Anthea Phillipps

Datin Anthea Phillipps B.Sc. (born 3 June 1955)^{[citation needed]} is a British botanist based in Sabah, Malaysia, specialising in pitcher plants and rhododendrons.

Research

Phillipps received a Botany degree from the University of Durham, England.^[1] She then worked at the Sabah Museum before joining the Sabah Parks service from 1980 to 1987 as Park Ecologist,^[2][3] where she studied rhododendrons and pitcher plants.

Phillipps helped to establish the Herbarium and the Botanical Garden at Kinabalu Park.^[4] She collected samples of Hornstedtia reticulata, now housed at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.^[5] She also supported the creation of a botanical section of the Sabah Museum.^[6]

Publications authored or coauthored by Phillipps include:

• A Guide to the Parks of Sabah (1988)
• Rhododendrons of Sabah (1988) (with A. Lamb, George Argent & Sheila Collenette)
• Pitcher-Plants of Borneo (1996) (with Anthony Lamb and Chien Lee)^[7]
• Kinabalu - Summit of Borneo (1996) (with K.M. Wong)
• Kinabalu Park, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo (2000) (with Francis Liew)
• The Rhododendrons of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo (2007) (with G. Argent & A. Lamb)^[8]

Recognition

Phillipps has had a Philopotamidae caddisfly from the genus Gunungiella named after her.^[9]

Personal life

Phillipps was brought up in Sabah, Malaysia.^[11] Phillipps lives in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah, and is married to Datuk Anthony Lamb (with two children, Serena and Alexander Lamb). A rainforest lodge in Sukau has been named for Phillipps and Lamb.^[4]