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Following completion of a PhD on Fritillaria at Cambridge University, he worked in Zurich, Switzerland and at the Royal Horticultural Society gardens at Wisley. He is the author of many books and articles on plants and horticulture and is the editor of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, based at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London.Born on 15 August 1943 to Edward Lionel Reusner and Elizabeth (Joyce) Rix, Martyn Rix was educated at Trinity College Dublin (MA), and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, where he received his PhD at biology school in 1971 for his dissertation on Fritillaria in Greece and Turkey (partially published as Rix 1974). He married Alison Jane Goatcher in 1983, with whom he frequently collaborates, and they have two daughters.Following completion of his doctorate he worked as a fellow at the Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, studying water weeds of India and co-authoring Waterplants of the World (1971\u20131973), before becoming a botanist at the Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley (1974\u20131978). He travelled widely, collecting and photographing plants, including botanical expeditions to China, Mexico, South Africa and Argentina, and introducing a large number of plants into cultivation in Europe and North America. He has been involved in the design and planting of gardens in many parts of the world including California, Bermuda, the Virgin Islands, Turkey, France and Italy. Together with plant photographer Roger Phillips, David Lindsay and Sam Phillips, he ran an internet site called RogersRoses.Martyn Rix works at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS). His major interest is Liliaceae, especially Fritillaria.Table of ContentsPublications[edit]List of selected publications[edit]Books[edit]Articles[edit]Thesis[edit]References[edit]Bibliography[edit]External links[edit]Publications[edit]Rix has authored contributions in many major botanical texts including The European Garden Flora, Flora Europaea,  Flora of Turkey, the Kew Bulletin and has been editor of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine since 2003. He is the author of a number of books including Art of the Plant World, Art in Nature and Redoute Album. The latter deals with the work of the botanical artist Pierre-Joseph Redout\u00e9. he has also contributed to television programmes such as  The Quest for the Rose (BBC). Together with Roger Phillips he has contributed to over thirty plant books. Martyn Rix writes for magazines such as Country Life, Gardens Illustrated, The English Garden Magazine and Cornucopia.List of selected publications[edit]\u00a0see Encyclopedia 2017Books[edit]Water Plants of the World: a Manual for the Identification of the Genera of Freshwater Macrophytes , C.D.K. Cook, B.J. Gut, E. Martyn Rix, Jakob Schneller, Marta Seitz, Dr. W. Junk B.V. Publishers (1974), ISBN\u00a090-6193-024-3Art of the Plant World, Martyn Rix, Penguin Group USA (1982), ISBN\u00a00879511397Garden Open Today: To Celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the National Gardens Scheme, Martyn Rix, Alison Rix, Viking (1987), ISBN\u00a00670814024Redoute Album, Martyn Rix, Alison Rix Studio Edns. (1990) 310 pp. ISBN\u00a01851703985Art in Nature, Martyn Rix,\u00a0: Studio Edns. (1991), ISBN\u00a01851706348The Quest for the Rose, Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix, Random House Inc (1994), ISBN\u00a00679435735Best Rose Guide: A Comprehensive Selection, Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix, Firefly Books Ltd (2004), ISBN\u00a01552978443The Botanical Garden 2005 Calendar, Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix, Firefly Books Ltd (2004), ISBN\u00a01552971821The Botanical Garden 2006 Calendar, Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix, Firefly Books Ltd (2005), ISBN\u00a01552972151The Botanical Garden 2007 Calendar, Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix, Firefly Books Ltd (2006), ISBN\u00a01552972593Subtropical and Dry Climate Plants: The Definitive Practical Guide, Martyn Rix, Timber Press (2006), ISBN\u00a00881928089Growing bulbs Croom Helm. 209 pp. (1983) ISBN\u00a00-917304-87-XRoses Random House Roger Phillips, E. Martyn Rix 224 pp. (1988) ISBN\u00a00-394-75867-6The art of botanical illustration.  Arch Cape Press. 224 pp. (1990)Conservatory and indoor plants. The garden plant series, Volume 1 of Conservatory and indoor plants: plants for warm gardens. Roger Phillips, E. Martyn Rix, Alison Rix Pan. 286 pp. (1998) ISBN\u00a00-330-37375-7The ultimate guide to roses: a comprehensive selection Roger Phillips, E. Martyn Rix Macmillan. 288 pp. (2004) ISBN\u00a01-4050-4920-0Treasures of botanical art: icons from the Shirley Sherwood and Kew collections. Sherwood, Shirley, E. Martyn Rix Kew Pub. 272 pp. (2008) ISBN\u00a01-84246-221-0E. M. Rix (1980). “Fritillaria”.  In Tutin, T. G.; Heywood, V H; Burges, N. A.; Moore, D. M.; Valentine, D. H.; Walters, S. M.; Webb, D. A. (eds.). Flora Europaea. Volume 5, Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (monocotyledones). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. pp.\u00a031\u201334. ISBN\u00a00-521-20108-X. see also Flora EuropaeaRix, Martyn (2001). Fritillaria: A Revised Classification\u00a0: Together with an Updated List of Species. Fritillaria Group of the Alpine Garden Society.Articles[edit]Thesis[edit]In 1998 Rix was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Veitch Memorial Gold Medal.Martyn Rix is the botanical authority for 33 taxa that bear his name, such as Fritillaria gussichiae.The following plants are named after Martyn Rix:IPNI. List of plant names with authority Rix.References[edit]Bibliography[edit]External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/martyn-rix-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Martyn Rix – Wikipedia"}}]}]