Cope
Kew 2002 Photos BKS Kew 2005
EDUCATION & CAREER:
1971 First degree: BSc (Hons: Botany) 2:1. Manchester University.
1976 Second degree: PhD. Thesis title: Biosystematic studies in the Juncus bufonius aggregate in western
Europe. Manchester University.
1974 Appointed Scientific Officer in the Grass
Section, Herbarium, RBG Kew.
1979 Promoted to Higher Scientific Officer.
1984 Promoted to Senior Scientific Officer.
1989 Promoted to Principal Scientific Officer.
2004 Appointed Head of Grass Section.
2010 Retired.
Appointed Honorary Research Associate, RBG Kew.
OTHER APPOINTMENTS:
1984-1988 Member of Council, Botanical Society of the
British Isles.
1979-present BSBI British Grass Referee.
1983-present BSBI Juncus
referee.
OTHER EVENTS:
1972 Study visit to P
Conference, Manchester
University: Recent advances in the study of the British flora [paper presented]
Manchester University field trip, collecting Juncus in Ireland
1981 Kew Expedition to Bolivia with Steve Renvoize
(grass collecting)
1985 Study visit to FT
Conference, Exeter University: Aspects of Oman
Conference, RBG Edinburgh: Plantlife of Southwest Asia
1986 Study visit to ON
RGS Expedition to Wahiba Sands, Oman (general flora
collecting)
Conference, Smthsonian Institution: Grass Systematics
and Evolution 1 [paper presented]
Conference, Istanbul University: OPTIMA
1987 Conference, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman:
The Wahiba Sands Project [paper presented]
Study visit to ON & KTUH (both including general
flora collecting)
Secondment via ODA to Forestry Dept., Yemen Arab
Republic (collecting trees and grasses; foundation of new local herbarium)
1988 Hosted BSBI AGM, Kew Gardens
1990 Study visit to CAI/CAIM, Aswan University
Herbarium & KTUH (all including grass collecting)
Conference, Berlin Botanic Garden: Plantlife of
Southwest Asia
1991 Conference, Linn. Soc. London: Grasses of
Arid Lands [paper presented]
Kew expedition to Dhofar Province, Oman with Hew
Prendergast (grass collecting)
1992 RGS expedition to Eastern Desert, Jordan
(general flora collecting, foundation of new local herbarium)
1993 Secondment to FT to name Somali grasses
Kew expedition to Dhofar Province, Oman (grass
collecting)
RGS expedition to Eastern Desert, Jordan (general flora
collecting)
1995 RGS expedition to Eastern Desert, Jordan
(general flora collecting)
1997 RGS expedition to Eastern Desert, Jordan
(general flora collecting)
Conference Harare, Zimbabwe: AETFAT [did not attend;
poater presentation]
1998 Conference, University of NSW, Australia:
Grass Systematics and Evolution III [paper presented]
2003 Conference, Ontario California: Grass
Systematics and Evolution IV
2004 Hosted BSBI AGM, Kew Gardens
2005 Conference, Kew Gardens & Linn. Soc.: A
Celebration of Grasses
2008 Conference, Copenhagen: Grass Systematics and
Evolution V [poster presentation]
EPONYMY:
Dimeria copeana Sreek., V.J.Nair &
N.C.Nair (1981)
Ischaemum copeanum Sreek., V.J.Nair
& N.C.Nair (1985)
Piper thomasii Tebbs (1993)
Dimeria copei N.Ravi (1996)
Festuca copei Renvoize (1998)
Chrysopogon copei Mohanan & N.Ravi
(2001)
Lepturus copeanus B.K.Simon (2005)
Tripogon copei Newmaster (2008)
Sporobolus copei Verloove (2010)
PUBLICATIONS:
Cope, T.A. & Stace,
C.A. (1973). The segregates of Juncus bufonius agg. Watsonia 9: 426 [Abstract of exhibit for BSBI
Autumn meeting)
Cope, T.A. (1976). Biosystematic studies in the Juncus bufonius aggregate. PhD thesis, Manchester University.
