Xanthos, Martin

Job Title

Herbarium Assistant

Department

Herbarium, Library, Art & Archives

Section

Monocot Systematics

Science Teams:

Joined Kew:

2004

Foreign Language(s):

French (Basic)

Qualifications & Appointments

BSc (Hons.) Botany, University of Reading 2002

Role

Curation of the herbarium collections for the families within the Commelinids section.

Naming of incoming material for these families, with a particular interest in West Africa. Identification of monocot families collected by the Wet Tropics Africa team from botanical surveys. Preparing specimens for mounting as well as laying away mounted specimens. Supervising volunteers and visitors to the section. Processing incoming loans of specimens and preparing outgoing loans for other institutions worldwide.

Projects

Selected Recent Publications

  • Cheek, M. & Xanthos, M. (in prep.) Ardisia ebo sp. nov. (Myrsinaceae) a creeping forest herb of Cameroon and Gabon. Kew Bulletin.

  • Xanthos, M., Simpson, D.A. & Tolley, B. (2011) Cyperaceae. In: The plants of Mefou Proposed National Park, Yaounde, Cameroon: A conservation checklist. Cheek, M., Harvey, Y.B. & Onana, M-J. Editors. Pp. 221-223.

  • Cope, T.A., Xanthos, M., Cheek, M., Fenton, E. & Van der Burgt, X. (2011) Gramineae. In: The plants of Mefou Proposed National Park, Yaounde, Cameroon: A conservation checklist. Cheek, M., Harvey, Y.B. & Onana, M-J. Editors. Pp. 224-226.

  • Onana, J-M, Harvey, Y.B. & Xanthos, M. (2011) Commelinaceae. In: The plants of Mefou Proposed National Park, Yaounde, Cameroon: A conservation checklist. Cheek, M., Harvey, Y.B. & Onana, M-J. Editors. pp. 218-220.

  • Xanthos, M. (2010) Sinobambusa tootsik. Curtis’ Botanical Magazine 27(1), pp. 2-9.

  • Xanthos, M. (2006) Just deserts? Kew Magazine 52, 28-31.

Scientific Research & Data

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