People
Govaerts, Rafaël H.A.
| Job Title | Senior Checklist Compiler |
|---|---|
| Department | Herbarium |
| Section | Monocot Systematics |
| Science Teams |
Rubiaceae Lamiaceae Monocots I: General Alismatids & Lilioids Myrtaceae Monocots II: Commelinids Large-Scale Syntheses Monocots III: Orchids |
| Joined Kew | 2001 |
| Foreign Language(s) | Dutch, French, German. |
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc (Hons), EHSAL, Brussels, 1994.
Convener, Geography, Taxonomic Databases Working Group.
Role
Compilation of World Checklists of selected plant families of particular interest to Kew with a current focus on Monocots.
Compilation of World checklists for seed plant families, in-line with objectives of RBG Kew, Science Teams, and staff. After initial compilation, each checklist (or parts of it) is sent to internal and external specialists for verification and comment. The data sets are then prepared for dissemination, primarily as electronic publications, but whenever possible hard copy publication is also undertaken. Website interfaces are updated to give users the different options they demand. The data sets are also constantly maintained as new information is published. A compilation tool has been developed to make checklist compilation much easier, which may also be used by external collaborators who are compiling other checklists in the World checklist series. At the present time the focus is on Monocotyledons. Working towards compiling a checklist for all taxa of Monocots, with full bibliographic references, global distribution and life form. This involves a global network of experts who verify and edit the data, and co-ordination of the collaborators who are compiling specific families.
Projects
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)
Global Overview of Lamiaceae and Related Families
Seed Information Database (SID)
Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation - Global Checklists
World Checklist of Malpighiales
World Classification and Phylogeny of Salicaceae sensu stricto
World Grass Species Databases (GrassBase)
World Myrtaceae Checklist and Bibliography
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Govaerts, R. (2001 publ. 2002). How many species of seed plants are there? Taxon 50(4): 1085-1090.
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington,T.D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 364 pp.
Govaerts, R. & Frodin,D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae). Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 560 pp.
Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 223 pp.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Govaerts, R. (1995). Proposal to conserve or reject three species names in Quercus L. (Fagaceae). Taxon 44(4): 631-633.
Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (1998). World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 408 pp.
Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checkist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): Deurne, Continental Publishing. 1532 pp.
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae), 4 parts. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1622 pp.
Govaerts, R., Kato, H. & Paton, A. (2001). 414 Scutellaria longituba, Lamiaceae. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 18(2): 85-90.