People
Hind, D.J. Nicholas
| Job Title | Compositae taxonomic specialist |
|---|---|
| Department | Herbarium |
| Section | Regional Teams |
| Science Teams |
Drylands: Tropical America Drylands: Africa |
| Joined Kew | 1985 |
| Foreign Language(s) | Portuguese; French & Spanish (written). |
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc (Hons), Botany, Univ. Reading, 1978
PhD, Univ. Reading, 1989.
Council (Trustee) & Biological Collections Committee, Linnean Society of London
Steering Committee, Linnean Typification Project
Associate Editor, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
Editorial Committee, Curtis’s Botanical Magazine
Advisory Board, Turkish Journal of Botany
Chair, General & Scientific Committees, Margaret Mee Fellowship Programme
Secretary, Linnean Club.
Role
Specialist research interest in New World Compositae, with an overview of the World’s Compositae.
Ongoing specialist interest in Compositae of the New World, with a particular focus on the Compositae of Brazil (especially São Paulo, Bahia and NE Brazil) and Bolivia, but also maintaining an overview of the World’s Compositae, having assisted in several Old World projects (‘Flora of Egypt’, ‘Flora of Mount Jaya’, etc.). Current floristic research in Latin America includes ‘Flora da Bahia’ (Compositae), ‘Flora of Brazil’ (Compositae: selected tribes), ‘Flora Fanerogamica do Estado de São Paulo’ (Compositae: accounts for tribes Astereae, Senecioneae, Eupatorieae [Mikania only], Lactuceae, Anthemideae) and the ‘Flora of Bolivia’ (Compositae: preliminary checklist and determination of recent collections). Also working on a checklist of the Compositae of Northeast Brazil based on Kew Herbarium collections, as part of the Northeast Brazil Repatriation Project. Outside the Neotropics, working on completion of descriptions of new taxa in Tetramolopium and Olearia for the ‘Flora of Mount Jaya’ and the Compositae account for ‘Flora Zambesiaca’. In addition, refereeing for several international journals, chairing the Margaret Mee Fellowship Programme committees. Supervision of 1 PhD student (at Universidade de São Paulo), focused on Compositae.
Projects
Interactive Key to Neotropical Flowering Plant Families
Margaret Mee Fellowship Programme
Plant Diversity and Conservation in Bolivia
Repatriation of Herbarium Data for Northeastern Brazil
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Nakajima, J.N., Esteves, R.L., Gonçalves-Esteves, V., Magenta, M.A.G., Bianchini, R.S., Pruski, J.F. & Hind, D.J.N. (2001). Flora Fanerogâmica (Parque Estadual das Fontes do Ipiranga): 159 Asteraceae. Hoehnea 28(2): 111–181.
Roque, N. & Hind, D.J.N. (2001). Ianthopappus, a new genus of the tribe Mutisieae (Compositae). Novon 11(1): 97–101.
Boulos, L. & Hind, D.J.N. (2002). Compositae. In Boulos, L. (ed) Flora of Egypt. Vol. 3 (Verbenaceae-Compositae). Cairo: Al-Hadara Publishing. 134–320.
Hind, D.J.N. (2003). Compositae (Asteraceae). In Flora de Grão Mogol, Minas Gerais. Parte 1. Pteridófitas, Podocarpaceae, Angiospermas A–D. Boletim Botânica de Univiversidade de São Paulo 21(1): 179–234. [1–249].
Hind, D.J.N. (2004). Novaguinea (Compositae: Astereae: Lagenoforinae), a new endemic genus to Papua, Indonesia. Contributions to the Flora of Mount Jaya, XIII. Kew Bulletin 59(2): 177–188.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Hind, D.J.N. (1993). Notes on the Compositae of Bahia, Brazil: I. Kew Bulletin 48(2): 245–277.
Hind, D.J.N. (1995). Compositae. In Stannard, B.L. (ed) Flora of the Pico das Almas, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 175–278.
Hind, D.J.N. & Beentje, H.J. (eds). (1996). Compositae: Systematics. Proceedings of the International Compositae Conference, Kew, 1994, Vol.1. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 784 pp.
Hind, D.J.N. & Semir, J. (1998). A new combination in Stifftia (Compositae: Mutisieae). Kew Bulletin 53(3): 617–622.
Hind, D.J.N. (1999). A new genus, Semiria, (Compositae: Eupatorieae), and a discussion of its affinities within the subtribe Gyptidinae of Bahia, Brazil. Kew Bulletin 54(2): 425–435.