Search Constraints
Search Results
-
2018
Journal article
Kindia (Pavetteae, Rubiaceae), a new cliff-dwelling genus with chemically profiled colleter exudate from Mt Gangan, Republic of Guinea.
A new genus (Pavetteae, Rubiaceae) is described with a single species, , based on collections made in 2016 during botanical exploration of Mt Gangan, Kindia, Republic of Guinea in West Africa. The Mt Gangan area is known for its many endemic species including the only native non-neotropical Bromeliaceae . is...Cheek, Martin ; Magassouba, Sékou ; Howes, Melanie-Jayne R. ; Doré, Tokpa ; Doumbouya, Saïdou …
Conservation, Rubiaceae, Tropical Important Plant Areas, Cliff-dwelling, Epilithic, and Guinea-conakry
-
2017
Journal article
Important Plant Areas: revised selection criteria for a global approach to plant conservation.
-
2018
Journal article
A key to the species of Keetia (Rubiaceae - Vanguerieae) in West Africa, with three new, threatened species from Guinea and Ivory Coast.
-
2022
Journal article
Piloting development of species conservation action plans in Guinea.
Conservation action plans need to be devised and implemented if we are to reduce the extinction risk faced by globally threatened plants. However, most plant species categorized as threatened globally on the IUCN Red List lack conservation action plans. In West Africa, Guinea is one of the most diverse countries... -
2023
Journal article
A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea.
The Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea (CVPRG) is a specimen-based, expert-validated knowledge product, which provides a concise synthesis and overview of current knowledge on 3901 vascular plant species documented from Guinea (Conakry), West Africa, including their accepted names and synonyms, as well as their distribution... -
2024
Journal article
The biocultural heritage and changing role of indigenous yams in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa.
La production mondiale d'igname est centrée sur l'Afrique de l'Ouest, mais il existe d'importantes lacunes dans les connaissances sur la diversité au niveau des exploitations agricoles dans une grande partie de la région, et particulièrement en Guinée. Bien que la production d'igname augmente en Guinée, à long terme, la... -
2024
Journal article
Keita (Aptandraceae-Olacaceae s.l.), a new genus for African species previously ascribed to Anacolosa, including K. deniseae sp. nov., an Endangered submontane forest liana from Simandou, Republic of Guinea.
We show that the two continental African species previously ascribed to the genus , differ in so many architectural, floral and vegetative characters from the remaining species of the genus (which occur from Madagascar to the western Pacific, including the type) that they clearly represent a separate genus. The African...