Gilbert, Michael G.
Job Title
Research Associate
Department
Herbarium
Section
Honorary Research Associate
Science Teams:
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc, London
MSc, Liverpool
Cactus & Succulent Specialist Group, IUCN - Species Survival Commision
Editorial Board, ‘Flora of China'
Editorial Board, Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica.
Role
Flora of China; Euphorbiaceae, particularly Euphorbia sensu lato
Employed by Missouri Botanical Garden as the European coordinator for the ‘Flora of China' project, which involves co-authoring families and genera for which there is no specialist available and editing other contributions (currently the c. 1,900 species of Poaceae which have largely been co-authored at Kew. Interested in the development of software tools (Access databases and Word macros) to assist the editorial process. Long term interest in Euphorbia and will be working with the Kew Malpighiales team to co-author the Euphorbiaceae for the ‘Flora of China'. Also with a residual interest in the ‘Flora of Ethiopia' and in the Ceropegieae (Apocynaceae).
Projects
Selected Recent Publications
- Wang Wencai & Gilbert,M.G. (2001). Ranunculus. In Wu Zheng-Yi & Raven, P. (eds) Flora of China 6. 391-431.
- Gilbert, M.G. (2002). Notes on the Ceropegiae (Asclepiadaceae) of Ethiopia. Nordic Journal of Botany 22(2): 205-210.
- Lu Dequan & Gilbert,M.G. (2003). Nyctaginaceae, Portulacaceae & Basellaceae. In Wu Zheng-Yi & Raven, P. (eds) Flora of China 5. 430-434, 442-446.
- Qiu Huaxing & Gilbert,M.G. (2003). Olacaceae, Loranthaceae & Viscaceae. In Wu Zheng-Yi & Raven, P. (eds) Flora of China 5. 200-204, 220-245.
- Zhou Zhekun & Gilbert,M.G. (2003). Moraceae. In Wu Zheng-Yi & Raven, P. (eds) Flora of China 5. 21-73.
Selected Earlier Publications
- Gilbert, M.G. (1987). Two new geophytic species of Euphorbia with comments on the subgeneric groupings of the African members of the genus. Kew Bulletin 42: 231-244.
- Gilbert, M.G. & Jeffrey, C. (1988). A revision of the genus Ethulia (Compositae: Vernonioideae). Kew Bulletin 43: 165-193.
- Gilbert, M.G. (1990). A review of the genus Caralluma (Asclepiadaceae). Bradleya 8: 1-32.
- Gilbert, M.G., Stevens, W.D. & Li Ping-T’ao (1995). Notes on the Asclepiadaceae of China. Novon 5: 1-17.
- Gilbert, M.G. & Xia, N.H. (1999). Notes on the Piperaceae of China. Novon 9: 190-198.
