Velosoa Razafiniary

Botanist (KMCC)

Department

Enhanced Partnerships

Team

Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Specialism

Plant physiology; micropropagation; forest restoration; seed banking; handling Brahms; Red Listing; field work.

Biography

I'm part of the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership (MSBP) team at the Kew Madagascar Conservation Centre (KMCC), working on a Garfield Weston Project (GW) which aims to build an effective seed bank network in Madagascar and to compile and disseminate the information necessary for the ecological restoration of all major vegetation types.

I am also involved in the preparation of research authorization and the export permits.

Qualifications and appointments

BSc, Natural sciences, Univ. of Antananarivo, Madagascar (1989)
MSc, Univ. of Antananarivo, Madagascar (1990)
DEA, Plant Physiology, Univ. of Antananarivo, Madagascar (1996)

Projects

Global Tree Seed Bank Programme

Conserving some of the world’s rarest, endangered and useful tree and shrub species as well as conducting vital tree conservation research in order to retain a significant resource for humanity.

Selected publications

Rabarivola, L.M., Razanajatovo, H., Razafiniary, V. et al. (2019)

Madagascar Grass Atlas.

Razafiniary, V. (2020)

Elaeocarpus perrieri

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T68002462A68043065.

Razafiniary, V. (2020)

Pachypodium meridionale

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T68002809A68042589.

Razafiniary, V. (2020)

Brexia marioniae

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: E.T68002753A166512082.

Razafiniary, V. (2020)

Cassinopsis ciliata

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: E.T102827342A102827394.

Razafiniary, V. (2020)

Brexiella Ilicifolia

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: E.T137493499A137870096.

Razafiniary, V. (2020)

Dombeya merika

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: E.T137611276A137900843.