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BOOKS

Cable, S. & Cheek, M. (1998). The plants of Mount Cameroon, a conservation checklist. 279 pp. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.

Cheek, M., Onana, J-M. & Pollard, B.J. (2000). The plants of Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge, Cameroon, a conservation checklist. 220 pp. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.

PAPERS, ARTICLES, & REPORTS

Achoundong, G. & Cheek, M. (1999). YA, the National Herbarium of Cameroon. Taxon 48: 607 - 608.

Cheek, M. (1992a). The Limbe Botanic Garden and Genetic Resources Project (Kew/O.D.A./Govt. of Cameroon). AETFAT (Association pour l'Etude Taxonomique de la Flore d'Afrique Tropicale) Bulletin 39: 72.

Cheek, M. (1992b). A botanical inventory of the Mabeta-Moliwe Forest. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, report to Govt. Cameroon from ODA. 22pp, provisional check-list (compiled by Cheek, Sidwell, Sunderland & Faruk) 112 pp.

Cheek, M. (1993). Discovering new plant species on Mount Cameroon. Earthwatch Europe Bulletin 3(2):4

Cheek, M. (1994a). RX from the rain forest. Earthwatch Magazine March-April 1994: 10-11.

Cheek, M. (1994b). `The Mount Cameroon Project’ and `Darwin Initiative Projects; Forest Regeneration Mount Cameroon, Rheophyte Survey Ghana’. Kew Scientist 6: 5.

Cheek, M. (1995a). Dischistocalyx: terrestrial herbs, climbers, then epiphytes! Acanthus 6: 3 - 4.

Cheek, M. (1995b). Caricaceae, pp. 6-308-6-311; Hoplestigmataceae, pp. 6-312; Huaceae, pp. 6-316-6-317. In Takahashi, K. (Ed.), The world of plants. Asahi Shimbun 70.

Cheek, M. (1995c). Scytopetalaceae. pp. 7/173 - 174. In Morita, S. (Ed.), The world of plants. Asahi Shimbun 78.

Cheek, M. (1995d). Menispermaceae. pp. 8-296 - 299. In Morita, S. (Ed.), The world of plants. Asahi Shimbun.

Cheek, M. (1996a). Burmanniaceae. pp. 9/258 - 259. In Ishizuka, T. (Ed.), The world of plants. Asahi Shimbun.

Cheek, M. (1996b). Cyanastraceae. pp. 10/150 - 151. In Takahashi, K. (Ed.), The world of plants. Asahi Shimbun 113.

Cheek, M. (1996c). The protected areas of Mount Cameroon. In The world of plants. Asahi Shimbun.

Cheek, M. (1997a). New combinations in an African Erica. Kew Bulletin 52(3): 753 - 754. 

Cheek, M. (1997b). Botanical inventory of the rainforests of western Cameroon.

Earthwatch Fellowship Programme Newsl. p.2

Cheek, M. (1997c). Ghosts and ghost hunters. Kew Magazine, Autumn 1997: 16 - 19.

Cheek, M. (1998). Cameroon. Kew Scientist 14: 5.

Cheek, M. (1999a). The plants of Mount Cameroon. Kew Scientist 15: 7.

Cheek, M. (1999b). Kew’s in situ conservation work in Western Cameroon. Threatened Species Conservation Newsletter. 1: 7 - 8.

Cheek, M. (1999c). Cameroon Inventories. Kew Scientist 16: 3.

Cheek, M. (2000a). A synoptic revision of Ancistrocladus (Ancistrocladaceae) in Africa, with a new species from western Cameroon. Kew Bulletin

Cheek, M. (2000b). African Earthwatch Fellows in Cameroon pass 100. Threatened Species Conservation Newsletter 2: 8.

Cheek, M. (2000c). Earthwatch Fellows. Kew Scientist 17: 5.

Cheek, M. Cameroon’s Rainforest Checklists. Earthwatch Fellowship Programme Newsletter 5: 1.

Cheek, M. (2001). Cameroon Checklists: The plants of Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge, Cameroon and Cameroonian Minister Visit. Kew Scientist 19, April 2001: 7.

