her honour. These include the genus Gibbsia , Racemobambos gibbsiae or Miss Gibbs' Bamboo, (Urticaceae) and the moss species Calobryum gibbsiae (now called Haplomitrium gibbsiae and Lepidozia gibbsiana Gibbs had the personality and ability to organise and carry out her expeditions successfully but was also remembered for her skill as a hostess at afternoon tea-parties. Awards Gibbs was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1905. In 1910 she was awarded the Huxley medal and prize for research in natural science and also joined the Microscopial Society. She became a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1919. Publications Her publications include: (1904) Notes on Floral Anomalies in species of Cerastium New Phytologist 3 243-247 (1906) A contribution to the botany of Southern Rhodesia. Botanical J. Linnean Society 38 425-494 (1907) Notes on the development and structure of the seed in the Alsinoideae. Annals of Botany 21 25-55 (1908) Bio-histological notes on some new Rhodesian species of Fuirena, Hesperantha and Justicia Annals of Botany 22 187-206 (1909) A contribution to the montane flora of Fiji (including crypograms). Botanical J. Linnean Society 39 130-212 (1911) The Hepatics of New Zealand. Journal of Botany 49 261-266 (1912) On the development of the female strobilus in Podocarpus. Annals of Botany 24 515-571 (1914) A contribution to the flora and plant formations of Mount Kinabalu and the Highlands of British North Borneo. Botanical J. Linnean Society 42 1-240 (1917) Dutch N. W. New Guinea: a contribution to the phytogeography and flora of the Arfak Mountains, etc. Octavo Taylor and Francis, London (1917) A contribution to the phyto-geography of Bellenden-Ker. Journal of Botany 55 297-310 (1920) Notes on the phyto-geography and flora of the mountain summit plateaux of Tasmania. J Ecology 8 1-17 (1920) The genus Calobryum. Journal of Botany 58 275 References Vickery, R. (December 1999). Field Notes: Lilian Suzette Gibbs. Plant Cuttings, issue 3. External links 1870 births 1925 deaths Botanists active in Kew Gardens Women botanists British women scientists Employees of the British Museum British mountain climbers Female climbers