Kew Scientific Publications
Kew scientists produce more than 350 scientific publications per year, ranging from descriptions of species new to science to serial, multi-volume, reference works on plant diversity.
Wood*, J.J.;Lamb, A.(2008).A new species of Cleisocentron from Borneo.
Malesian Orchid Journal
1
:
87-92.
Wood*, J.J.(2008).Two interesting species of Dendrochilum from Borneo.
Malesian Orchid Journal
1
:
77-84.
Wood*, J.J.(2008).Anoectochilus of Mount Kinabalu.
Malesian Orchid Journal
1
:
5-12.
Sano, Y.;Ohta, T.;Jansen*, S.(2008).The distribution and structure of pits between vessels and imperforate tracheary elements in angiosperm woods.
IAWA Journal
29
:
1-15.
Wood*, J.J.(2008).Four new species of Dendrobium from Borneo.
Orchid Review 116
1279
:
16-23.
Rico Arce*, M.d.L.;Gale, S.L.;Maxted, N.(2008).A taxonomic study of Albizia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae: Ingeae) in Mexico and Central America.
Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid
65
:
255-305.
Govaerts*, R.;Sobral, M.;Ashton, P.;Barrie, F.;Holst, B.K.;Landrum, L.L.;Matsumoto, K.;Mazine, F.F.;Nic Lughadha*, E.M.;Procenca, C.;Soares-Siva, L.C.;Wilson, P.G.;Lucas*, E.J.(2008).World Checklist of Myrtaceae
455
Coode*, M.;Hoffmann*, P.(2008).The genus Macaranga, a prodormus.
.
Richmond:
RBG Kew
293 pp.
Beentje*, H.J.(2008).Ericaceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
69-69.
Figueiredo, E.;Beentje*, H.J.(2008).Asteraceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
40-49.
Muasya, A.M.;Simpson*, D.A.(2008).Cyperaceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
177-182.
Starr, J.R.;Harris, S.A.;Simpson*, D.A.(2008).Phylogeny of the unispicate taxa in Cyperaceae tribe Cariceae II: the limits of Uncinia Pers.
In
Naczi, R.F.C.;Ford, B.
(eds)
Sedges: uses, diversity and systematics of the Cyperaceae. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden..
St Louis:
MBG Press
Simpson*, D.A.(2008).Frosted curls to tiger nuts: ethnobotany of Cyperaceae.
In
Naczi, R.F.C.;Ford, B.
(eds)
Sedges: uses, diversity and systematics of the Cyperaceae. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden..
St Louis:
MBG Press
Santisuk, T.;Larsen, K.;Nielsen, I.;Chayamarit, K.;Phengkhlai, C.;Pedersen, H.;Parnell, J.A.N.;Middleton, D.;Newman, M.;Van Welzen, P.C.;Simpson*, D.A.;Hul, S.;Kato, M.(2008).Flora of Thailand
.
4
9
411-546 pp.
Lahaye, R.;Van der Bank, M.;Bogarin*, D.;Warner, J.;Pupulin, F.;Gigot*, G.;Maurin*, O.;Duthoit, S.;Barraclough, T.G.;Savolainen*, V.(2008).DNA barcoding the floras of biodiversity hotspots.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
105
:
2923-2928.
Santisuk, T.;Larsen, K.;Nielsen, I.;Chayamarit, K.;Phengkhlai, C.;Pedersen, H.;Parnell, J.A.N.;Middleton, D.;Newman, M.;Van Welzen, P.C.;Simpson*, D.A.;Hul, S.;Kato, M.(2008).Flora of Thailand
.
3
9
179-410 pp.
Santisuk, T.;Larsen, K.;Nielsen, I.;Chayamarit, K.;Phengkhlai, C.;Pedersen, H.;Parnell, J.A.N.;Middleton, D.;Newman, M.;Van Welzen, P.C.;Simpson*, D.A.;Hul, S.;Kato, M.(2008).Flora of Thailand
.
2
9
91-188 pp.
Simpson*, D.A.(2008).Typhaceae.
