Rankou, Hassan
Job Title
Research Biologist
Department
Jodrell Laboratory
Section
Genetics
Science Teams:
Joined Kew:
AssociateForeign Language(s):
Arabic, French, Spanish.Qualifications & Appointments
BSc, IAV University (Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II Morocco), 2001
MSc, in collaboration between IAV University and Reading University, 2003
Editorial assistant of the Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society, 2006
Orchid Red List Authority Focal Point, IUCN Orchid Special Group, 2010
Role
Orchid Red List Authority Focal Point and Editorial assistant of the Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society.
Manuscript Central administrator and Editorial assistant of the Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society.
Conservation assessment and Red listing of Orchids according to the IUCN criteria and categories.
Managing and coordinating Red List activities with Red list authorities, serving as contact point between RLA members and various IUCN species programme staff.
Ensuring and assisting assessors and reviewers are familiar with the application of Red list Categories and Criteria, Submitting the assessments to the Red List Unit using the Species Information Service.
Selected Recent Publications
Rankou, H. 2011. Cephalanthera cucullata (In addittion to another 43 species). In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>.
Fay, M.F. & Rankou, H. (2010). Anacamptis morio Orchidacae. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 27(2): 100–108.
Fay, M.F., Rankou, H & Wilford, R. (2009). Saxifraga granulate Saxifragaceae. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 26(1&2): 74-85.
Jury, S.L., Rutherford, R.W., Rejdali, M., Rankou, H. & El Atechi, T. (2008). The vascular Flora of Oukaïmeden, in the Moroccan High Atlas. http://www.herbarium.rdg.ac.uk/moroccan_plants/oukaimeden/Oukaimeden.pdf
Jury, S.L., Rejdali, M., Rutherford, R.W., El Atechi, T. & Rankou, H. The Darwin Checklist of Moroccan Vascular Plants. http://www.herbarium.rdg.ac.uk/moroccan_plants/
