Gosline, George W.
Job TitleHonorary Research Associate
DepartmentHerbarium
SectionHonorary Research Associate
Science Teams:
Joined Kew: 1995
Foreign Language(s): French, basic German
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc, Univ. Washington, 1968
Role
Conservation of the plant diversity of western Cameroon.
Volunteer taxonomist and computer programmer working on the Flora of tropical Africa, particularly the Guineo-Congolian region. Co-principal investigator for fieldwork, surveys and inventories in Cameroon and Congo (Brazzaville). Development and maintenance of Wet Tropics Africa (Cameroon) specimen database. Identification and publication of new species of Ebenaceae, Annonaceae, Celastraceae, Olacaceae (especially Octoknema). Statistical vegetation analysis. Research interests in electronic floras and identification aides, Octoknema and Hippocrateoids (Celastraceae).
Projects
Selected Recent Publications
Gosline, G. & Malécot, V. (in press). A Monograph of Octoknema (Octoknemaceae - Olacaceae s.l.). Kew Bull.
Gosline, G. (2011). Author/co-author of Annonaceae, Ebeneaceae, Celastraceae. In Cheek, M., Harvey, Y., & Onana, J-M. (eds). The plants of Mefou Proposed National Park, Cameroon: a conservation checklist. Pp. 252. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Gosline, G. (2009). Diospyros korupensis sp. nov. and Diospyros onanae sp. nov. (Ebenaceae) from Cameroon. Nordic Journal of Botany 27: 353–358.
Selected Earlier Publications
Gosline, G. (2004). Family accounts for: Annonaceae, Celastraceae, Ebenaceae, Icacinaceae, Olacaceae & Opiliaceae. Chapter: The RBG, Kew Western Cameroon Specimen Database, p.11. In Cheek, M., Pollard, B.J., Darbyshire, I., Onana, J-M. & Wild, C. (eds) The plants of Kupe, Mwanenguba and the Bakossi Mountains: a conservation checklist. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 5
Gosline, G. (2004). Family account of Annonaceae. In Harvey, Y., Pollard, B.J., Darbyshire, I., Onana, J-M. & Cheek, M. (eds). The plants of Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve, Cameroon: a conservation checklist. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Kenfack, D., Gosline, G., Gereau, R.E. & Schatz, G.E. (2003). The genus Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) in tropical Africa, with a recombination and one new species from Cameroon. Novon 13(4): 443-449.
Cheek, M., Gosline, G. & Csiba, L. (2002). A new species of Rhaptopetalum (Scytopetalaceae) from western Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 57(3): 661-667.
Cheek, M., Mackinder, B., Gosline, G., Onana, J.-M. & Achoundong, G. (2002). The phytogeography and flora of western Cameroon and the Cross River-Sanaga River interval. Syst. Geogr. Pl. 71(2): 1097-1100. [Special issue: Robbrecht, E., Degreef, J., Friis, I. (eds). Plant systematics and phytogeography for the understanding of African biodiversity. Proceedings of the XVI AETFAT congress, held in 2000 at the National Botanic Garden of Belgium.]
- Gosline, G. (1998). Ebenaceae. In Cable, S. & Cheek, M. (eds) The Plants of Mount Cameroon, a Conservation Checklist. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 45–47.
- Gosline, G. & Cheek, M. (1998). A new species of Diospyros (Ebenaceae) from Southwest Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 53: 461–464.
- Gosline, G. (2000).New Floras from Old; A Roadmap for Converting Existing Floras to Electronic Media. Poster presentation at XVI