In
Santisuk, T.;Larsen, K.;Nielsen, I.;Chayamarit, K.;Phengkhlai, C.;Pedersen, H.;Parnell, J.;Middleton, D.;Newman, M.;van Welzen, P.C.;Simpson*, D.A.;Hul, S.;Kato, M.
(eds)
Flora of Thailand.
Bangkok:
The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Conservation department
2
Vol. 9
176-178.
Kantachote, C.;Chantaranothai, P.;Simpson*, D.A.(2008).A new record and lectotypfication of Persicaria viscosa (Polygonaceae) in Thailand
Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University
8
:
19-22.
Goyder*, D.J.;Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.(2008).Apocynaceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angloa/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
33-40.
Wilkin*, P.;Wiland-Sxymanska, J.(2008).Dracaenaceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
183-183.
Wilkin*, P.(2008).Dioscoreaceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
183-183.
Murray-Smith, C.;Brummitt*, N.A.;Oliveira-Filho, A.T.;Bachman*, S.P.;Nic Lughadha*, E.M.;Moat*, J.;Lucas*, E.J.(2008).Plant diversity hotspots in the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil.
Conservation Biology
23
:
151-163.
Tolley, K.A.;Chase, B.M.F.;Forest*, F.(2008).Speciation and radiations track climate transitions since the Miocene Climatic Optimum: a case study of southern African chameleons.
Journal of Biogeography
35
:
1402-1414.
Okello, E.J.;Dimaki, C.;Howes*, M.-J.R.;Houghton, P.J.;Perry, E.K.(2008).In vitro inhibition of human acetyl- and butyryl-cholinesterase by Narcissus poeticus L. (Amaryllidaceae ) flower absolute.
International Journal of Essential Oil Therapeutics
2
:
105-110.
Boatwright, J.S.;Savolainen*, V.;Van Wyk, B.E.;Schutte-Vlok, A.L.;Forest*, F.;Van der Bank, M.(2008).Systematic position of the anomalous genus Cadia and the phylogeny of the tribe Podalyrieae (Fabaceae).
Systematic Botany
33
:
133-147.
Sokoloff*, D.D.;Remizova, H.P.;Linder, H.P.;Rudall*, P.J.(2008).Morphological nature of reproductive units and interpretation of inflorescences in Centrolepidaceae (Poales).
Bulletin Tver State University, Series Biology and Ecology
25
:
257-262.
Rudall*, P.J.(2008).Fascicles and filamentous structures: comparative ontogeny of morphological novelties in Triuridaceae.
International Journal of Plant Sciences
169
:
1023-1037.
Remizowa, M.V.;Sokoloff, D.D.;Briggs, B.G.;Macfarlane, T.D.;Beer, A.S.;Rudall*, P.J.(2008).Seedling structure, shoot architecture and morphological identity of reproductive units in Hydatellaceae (Nymphaeales).
Bulletin Tver State University, Series Biology and Ecology
25
:
219-223.
Remizowa, M.V.;Sokoloff, D.D.;Macfarlane, T.D.;Yadav, S.R.;Prychid*, C.J.;Rudall*, P.J.(2008).Comparative pollen morphology in the early-divergent angiosperm family Hydatellaceae reveals variation at the infraspecific level.
Grana
47
:
81-100.
Davis*, A.P.;Govaerts*, R.(2008).A new name in Psychotria (Rubiaceae–Psychotrieae): Psychotria andramontaensis.
Blumea
53
:
384-384.
Mabberley*, D.J.(2008).Mabberley's Plant-Book. Third edition.
A portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses.
Cambridge University Press
xviii + 1021
Suddee, S.;Paton*, A.J.(2008).Teucrium scabrum (Lamiaceae), a new species from Thailand.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
675-678.
Sungkaew, S.;Teerawatananon, A.;Parnell, J.A.N.;Stapleton*, C.M.A.;Hodkinson, T.R.(2008).Phuphanochloa, a new bamboo genus (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from Thailand.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
669-673.
Jardim, J.G.;Zappi*, D.C.(2008).Carapichea lucida (Rubiaceae: Psychotrieae), a new species from Eastern Bahia, Brazil.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
661-664.
