People
Gosline, George W.
| Job Title | Honorary Research Associate |
|---|---|
| Department | Herbarium |
| Section | Honorary Research Associate |
| Science Teams |
Wet Tropics: Africa |
| Joined Kew | |
| Foreign Language(s) | French, basic German |
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc, Univ. Washington, 1968
Role
Conservation of the plant diversity of western Cameroon.
Volunteer taxonomist and computer programmer working on the Flora of tropical Africa, particularly the Guineo-Congolian region. Co-principal investigator for fieldwork, surveys and inventories in Cameroon. Development and maintenance of Wet Tropics Africa (Cameroon) specimen database. Identification and publication of new species of Ebenaceae, Annonaceae, Celastraceae, Olacaceae (especially Octoknema). Research interests in electronic floras and checklists and in monograph of Octoknema.
Projects
Monograph of Octoknema (Olacaceae)
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Cheek, M., Gosline, G. & Csiba, L. (2002). A new species of Rhaptopetalum (Scytopetalaceae) from western Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 57(3): 661-667.
Cheek, M., Mackinder, B., Gosline, G., Onana, J.-M. & Achoundong, G. (2002). The phytogeography and flora of western Cameroon and the Cross River-Sanaga River interval. Syst. Geogr. Pl. 71(2): 1097-1100. [Special issue: Robbrecht, E., Degreef, J., Friis, I. (eds). Plant systematics and phytogeography for the understanding of African biodiversity. Proceedings of the XVI AETFAT congress, held in 2000 at the National Botanic Garden of Belgium.]
Kenfack, D., Gosline, G., Gereau, R.E. & Schatz, G.E. (2003). The genus Uvariopsis (Annonaceae) in tropical Africa, with a recombination and one new species from Cameroon. Novon 13(4): 443-449.
Gosline, G. (2004). Family account of Annonaceae. In Harvey, Y., Pollard, B.J., Darbyshire, I., Onana, J-M. & Cheek, M. (eds). The plants of Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve, Cameroon: a conservation checklist. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Gosline, G. (2004). Family accounts for: Annonaceae, Celastraceae, Ebenaceae, Icacinaceae, Olacaceae & Opiliaceae. Chapter: The RBG, Kew Western Cameroon Specimen Database, p.11. In Cheek, M., Pollard, B.J., Darbyshire, I., Onana, J-M. & Wild, C. (eds) The plants of Kupe, Mwanenguba and the Bakossi Mountains: a conservation checklist. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 5
Selected Publications pre-2001
Gosline, G. (1998). Ebenaceae. In Cable, S. & Cheek, M. (eds) The Plants of Mount Cameroon, a Conservation Checklist. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 45–47.
Gosline, G. & Cheek, M. (1998). A new species of Diospyros (Ebenaceae) from Southwest Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 53: 461–464.
Gosline, G. (2000).New Floras from Old; A Roadmap for Converting Existing Floras to Electronic Media. Poster presentation at XVI