant contributed to37 plants:

Roscoea scillifolia (Gagnep.) Cowley 1982
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
Roscoea scillifolia is a perennial herbaceous plant occurring in Yunnan in China. Most members of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), to which it belongs, are tropical, but like other species of Roscoea, R. scillifolia grows in much colder mountainous regions. As of 2013, the species is only known in cultivation and may be extinct in the wild.
Roscoea schneideriana (Loes.) Cowley 1982
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
Roscoea schneideriana is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is a perennial herbaceous plant found in China, in Tibet, Sichuan and Yunnan. Most members of the Zingiberaceae family, to which it belongs, are tropical, but R. schneideriana grows in much colder mountainous regions.
Muscari anatolicum Cowley & Özhatay 1994
plant species in the asparagaceae family
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Roscoea wardii Cowley 1982
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
Roscoea wardii is a perennial herbaceous plant occurring from eastern Arunachal Pradesh in India to western Yunnan in China. Most members of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), to which it belongs, are tropical, but like other species of Roscoea, R. wardii grows in much colder mountainous regions.
Roscoea tumjensis Cowley 1982
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
Roscoea tumjensis is a perennial herbaceous plant occurring in the Himalayas, in Nepal. Most members of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), to which it belongs, are tropical, but R. tumjensis, like other species of Roscoea, grows in much colder mountainous regions.
Roscoea nepalensis Cowley 1980
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
Roscoea nepalensis is a perennial herbaceous plant found in Nepal. Most members of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), to which it belongs, are tropical, but R. nepalensis, like other species of Roscoea, grows in much colder mountainous regions.
Roscoea forrestii Cowley 1982
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
Roscoea forrestii is a perennial herbaceous plant occurring in the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China. Most members of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), to which it belongs, are tropical, but R. forrestii, like other species of Roscoea, grows in much colder mountainous regions. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens. It was named after George Forrest (1873–1932) who discovered it in Yunnan.
Roscoea australis Cowley 1982
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
Roscoea australis is a perennial herbaceous plant found in Burma, to the south of all other members of the genus. Most members of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), to which it belongs, are tropical, but R. australis, like other species of Roscoea, grows in much colder mountainous regions.
Allium turcicum Özhatay & Cowley 1994
plant species in the amaryllidaceae family
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Roscoea ganeshensis Cowley & W.J.Baker 1996
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
Roscoea ganeshensis is a perennial herbaceous plant occurring in Ganesh Himal (part of the Himalayas) in central Nepal. Most members of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), to which it belongs, are tropical, but like other species of Roscoea, R. ganeshensis grows in much colder mountainous regions. It is used as an ornamental garden plant, requiring moisture and shade in the summer.
Afrothismia insignis Cowley 1988
vulnerable plant species in the burmanniaceae family
Afrothismia insignis is a member of the genus Afrothismia. It is endemic to Tanzania. The species is vulnerable due to habitat loss and potential future threats.
Plagiostachys parva Cowley 1999
perennial plant species in the zingiberaceae family
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Plagiostachys breviramosa Cowley 1999
perennial plant species in the zingiberaceae family
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Boesenbergia jangarunii Cowley 1998
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
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Boesenbergia hosensis Cowley 2000
perennial plant species in the zingiberaceae family
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Boesenbergia bruneiana Cowley 1998
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
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Boesenbergia armeniaca Cowley 2000
perennial plant species in the zingiberaceae family
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Amischotolype sphagnorrhiza Cowley 1996
perennial plant species in the commelinaceae family
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Roscoea × beesiana Cowley & C.Whitehouse 2009
plant hybrid species in the zingiberaceae family
Roscoea × beesiana is considered to be a hybrid between R. auriculata and R. cautleyoides which occurred in cultivation. The flowers are variable: most forms have a pale cream base colour with varying amounts of purple streaking, particularly on the lip or labellum from midsummer to early autumn. It was given the Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2011. It is classified as being hardy throughout the British Isles.
Roscoea tibetica f. roseopurpurea Cowley 2007
plant form in the zingiberaceae family
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Roscoea tibetica f. rosea Cowley 2007
plant form in the zingiberaceae family
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Roscoea tibetica f. atropurpurea Cowley 2007
plant form in the zingiberaceae family
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Roscoea tibetica f. albopurpurea Cowley 2007
plant form in the zingiberaceae family
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Roscoea tibetica f. alba Cowley 2007
plant form in the zingiberaceae family
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Roscoea scillifolia f. atropurpurea Cowley 2007
plant form in the zingiberaceae family
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Roscoea purpurea f. rubra Cowley 2007
plant form in the zingiberaceae family
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Roscoea purpurea f. alba Cowley 2007
plant form in the zingiberaceae family
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Roscoea humeana f. tyria Cowley 2000
plant form in the zingiberaceae family
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Roscoea humeana f. lutea Cowley 2000
plant form in the zingiberaceae family
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Roscoea humeana f. alba Cowley 2007
plant form in the zingiberaceae family
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