Dr Mark Carine
Principal Curator in Charge, Algae, Fungi and Plants
ORCID: 0000-0002-1817-0281
Department: Collections
Division: Collections
Group: Other
Specialisms: Botanical collections, Island biogeography, Macaronesia, plant systematics, Acanthaceae,
Summary
I am Principal Curator in Charge of the Algae, Fungi and Plants Division, managing the team responsible for curating the museum's botanical collections. I am a plant systematist with particular interests in island floras and biogeography, I am interested in a number of taxa and island systems in the Atlantic and I am interested in the use of historical collections to inform our understanding of island diversity patterns.I curate the Sloane herbarium and other pre-Linnean collections in the Algae, Fungi and Plants Division. I am interested in developing these collections for both scientific and historical research.
Qualifications
Degrees
- DPhil, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 1995 - 1999
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Oxford University Department of Educational Studies, United Kingdom, 1992 - 1993
- BSc(Hons) Botany, University of Reading, United Kingdom, 1988 - 1991
Academic
- Interim Head of Collections, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom, 2024 - 2025
- Deputy Head of Collections, Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, United Kingdom, 2023 - 2024
- Principal Curator in Charge, Algae, Fungi and Plants Division, Natural History Museum, United Kingdon, 2016 - ongoing
- Researcher, Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences, United Kingdom, 2001 - 2016
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Reading, Department of Botany, United Kingdom, 2000 - 2001
- Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences, United Kingdom, 1999 - 2000
Highlighted publications
- Scott B, Pickering V, Coulton R, Nyhan J, Carine M (2025) Collecting and cataloguing the world: the botanical collections of Hans Sloane (1660–1753). Systematics and Biodiversity 23, doi: 10.1080/14772000.2025.2455440
- Thorogood C, Carine M, Reyes-Betancourt A (2025) Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands. null - null.
- Graham RE, Reyes-Betancort JA, Chapman MA, Carine MA (2021) Inter-island differentiation and contrasting patterns of diversity in the iconic Canary Island sub-alpine endemic Echium wildpretii (Boraginaceae). Systematics and Biodiversity 19, 507 - 525. doi: 10.1080/14772000.2021.1877847
- White OW, Reyes‐Betancort JA, Chapman MA, Carine MA (2020) Geographical isolation, habitat shifts and hybridisation in the diversification of the Macaronesian endemic genus Argyranthemum (Asteraceae). New Phytologist 228, 1953 - 1971. doi: 10.1111/nph.16980
- Penn MG, Cafferty S, Carine M (2018) Mapping the history of botanical collectors: spatial patterns, diversity, and uniqueness through time. Systematics and Biodiversity 16, 1 - 13. doi: 10.1080/14772000.2017.1355854
- Scotland R, Wood J, R.M. Williams B, Mitchell TC, Carine M, Harris D A foundation monograph of Convolvulus L. (Convolvulaceae). PhytoKeys 51, 1 - 282. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.51.7104
Highlighted publications
- Scott B, Pickering V, Coulton R, Nyhan J, Carine M (2025) Collecting and cataloguing the world: the botanical collections of Hans Sloane (1660–1753). Systematics and Biodiversity 23, doi: 10.1080/14772000.2025.2455440
- Thorogood C, Carine M, Reyes-Betancourt A (2025) Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands. null - null.
- Graham RE, Reyes-Betancort JA, Chapman MA, Carine MA (2021) Inter-island differentiation and contrasting patterns of diversity in the iconic Canary Island sub-alpine endemic Echium wildpretii (Boraginaceae). Systematics and Biodiversity 19, 507 - 525. doi: 10.1080/14772000.2021.1877847
- White OW, Reyes‐Betancort JA, Chapman MA, Carine MA (2020) Geographical isolation, habitat shifts and hybridisation in the diversification of the Macaronesian endemic genus Argyranthemum (Asteraceae). New Phytologist 228, 1953 - 1971. doi: 10.1111/nph.16980
- Penn MG, Cafferty S, Carine M (2018) Mapping the history of botanical collectors: spatial patterns, diversity, and uniqueness through time. Systematics and Biodiversity 16, 1 - 13. doi: 10.1080/14772000.2017.1355854
- Scotland R, Wood J, R.M. Williams B, Mitchell TC, Carine M, Harris D A foundation monograph of Convolvulus L. (Convolvulaceae). PhytoKeys 51, 1 - 282. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.51.7104