Sokoloff*, D.D.;Remizowa, M.V.;Macfarlane, T.D.;Rudall*, P.J.(2008).Classification of the early-divergent angiosperm family Hydatellaceae: one genus instead of two, four new species and sexual dimorphism in dioecious taxa.
Taxon
57
:
179-200.
Thulin, M.;Goyder*, D.;Liede-Schumann, S.(2008).Cibirhiza spiculata (Apocynaceae), a remarkable new species from eastern Ethiopia.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
617-624.
Darbyshire*, I.;Vollesen*, K.;Chapman, H.M.(2008).A remarkable range disjunction recorded in Metarungia pubinervia (Acanthaceae).
Kew Bulletin
63
:
613-615.
Darbyshire*, I.(2008).A reassessment of the status of Barleria sect. Cavirostrata (Acanthaceae) in tropical Africa, with a new species, B. richardsiae, described from the Tanzania-Zambia border region.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
601-611.
Dawson*, S.E.(2008).A new name in Pavetta L. (Rubiaceae).
Kew Bulletin
63
:
517.
Schrire*, B.(2008).The Madagascan genus Vaughania is reduced to synonymy under Indigofera (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae-Indigofereae).
Kew Bulletin
63
:
477-479.
Goyder*, D.J.(2008).Xysmalobium samoritourei (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) a new species from the Guinea Highlands of West Africa.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
473-475.
Goyder*, D.J.(2008).Nomenclatural changes resulting from the transfer of tropical African Sarcostemma to Cynanchum (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae).
Kew Bulletin
63
:
471-472.
Goyder*, D.J.(2008).Tylophora tridactylata (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), a new species from southern Tanzania.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
467-469.
Goyder*, D.J.;Liede-Schumann, S.(2008).Notes on Cynanchum and Pentarrhinum (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in tropical Africa.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
463-466.
Muellner, A.N.;Samuel, R.;Chase*, M.W.;Coleman, A.;Stuessy, T.F.(2008).An evaluation of tribes and generic relationships in Melioideae (Meliaceae) based on nuclear ITS ribosomal DNA.
Taxon
57
:
98-108.
Cheek*, M.;Corcoran*, M.;Howarth*, A.(2008).Four new species of Psychotria (Rubiaceae) with bacterial nodes from western Cameroon.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
405-418.
Darbyshire*, I.(2008).Notes on the genus Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) in eastern Africa.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
361-383.
De Camargo Smidt, E.;Cribb*, P.(2008).Bulbophyllum fendlerianum (Orchidaceae), a new species from Venezuela.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
339-340.
Araujo*, A.C.;Longhi-Wagner, H.M.;Thomas, W.W.;Simpson*, D.A.(2008).Taxonomic novelties in Rhynchospora Vahl (Cyperaceae) from South America.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
301-307.
Belyaeva*, I.;Sennikov, A.(2008).Typification of Pallas' names in Salix.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
277-287.
Darbyshire*, I.(2008).New species in Barleria sect. Stellatohirta (Acanthaceae) from Africa.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
261-268.
Cheek*, M.;Jongkind, C.C.H.(2008).Two new names in west-central African Quassia L. (Simaroubaceae)
Kew Bulletin
63
:
247-250.
Cheek*, M.;Howarth*, A.;Haynes*, D.(2008).Psychotria kupensis (Rubiaceae) a new dwarf, litter gathering species from western Cameroon
Kew Bulletin
63
:
243-246.
Stone, R.D.;Ghogue, J.-P.;Cheek*, M.(2008).Revised treatment of Memecylon sect. Afueliana (Melastomataceae: Olisbeoideae)
Kew Bulletin
63
:
227-241.
Pintaud, J.-C.;Baker*, W.J.(2008).A revision of the palm genera (Arecaceae) of New Caledonia.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
61-73.
Jensen, S.;Gotfredsen, C.H.;Grayer*, R.J.(2008).Unusual iridoid glycosides in Veronica sects. Hebe and Labiatoiides.
Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
36
:
207-215.
Baker*, W.J.;Dransfield*, J.(2008).Calospatha subsumed in Calmus (Arecaceae: Calamoideae).
Kew Bulletin
63
:
161-162.
