People
Vollesen, Kaj
| Job Title | Honorary Research Fellow |
|---|---|
| Department | Herbarium |
| Section | Drylands: |
| Science Teams |
Drylands: Africa |
| Joined Kew | 1987 |
| Foreign Language(s) | Danish, Swedish, basic French & German, reasonably good Swahili |
Qualifications & Appointments
MSc: Univ. of Copenhagen, 1973
PhD: Univ. of Copenhagen, 1981
Role
Systematics of Acanthaceae, Flora of Tropical East Africa and Flora Zambesiaca, general florisic and ecological work in East and Northeast Africa, working with the MSB project in East Africa.
Writing accounts of Acanthaceae for Flora of Tropical East Africa and Flora Zambesiaca. General floristic and ecological work in poorly known regions of Tanzania and Ethiopia. Assisting the MSB Project’s work in East Africa, especially Tanzania.
Projects
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Vollesen, K. (2004). Three new species of Blepharis (Acanthaceae). Kew Bull. 57: 451-457.
Vollesen, K. (2004). A “new” species of Whitfieldia (Acanthaceae) from East Africa. Kew Bull. 59: 123-127.
Friis, I & Vollesen, K. (2005). Flora of the Sudan-Uganda border area east of the Nile. II. Catalogue of vascular plants, 2nd part, vegetation and phytogeography. - Biologiske Skrifter 51 (2): 390-855.
Mcdade, Daniel, T. F., Kiel, C. A. & Vollesen, K. (2005). Phylogenetic Relationships among Acantheae (Acanthaceae): Major Lineages Present Contrasting Patterns of Molecular Evolution an Morphological Differentation. Systematic Botany 30: 834 – 862.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Vollesen, K. (1980). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of the Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania. Opera Botanica 59: 1-117.
Vollesen, K. (1991). A revision of the African genus Sclerochiton (Acanthaceae: Acantheae). Kew Bull. 46: 1-50.
Vollesen, K. (1996). Fam 82. Malvaceae in Flora of Ethiopia 2, 2: 190-256.
Coe, M., Abdallah, R., Mboya, E. & Vollesen., K. (1999). Vegetation and habitats of Mkomazi. In Coe, M. et al. Mkomazi: the Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation of a Tanzanian savanna: 117 – 144.
Vollesen, K. (2000). Blepharis (Acanthaceae) A taxonomic revision. 1 – 342. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.