Travel and Plant Collections of Aucher-Eloy, Oman, 1938 by Dr Shahina Ghazanfar

Dr Shahina Ghazanfar is currently a Research Associate at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where she has worked since 2001 as Co-editor for the Flora of Tropical East Africa, Head of the Temperate Regional Team and Editor of the Flora of Iraq. Her expertise is in the flora of the Middle East, with a particular focus on that of the Arabian Peninsula, including the restoration, conservation and bio-geography of plants in that region. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge.

This lecture focuses on the the travels of French pharmacist and botanist Pierre Martin Rémi Aucher-Éloy in Oman. It can be viewed on our YouTube channel.