Cope, T.A. (1977). Computer-aided chorology of Middle Eastern
grasses. Kew Bull. 31: 819-828.
Cope, T.A. (1977). A new species of Dichanthium from southern Arabia.
Publs Cairo Univ. Herb. 7/8: 325.
Cope, T.A. & Stace,
C.A. (1978). The Juncus bufonius L. aggregate in western Europe. Watsonia 12: 113-128.
Cope, T.A. (1980). Taxonomy of the Juncus bufonius aggregate.
Watsonia 13: 76 [Abstract of symposium paper]
Cope, T.A. &
Clayton, W.D. (1980). The chorology of
Old World species of Gramineae. Kew Bull. 35: 135-171.
Cope, T.A. (1980). Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Lasiurus (Gramineae). Kew Bull. 35: 451-452.
Cope, T.A. (1980). A new species of Triraphis (Gramineae) from Ethiopia. Kew Bull. 35: 566.
Cope, T.A. &
Clayton, W.D. (1980). The chorology of
North American species of Gramineae. Kew Bull. 35: 567-576.
Cope, T.A. (1980). New combinations in Asiatic grasses. Kew Bull. 35: 701-704.
Cope, T.A. (1982). Poaceae;
in Nasir, E, & Ali, S.I. (eds.), Flora of Pakistan, 143, 678pp.
Cope, T.A. (1982). A guide to British rushes I. Wild Flower Magazine Summer 1982: 13-17.
Cope, T.A. (1982). Grasses for grazing. The Living Countryside 78: 1544-1545.
Cope, T.A. (1982). Widespread resilient rushes. The Living Countryside 81: 1608-1609.
Cope, T.A. (1982). A guide to British rushes II. Wild Flower Magazine Autumn 1982: 16-21.
Cope, T.A. & Stace,
C.A. (1983). Variation in the Juncus bufonius L. aggregate in western
Europe. Watsonia 14: 263-272.
Cope, T.A. (1983). Centropodia:
an earlier name for Asthenatherum
(Gramineae). Kew Bull. 37: 657-659.
Cope, T.A. (1983). A new species of Guaduella (Gramineae) from Angola (Cabinda Province). Kew Bull. 37: 660.
Cope, T.A. &
Chaudhary, S.A. (1983). A checklist of
grasses of Saudi Arabia (Studies in the Flora of Arabia VI). Arab Gulf J. Scient. Res. 1: 313-354.
Cope, T.A. (1983). Schmidtia
(Poaceae): a genus new to Pakistan.
Pak. J. Bot. 15: 125.
Cope, T.A. (1983). Woodrushes of many habitats. The Living Countryside 102: 2021-2023.
Cope, T.A. (1983). A guide to British rushes III. Wild Flower Magazine Spring 1983: 16-20.
Cope, T.A. (1983). A guide to British rishes IV. Wild flower Magazine Summer 1983: 10-15.
Cope, T.A. (1983). Sedges: seashores to mountain tops. The Living Countryside 114: 2268-2269.
Cope, T.A. (1983).
Cord-grass: the birth of a species.
The Living Countryside 123: 2452-2454.
Cope, T.A. (1983). Britian’s tropical grasses. The Living Countryside 131: 2618-2620.
Cope, T.A. (1984). Some new Arabian grasses (Studies in the
Flora of Arabia XIV). Kew Bull. 39:
833-836.
Cope, T.A. &
Kupicha, F.K. (1985). Three new grasses
from the ‘Flora Zambesiaca’ area. Kew
Bull. 40: 89-91.
Cope, T.A. (1985). [Key to grass genera]; in Meikle, R.D. (ed.),
Flora of Cyprus 2: 1712-1715.
Cope, T.A. (1985). A key to the grasses of the Arabian Peninsula
(Studies in the Flora of Arabia XV).
