Martin Xanthos

Curator-Botanist

Department

Identification and Naming

Team

Science Collections

Specialism

Taxonomy of Cyperaceae & Poaceae.

Biography

My main responsibility in the Herbarium is the curation of selected plant families pertaining to Africa. Curation activities include laying away specimens and preparing loans for other institutions. I also manage three volunteers who undertake other curation activities such as preparation for mounting.

My research interest is African Cyperaceae where I am undertaking a research project on species complexes within the genus Cyperus. I also identify specimens collected on expeditions to Africa, particularly Cyperaceae and Poaceae. In addition, I teach these families on the Kew Diploma for Horticulture and the Tropical Plant Identification course.

Qualifications and appointments

BSc (Hons.) Botany, University of Reading 2002

Selected publications

Cheek, M. & Xanthos, M. (2012)

Ardisia ebo sp. nov. (Myrsinaceae) a creeping forest herb of Cameroon and Gabon

Kew Bulletin 67(2), 281-284

Xanthos, M. (2013)

Hypolytrum pahiense, a new name for the illegitimate Hypolytrum costatum (Cyperaceae) from Liberia.

Phytotaxa 79 (1), 45-46

Xanthos, M., Simpson, D.A. & Tolley, B. (2011)

Cyperaceae.

In: The plants of Mefou Proposed National Park, Yaounde, Cameroon: A conservation checklist. Cheek, M., Harvey, Y.B. & Onana, M-J. Editors. Pp. 221-223.

Cope, T.A., Xanthos, M., Cheek, M., Fenton, E. & Van der Burgt, X. (2011)

Gramineae.

In: The plants of Mefou Proposed National Park, Yaounde, Cameroon: A conservation checklist. Cheek, M., Harvey, Y.B. & Onana, M-J. Editors. Pp. 224-226.

Onana, J-M, Harvey, Y.B. & Xanthos, M. (2011)

Commelinaceae.

In: The plants of Mefou Proposed National Park, Yaounde, Cameroon: A conservation checklist. Cheek, M., Harvey, Y.B. & Onana, M-J. Editors. pp. 218-220.

Xanthos, M. (2010)