People

Lock, J. Michael

Job Title Honorary Research Fellow
Department Herbarium
Section Honorary Research Fellow
Science Teams Leguminosae
Drylands: Africa
Joined Kew
Foreign Language(s) French, basic Swahili

Qualifications & Appointments

BA, Univ. Cambridge, 1963

MA, Univ. Cambridge, 1967

PhD, Univ. Cambridge, 1967

Editor, Kew Bulletin (1990-2004)

Editorial Board, Journal of Arid Environments (1992-1996)

Associate Editor, African Journal of Ecology (1998-2003)

Assistant Editor (Taxonomy), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Role

Taxonomy of African Monocotyledons, particularly Xyridaceae and Zingiberaceae. Taxonomy of African Leguminosae. Vegetation of Africa.

Following retirement from Kew work has continued on Leguminosae, assisting with the preparation of ‘Legumes of the World’ and contributions on the family for ‘Flora Zambesiaca’. This is now largely complete and now preparing accounts of Monocot families for the same Flora, including Zingiberaceae, Costaceae, Cannaceae, Musaceae, Marantaceae, Agavaceae, and Xyridaceae. In the longer term a continent-wide revision of Xyridaceae (perhaps 60 species, all of seasonally or permanently wet nutrient-poor sites) is planned.

Projects

Flora Zambesiaca

Flora Zambesiaca: Leguminosae

Monocot Checklist

Selected Publications 2001-2005

Lock, J.M. (2001). Ecosystems of Africa. In Levin, S.A.(ed). Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Vol. 1. Academic Press. 55-70.

Lock, J.M. (2002). New species of Xyris (Xyridaceae) from Tanzania. Kew Bulletin. 57: 445-450.

Lock, J.M. & Ford, C. (2004). Legumes of Malesia: a check-list. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 295 pp.

Lewis, G.P., Schrire, B.D., Mackinder, B.A. & Lock, J.M. (2005). Legumes of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Pp. c.600. [J.M.Lock: Author of Tribes Amorpheae, Thermopsidae, Hedysareae, Trifolieae; co-author of Tribes Loteae, Fabeae, Cicereae, Galeageae.]

Selected Publications pre-2001

Lock, J.M. (1972). Effects of hippopotamus grazing on grasslands. J.Ecol. 60: 445-467

Lock, J.M. (1977). The vegetation of Rwenzori National Park, Uganda. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 98: 372-448

Lock, J.M. (1986). Zingiberaceae. In Polhill, R.M. (ed). Flora of Tropical East Africa. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Lock, J.M., Howell, P.P. & Cobb, S. (1988). The Jonglei Canal - Impact and Opportunity. Cambridge University Press. 537 pp.

Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa - a check-list. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 619 pp.