Arab Gulf J. Scient. Res., Special Pub. No. 1, 82pp.
Cope, T.A. & Stace,
C.A. (1985). Cytology and hybridization
in the Juncus bufonius L. aggregate
in western Europe. Watsonia 15: 309-320.
Cope, T.A. (1985). Key to Somali Grasses. National Herbarium, Mogadishu, 77pp.
Cope, T.A. (1987). A new species of Trikeraia (Gramineae) from Tibet and Bhutan. Kew Bull. 42: 350.
Cope, T.A. (1987). Euthryptochloa:
a new genus of Gramineae from China. Kew Bull. 42: 707-709.
Cope, T.A. & Boulos,
L. (1987). New species of Coelachyrum (Gramineae) from Egypt. Kew Bull. 42: 919-920.
Cope, T.A. (1988). The flora of the Sands; in The scientific
results of the Royal Geographical Society’s Oman Wahiba Sands project
1985-1987. J. Oman Studies, Special
Report 3: 305-312.
Cope, T.A. (ed.):
Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1986).
Genera Graminum. Kew Bull. Addit.
Ser. XIII.
Cope, T.A. (ed.):
Renvoize, S.A. (1988). Hatschbach’s
Parana grasses. RBG Kew.
Cope, T.A. (ed.): Chao,
C.S. (1989). A guide to bamboos
cultivated in Britain. RBG Kew.
Cope, T.A. (1989). The Wahiba Sands of Oman; in Hepper, F.N.,
Plant hunting for Kew :72-77. HMSO.
Cope, T.A. (1991). A new species of Dignathia (Gramineae) from Kenya.
Kew Bull. 46: 710.
Cope, T.A. (ed.): Lewis,
B.A. & Cribb, P.J. (1991). Orchids
of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville.
RBG Kew.
Cope, T.A. & Hosni,
H.A. (1991). A key to Egyptian
grasses. RBG Kew & Cairo University
Herbarium, 75pp.
Cope, T.A. (1991). Problems with bents – identifying British Agrostis. Wild Flower Magazine Autumn 1991: 22-24.
Renvoize, S.A., Cope,
T.A., Cook, F.E.M., Clayton, W.D. & Wickens, G.E. (1992). Distribution and utilization of grasses in
arid and semi-arid regions: in Chapman, G. (ed.), Desertified grasslands: their
biology and management :3-16. Linnean
Society of London.
Cope, T.A. (1992). Some new Somali grasses. Kew Bull. 47: 277-282.
Cope, T.A. (1992). Some new Arabian grasses II. Kew Bull. 47: 655-664.
Cope, T.A. (1993). Taeniorhachis:
a new genus of Gramineae from
Somalia. Kew Bull. 48: 403-405.
Cope, T.A. (1993). The grasses of Richmond Park. Richmond Park Occasional Mag. 1: 4.
Cope, T.A. (1994). Gramineae:
in Press, J.R. & Short, M. (eds.), Flora of Madeira :406-453.
Cope, T.A. (1994). A new species of Chrysopogon (Gramineae) from Oman.
Kew Bull. 49: 533-535.
Cope, T.A. (1995). Some new Somali grasses II. Kew Bull. 50: 109-117.
Cope, T.A. & Simon,
B.K. (1995). The chorology of
Australasian grasses. Kew Bull. 50:
367-378.
Cope, T.A. (1995). Two new species of Perotis Aiton (Gramineae)
from tropical Africa. Kew Bull. 50:
611-614.
Cope, T.A. (1995). Poaceae:
in Thulin, M. (ed.), Flora of Somalia 4: 148-270. RBG Kew.
Cope, T.A. & Ryves,
T.B. (1996). New combinations in British
alien grasses. Watsonia 21: 135.
Miller, A.G. & Cope,
T.A., eds. (1996). Flora of the Arabian
Peninsula and Socotra, volume 1. xxi +
586pp.
