Author: Sam Bridgewater
Bio: "Sam Bridgewater, a botanist at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, spent the first part of his career researching patterns of plant diversity in South and Central America. He is an expert on the floras of Central Brazil, Peru, and Belize. He lectures on botany at Edinburgh University and has broadcast on many aspects of plant science for Radio Scotland." (Source: publisher's info for "Flora Celtica")