Cheek, M. & Cable, S. (1996a). Kew’s botanical inventory of Mount Kupe, Cameroon. UK Tropical Forest Forum News 4: 5.

Cheek, M. & Cable, S. (1996b). Mount Cameroon: a case study. In Sands, Jermy, & Stork (Eds). The biodiversity assessment manual.

Cheek, M. & Cable, S. (1997), Plant inventory for conservation management: the Kew-Earthwatch programme in western Cameroon, 1993 - 96. In Doolan, S. (Ed.), African rainforests and the conservation of biodiversity. pp. 29 - 38. Oxford: Earthwatch Europe.

Cheek, M. & Cable, S. (1998). Preliminary results of the botanical inventory of the Ekundu Kundu region of the Korup Park. In Songwe, N. C. (Ed.), Proceedings of Workshopon Korup National Park & Project Area. pp. 72 - 80. Mundemba, Cameroon: Korup Project.

Cheek, M., Cable, S., Hepper, F.N., Ndam, N., & Watts, J. (1996). Mapping plant biodiversity on Mount Cameroon. In van der Maesen, van der Burgt, & van Medenbach de Rooy (Eds.), The biodiversity of African plants (Proceedings XIV AETFAT Congress). pp. 110 - 120. Netherlands: Kluwer.

Cheek, M. & Csiba, L. (2000). A new species and new combination in Chassalia (Rubiaceae) of western Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 55: 883 - 888.

Cheek, M. & Dawson, S. A synoptic revision of Belonophora Hook. f. (Rubiaceae). Kew Bulletin 55: 63 - 80.

Cheek, M. & Etuge, M. (2000). Bakossi tea: Dicliptera laxa C.B.Cl. Acanthus 7:

Cheek, M. & Fischer, E. (1999). A tuberous and epiphytic new species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Southwest Cameroon. Kew Bulletin: 471 - 475.

Cheek, M. & Hepper, F.N. (1994). Progress on the Mount Cameroon Rainforest Genetic Resources Project. Wildlife Conservation in West Africa. Nigerian Field Society (UK) Occasional Paper 1: 15 - 19

Cheek, M. & Ndam, N. (1996). Saprophytic flowering plants of Mount Cameroon. In van der Maesen, van der Burgt, & van Medenbach de Rooy (Eds.), The biodiversity of African plants (Proceedings XIV AETFAT Congress). pp. 612 - 617. Netherlands: Kluwer.

Cheek, M & Ndam, N. (1998). SCA, the herbarium at the Limbe Botanic Garden (formerly Victoria), Cameroon. Taxon 47(1): 197 - 198.

Cheek, M., Radcliffe-Smith, A., & Faruk, A. (2000). A new species of Drypetes (Euphorbiaceae) from western Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 55: 871 - 882.

Cheek, M. & Sonké, B. A new species of Oxyanthus (Rubiaceae-Gardeniinae) from western Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 55: 889 - 893.

Cheek, M., Thomas, D., Besong, J.B., Gartlan, S. & Hepper, F.N. (1994). Mount Cameroon, Cameroon. In S. D. Davies, V.H. Heywood, & A.C. Hamilton (Eds.), Centres of plant diversity: A guide and strategy for their conservation. pp. 163-166. Cambridge:WF/IUCN.

Cheek, M. & Williams, S. A (2000). Review of African saprophytic flowering plants. In Timberlake & Kativu (Eds.), African plants. Biodiversity, taxonomy & uses. pp. 39 - 49. Proceedings of the 15th AETFAT Congress at Harare, Zimbabwe. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.

Cribb, P. (1996). New species and records of Orchidaceae from West Africa. Kew Bull. 51(2): 353-364.

Fraser, P., Banks, H., Brodie, S, Cheek, M, Dawson, S., Healey, J., Marsden, J., Ndam, N., Nning, J., & Mc Robb, A.(2000). Plant succession on the 1922 lava flow of Mount Cameroon, in Timberlake & Kativu (Eds.). African plants. Biodiversity, taxonomy & uses. pp. 253 - 262. Proceedings of the 15th AETFAT Congress at Harare, Zimbabwe. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.