Cribb, P.J. & Cope,
T.A. (1996). The wild tulip. Bull. Alpine Gard. Soc. Gr. Brit. 64(4): 379.
Cope, T.A. (1998). A synopsis of Eragrostis Wolf (Poaceae)
in the Flora Zambesiaca area. Kew Bull.
53: 129-164.
Cope, T.A. (1998). A synopsis of Sporobolus R.Br. (Poaceae)
in the Flora Zambesiaca area. Kew Bull.
53: 165-172.
Cope, T.A. &
El-Eisawi, D. (1998). Checklist of the
flora: in Dutton, R.W., Clarke, J.I. & Battikhi, A.M. (eds.), Arid land
resources and their management: Jordan’s desert margin :183-188. Keegan Paul International.
Cafferty, S. & Cope,
T.A. (1999). Proposal to reject Nardus gangitis (Gramineae). Taxon 48: 155-156.
Cope, T.A. (1999). Gramineae:
in Pope, G.V. (ed.), Flora Zambesiaca 10(2), 261pp.
Cope, T.A. & Lyte,
B. (1999). Plants in peril, 25: Bromus interruptus. Bot Mag. 16: 296-300.
Cope, T.A. (1999). The genus Eragrostis
Wolf (Gramineae) in South Central
Africa: in Timberlake, J. & Kativu, S (eds.), African plants: biodiversity,
taxonomy and uses, :383. RBG Kew
[conference poster abstract]
Cope, T.A. (2000). Chorology of grasses – a review; in Jacobs,
S.W.L. & Everett, J. (eds.), Grasses: systematics and evolution
:325-330. CSIRO.
Cope, T.A. (2000). A new species of Eragrostis Wolf (Poaceae)
from Tanzania. Kew Bull. 55: 487-490.
Cope, T.A. &
Nesbitt, M. (2002). Lygeum spartum (Gramineae).
Bot Mag. 19: 35-39.
Clement, E.J. &
Cope, T.A. (2002). Agrostis lachnantha in Britain (and beyond). BSBI News 91: 48-49.
Cope, T.A. (2002). Gramineae:
in Pope, G.V. (ed.), Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 50-60, 95-180, 182.
Longhi-Wagner, H.M.
& Cope, T.A. (2003). Ctenium longiglume (Poaceae), a new
species from Africa. Kew Bull. 58:
229-231.
Cope, T.A. & Ryves,
T.B. (2003). A new species of Styppeiochloa De Winter (Poaceae) from Angola. Kew Bull. 58: 739-741.
Cope, T.A. (2005). Gramineae:
in Boulos, L (ed.), Flora of Egypt 4: 124-349.
Cope, T.A. (2006). The chorology of Central and South American
grasses. Kew Bull. 60: 515-545.
Cope, T.A. (2006). Three new Arabian grasses. Kew Bull. 61: 243-244.
Cope, T.A. (2007). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra,
volume 5, part 1, Poaceae, xx +
387pp.
Renvoize, S.A., Clayton,
W.D., Cope, T.A. & Williamson, H. (2007).
An electronic world grass flora.
Aliso 23: 267-270.
Cope, T.A. (2008). Stipa:
to split or not to split.
Abstracts. 4th
International Confernece: Grass Systematics and Evolution :75.
Cope, T.A. & Gray,
A.J. (2009). Grasses of the British
Isles, 612pp. BSBI and RBG Kew.
Cope, T.A. (2009). The Wild Flora of Kew Gardens, 305pp. RBG Kew.
Longhi-Wagner, H.M.
& Cope, T.A. (in prep.). The African
species of Ctenium (Poaceae:
Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Kew Bull.
00: 000-000.
Lambdon, P., Darlow, A.
& Cope, T.A. (in prep.). Eragrostis episcopulus – a new grass
species endemic to the island of St. Helena.
Kew Bull. 00: 000-000.