Baker*, W.J.(2008).Arecaceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
Trudgen*, M.S.;Baker*, W.J.(2008).A revision of the Heterospathe elegans (Arecaceae) complex in New Guinea.
Kew Bulletin
63
:
639-647.
Dransfield*, J.;Uhl, N.W.;Asmussen-Lange, C.B.;Baker*, W.J.;Harley*, M.M.;Lewis, C.E.(2008).Genera Palmarum - evolution and classification of the palms.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Bridge, P.D.;Spooner*, B.M.;Roberts*, P.J.(2008).Non-lichenized fungi from the Antarctic region.
Mycotaxon
106
:
485-490.
Cheek*, M.;Williams, S.;Brown, A.(2008).Gymnosiphon marieae sp nov (Burmanniaceae) from Madagascar, a species with tepal-mediated stigmatic extension.
Nordic Journal of Botany
26
:
230-234.
Thulin, M.;Beier, B.A.;Razafimandimbison, S.G.;Banks*, H.I.(2008).Ambilobea, a new genus from Madagascar, the position of Aucoumea, and comments on the tribal classification of the frankincense and myrrh family (Burseraceae).
Nordic Journal of Botany
26
:
218-229.
Cheek*, M.;Ameka, G.(2008).Ledermanniella pollardiana sp nov (Podostemaceae) from western Cameroon.
Nordic Journal of Botany
26
:
214-217.
Abuhamdah, S.;Huang, L.;Elliott, M.S.J.;Howes*, M.-J.R.;Ballard, C.;Holmes, C.;Burns, A.;Perry, E.K.;Francis, P.T.;Lees, G.;Chazot, P.L.(2008).Pharmacological profile of an essential oil derived from Melissa officinalis with anti-agitation properties: focus on ligand-gated channels.
Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
60
:
377-384.
Mondoni, A.;Probert*, R.J.;Rossi, G.;Hay*, F.R.;Bonomi, C.(2008).Habitat-correlated seed germination behaviour in populations of wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa L.) from northern Italy.
Seed Science Research
18
:
213-222.
Hoyle, G.L.;Daws*, M.I.;Steadman, K.J.;Adkins, S.W.(2008).Pre- and post-harvest influences on physiological dormancy alleviation of an Australian Asteraceae species: Actinobole uliginosum (A. Gray) H. Eichler.
Seed Science Research
18
:
191-199.
Larsson*, S.;Backlund, A.;Bohlin, L.(2008).Reappraising a decade old explanatory model for pharmacognosy.
Phytochemistry Letters
1
:
131-134.
Muellner, A.N.;Mabberley*, D.J.(2008).Phylogenetic position and taxonomic disposition of Turraea breviflora Ridl. (Meliaceae), a hitherto enigmatic species.
Blumea
53
:
607-616.
Tosh, J.;De Block, P.;Davis*, A.P.;Dessein, S.;Robbrecht, E.;Smets, E.F.(2008).The tribal placement of the monospecific tropical African genus Petitiocodon (Rubiaceae) based on molecular data and morphology.
Blumea
53
:
549-565.
Nikulinsky, P.;Hopper*, S.D.(2008).Life on the Rocks. The Art of Survival.
Fremantle, Australia
Fremantle Arts Centre Press
192
Horwitz, P.;Bradshaw, D.;Hopper*, S.D.;Davies, P.;Froend, R.;Bradshaw, F.(2008).Hydrological change escalates risk of ecosystem stress in Australia's threatened biodiversity hotspot.
Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia
91
:
1-11.
Brown, A.P.;Dundas, P.;Dixon, K.W.;Hopper*, S.D.(2008).Orchids of Western Australia.
Perth, Australia
University of Western Australia Press,
421
Davis*, A.P.;Sonke, B.(2008).A new Argocoffeopsis (Coffeeae, Rubiaceae) from Southern Cameroon: Agrocoffeopsis spathulata.
Blumea
53
:
527-532.
Brummitt*, N.A.;Bachman*, S.P.;Moat*, J.(2008).Applications of the IUCN Red List: towards a global barometer for plant diversity.
Endangered Species Research
6
:
127-135.
