People
Dawson, Sally E.
| Job Title | Research Taxonomist |
|---|---|
| Department | Herbarium |
| Section | Dicot Systematics |
| Science Teams |
Rubiaceae |
| Joined Kew | 1981 |
| Foreign Language(s) |
Qualifications & Appointments
Role
Taxonomy of Rubiaceae, focusing on the Old World Tropics, especially herbaceous genera; curation of the Rubiaceae herbarium collections.
Taxonomy of Old World Rubiaceae, with a regional focus on Africa and Madagascar. Taxonomic contributions made to regional checklists, floras and accelerated surveys for Kew, and collaborative projects worldwide. Taxonomic responsibility for herbaceous genera within the subfamily Rubioideae. Taxonomic research within the tribe Octotropideae. Responsibility for curation of Rubiaceae: incorporation, physical and systematic maintenance of collections, provision of material for loans or as gifts to other institutions. Management of sectional databases (classification, geographical and specimen), including design and data-gathering.
Projects
Additions to Rubiaceae for the Flora of Tropical East Africa
Baseline Data for the Conservation of Coffee Species (Rubiaceae)
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Dawson, S. E. (2002). A new species of Stelechantha Bremek. (Rubiaceae, Urophylleae) from Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 57: 397–402.
Dawson, S. E. (2003). Carphalea (Tribe Hedyotideae). In Goodman, S. M. & Benstead, J. P. The Natural History of Madagascar. The University of Chicago Press. 436 – 437
Cheek, M., Dawson S. E. & Sonke, B.(2004) Rubiaceae. In Harvey, Y., Pollard, B. J., Darbyshire, I., Onana, J-M. & Cheek, M. The Plants of Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve, Cameroon. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 120 – 124.
Cheek, M., Dawson, S. E., Sonke, B. & Bridson D. (2004). Rubiaceae. In Cheek, M., Pollard, B. J., Darbyshire, I,. Onana, J-M. & Wild, C. The Plants of Kupe, Mwanenguba and the Bakossi Mountains, Cameroon. 367 – 395.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Dawson, S., Cable, S., Sidwell, K., Cheek, M. & Bridson, D. (1998). Rubiaceae. In Cable, S. & Cheek, M. The Plants of Mount Cameroon. A Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 102 – 124
Hepper, N., Cable, S., Dawson, S. & Tchouto, P. (1999). Mount Cameroon Project: a floristic Analysis of the Rubiaceae recorded from S W Cameroon. AETFAT Proceedings. 75 – 94.
Fraser, P., Banks, H., Brodie, S., Cheek, M., Dawson, S. E., Healey, J., Marsden, J., Ndam, N., Nning, J., McRobb, A. (1999). Plant succession on the 1922 lava flow of Mt. Cameroon. AETFAT Proceedings. 253 – 262
Cheek, M. & Dawson, S. (2000) A synoptic revision of Belonophora. Hook. F. (Rubiaceae). Kew Bulletin 55: 63 – 80.
Cheek, M., Dawson, S. & Bridson, D. (2000). Rubiaceae. In Cheek, M., Onana, J.-M. & Pollard, B. J. The plants of Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge, Cameroon. A Conservation Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 157–161.