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Paula J Rudall (born 1954) is a Britishbotanist, who was Head of the Micromorphology Section (1999–2014) and Head of the Department of Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology at theRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew.^[1][2]

Paula Rudall has thre degrees from theUniversity of London – a BSc (Hons) in 1975, a PhD (1979) and DSc (2001). She was Head of the Micromorphology Section^[3] and subsequently Head of the Department of Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology at theRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew, based in theJodrell Laboratory. She has received several awards, including theLinnean Medal (2005) and the Dahlgren Prize (2008). She is known for her work on thetaxonomy andphylogeny ofmonocotyledons and was the lead organiser of the foundational international conference onMonocotyledons, systematics and evolution (Kew, 1993^[4]), which led to an ongoing international series of conferences and workshops. She is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Paula Rudall has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers and several books, including a textbook on theAnatomy of Flowering Plants.^[5]

Rudall featured inSir David Attenborough’s 2000 documentaryLost Gods of Easter Island.

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