McQuoid, N.K.;Hopper*, S.D.(2008).The rediscovery of Eucalyptus nutans F. Muell. from the south coast of Western Australia.
Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia
90
:
41-45.
Baillie, J.E.M.;Collen, B.;Amin, R.;Akçakaya, H.R.;Butchart, S.H.M.;Brummitt*, N.A.;Meagher, T.R.;Ram, M.;Hilton-Taylor, C.;Mace, G.(2008).Toward monitoring global biodiversity.
Conservation Letters
1
:
18-26.
Kranner*, I.;Beckett, R.P.;Hochman, A.;Nash, T.H.(2008).Desiccation-tolerance in lichens: a review.
Bryologist
111
:
576-593.
Zalucki, J.M.;Daws*, M.I.(2008).Sources of variation in germination of Xanthorrhoea johnsonii (Xanthorrhoeaceae) seeds: maternal plant and seed mass effects.
Seed Science and Technology
36
:
657-666.
Hay*, F.R.;Adams*, J.;Manger*, K.;Probert*, R.J.(2008).The use of non-saturated lithium chloride solutions for experimental control of seed water content.
Seed science and technology
36
:
737-746.
Edwards, D.;Horn, A.;Taylor, D.;Savolainen*, V.;Hawkins, J.A.(2008).DNA barcoding of a large genus, Aspalathus L. (Fabaceae).
Taxon
57
:
1317-1327.
Warner, K.A.;Rudall*, P.J.;Frohlich*, M.W.(2008).Differentiation of perianth organs in Nymphaeales.
Taxon
57
:
1096-1109.
Brummitt*, R.K.(2008).Evolution in taxonomic perspective.
Taxon
57
:
1049-1050.
Buerkle, C.A.;Lexer*, C.(2008).Admixture as the basis for genetic mapping.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
23
:
686-694.
Davis*, A.P.;Rakotonasolo, F.(2008).A taxonomic revision of the baracoffea alliance: nine remarkable Coffea species from western Madagascar.
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
158
:
355-390.
Rabaey, D.;Huysmans, S.;Lens, F.;Smets, E.F.;Jansen*, S.(2008).Micromorphology and systematic distribution of pit membrane thickenings in Oleaceae: tori and pseudo-tori.
IAWA Journal
29
:
409-424.
Taskova, R.M.;Kokubun*, T.;Grayer*, R.J.;Ryan, K.G.;Garnock-Jones, P.(2008).Flavonoid profiles in the Heliohebe group of New Zealand Veronica (Plantaginaceae).
Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
36
:
110-116.
Ghazanfar*, S.A.(2008).Scrophulariaceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
135-139.
Ghazanfar*, S.A.(2008).Portulacaceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
135-135.
Ghazanfar*, S.A.(2008).Plumbaginaceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
131-131.
Ghazanfar*, S.A.(2008).Phytolacaceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
131-131.
Ghazanfar*, S.A.(2008).Nyctaginaceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
124-124.
Ghazanfar*, S.A.(2008).Illecebraceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
105-105.
Ghazanfar*, S.A.(2008).Caryophyllaceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
56-56.
Ghazanfar*, S.A.(2008).Basellaceae.
In
Figueiredo, E.;Smith, G.F.
(eds)
Plants of Angola/Plantas de Angola..
Pretoria:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Strelitzia 22
50-50.
Keppel, G.;Ghazanfar*, S.A.(2008).Trees of Fiji: A guide to 100 rainforest trees.
Contribution of the Flora of Angola
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Tecnische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ).
340
Soares, M.;Abreua, J.;Nunesa, H.;Silveira, P.;Schrire*, B.;Figueiredo, E.(2008).The Leguminnosae of Angola: diversity and endemism.
Systematics and Geography of Plants
77
:
141-212.
Horwath, A.B.;Grayer*, R.J.;Keith-Lucas, M.;Simmonds*, M.S.J.(2008).Chemical characterisation of wild populations of Thymus from different climatic regions in southeast Spain.
Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
36
:
117-133.
Ghazanfar*, S.A.(2008).Conservation in developing countries.
Turkish Journal of Botany
32
:
465-469.