People

Harris, Timothy

Job Title Herbarium Assistant
Department Herbarium, Library, Art and Archives
Section Regional Teams
Science Teams Drylands: Africa
Joined Kew 2004
Foreign Language(s)

Qualifications & Appointments

BA, Biological Sciences

Role

Research and herbarium curation in support of African flora accounts.

Identification of material from Eastern and Southern Africa, including flora writing for ‘Flora of Tropical East Africa’ and 'Flora Zambesiaca'. Curation of a number of families, including many within Lamiales, Gentianales and Solanales

Projects

Darwin 15/036: Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss in South-East Africa’s Montane Ecosystems

Flora of Tropical East Africa

Flora Zambesiaca

Selected Recent Publications

Timberlake, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Baena, S., Bento, C., Cook, K., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Smith, P. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Mount Namuli, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation. Project report for Darwin Initiative.

Harris, T. & Goyder, D. J. (2007). A new species of Secamone (Apocynaceae: Secamonoideae) from southern Tanzania and a re-evaluation of S. whytei. Kew Bull. 62: 281–284 

Harris, T. & Goyder, D. J. (completed). Secamone (Apocynaceae: Secamonoideae). for Flora of Tropical East Africa Apocynaceae part 2

Timberlake, J., Bayliss, J., Alvez, T., Baena, S., Francisco, J., Harris, T., da Sousa, C. (2007). The biodiversity and conservation of Mount Chiperone, Mozambique. Technical report for Darwin Initiative.

Darbyshire, I. & Harris, T. (2006). Notes on the genus Rhinacanthus (Acanthaceae) in Africa with a synopsis of the R. nusutus – R. gracilis complex and a key to the African members of the genus. Kew Bull. 61(3): 401 – 418.