Gosline, G. & Cheek, M. (1998). A new species of Diospyros (Ebenaceae) from southwest Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 53(2): 461 - 465

Harris, D.J., Poulsen, A.D., Frimodt-Möller, C., Preston, J. & Cronk, Q.C.B. (2000). Rapid radiation in Aframomum (Zingiberaceae): Evidence from nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences. Edinb. J. Bot. 57(3): 377 - 395.

Johns, R.J. (2000). Spore ornamentation and the species of simple-fronded Asplenium (Aspleniaceae) in West Africa. In Harley, M.M., Morton, C.M., and Blackmore, S. (Eds). Pollen and spores: morphology and biology. pp. 133 - 146. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.

Kirschner, J. & Cheek, M. New combinations in tropical African Luzula sect. Luzula (Juncaceae). Kew Bulletin 55: 899 - 903.

Litt, A. & Cheek, M. (2002). Korupodendron songweanum, a new genus of Vochysiaceae from west-central Africa. Brittonia.

Mackinder, B. (1998). Manual of the legumes of mid-Korup. 35 pp. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.

Maisels, F.M., Cheek, M., & Wild, C. (2000). Rare plants on Mount Oku summit, Cameroon. Oryx 34 (2): 136 - 140.

Meve, U. (1996). A new species of Tylophora (Asclepiadaceae) from West Tropical Africa. Kew Bull. 51(3): 585 - 589.

Meve, U. (1997). Neoschumannia kamerunensis (Asclepiadaceae) rediscovered in Cameroon after nearly a century. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 119(3): 427 - 435.

Meve, U. (1999). Tylophora anomala (Asclepiadaceae) - a cytologically anomalous species. Syst. Geogr. Pl. 68: 255 - 263.

Peguy, T., Edwards, I, Cheek, M., Ndam, N., & Acworth, J. (2000). The cloud forest of Mount Cameroon. In Timberlake & Kativu (Eds.), African plants. Biodiversity, taxonomy & uses. pp. 263 - 277. Proceedings of the 15th AETFAT Congress at Harare, Zimbabwe. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.

Phillips, S.M. (1998). Two new species of Eriocaulon from West Africa. Kew Bull. 53: 943 – 948.

Phillips, S.M. (2000). Two more new species of Eriocaulon from West Africa. Kew Bull. 55: 195 – 202.

Roberts, P. (1996). Report on the macrofungi of Korup National Park. 8 + 12 pp. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. (Report to Korup Project)

Roberts, P. (1997). Report on the macrofungi of Korup National Park. 6 + 21 pp. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. (Report to Korup Project)

Roberts, P. (1999). Clavarioid fungi from Korup National Park, Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 54: 517 - 539

Roberts, P. (2000). Corticioid fungi from Korup National Park, Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 55: 803 - 842

Roberts, P. (2000). Aphelariopsis kupemontis: a new auricularioid species from Cameroon. Persoonia 17: 491 – 493

Roberts, P. (2001). Heterobasidiomycetes from Korup National Park, Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 56: 163 – 187.

Saunders, E.M. (2002). Entolomatoid fungi from Korup National Park, Cameroon. IMC7 Proceedings [Abstract]

Schoenenberger, J. & Endress, P. K. (1998). Structure and development of the flowers in

Mendoncia, Pseudocalyx and Thunbergia (Acanthaceae) and their systematic implications. Int. J. Plant Sci. 159(3): 446 - 465.

Schrire, B. & Onana, J-M. (2000). A new subspecies of Indigofera patula Baker (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) and a new record for the species in West Africa. Kew Bull. 55: 219 – 223.

Stoffelen, P., Cheek, M., Bridson, D., & Robbrecht, E. (1997). A new species of Coffea (Rubiaceae) and notes on Mount Kupe (Cameroon). Kew Bulletin 52(4): 989 - 994.

Thomas, D. & Cheek, M. (1992). Vegetation and plant species on the south side of MountCameroon in the proposed Etinde reserve. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. Report to Govt. Cameroon from ODA. 42 pp.

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