Index Catalog // Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew research repository

2023

Journal article

A massive Critically Endangered cloud forest tree, Microcos rumpi (Grewiaceae) new to science from the Rumpi Hills, SW Region, Cameroon.

We describe (Grewiaceae) a massive new species to science from the Rumpi Hills of SW Region Cameroon, a proposed Tropical Important Plant Area. Confined on current evidence to submontane forest, the species is threatened by expanding habitat clearance for farms and is assessed as Critically Endangered. A large tree, attaining...

Cheek, Martin ; Edwards, Sara ; Onana, Jean Michel

Tropical Important Plant Areas, Biodiversity crisis, Rumpi Hills (Cameroon), New species, Grewia, Cameroon, Tiliaceae, Extinction, and Microcos rumpi

2022

Magazine article

Going, going.

Govaerts, Rafaël

Horticulture, Cultivated plants, and Extinction

2022

Journal article

The origin of modern patterns of continental diversity in Mauritiinae palms: the Neotropical museum and the Afrotropical graveyard.

While the latitudinal diversity gradient has received much attention, biodiversity and species richness also vary between continents across similar latitudes. Fossil information can be used to understand the evolutionary mechanisms that generated such variation between continents of similar latitudes. We integrated fossil data into a phylogenetic analysis of the Mauritiinae...

Bacon, Christine D. ; Silvestro, Daniele ; Hoorn, Carina ; Bogotá-Ángel, Giovanni ; Antonelli, Alexandre …

Fossil data, Neotropics, Phylogenetics, Arecaeae, Mauritiinae palms, Tropical regions, Palaeobotany, Palmae, and Extinction

2022

Journal article

The likely extinction of hundreds of palm species threatens their contributions to people and ecosystems.

Bellot, S. ; Lu, Y. ; Antonelli, A. ; Baker, W. J. ; Dransfield, J. …

Extinction, Ecosystem services, Economic botany, Biodiversity, Palmae, Ethnobotany, Palms, and Conservation biology

2022

Journal article

Integrating deep-time palaeontology in conservation prioritisation.

Halting biodiversity loss under growing anthropogenic pressure is arguably the greatest environmental challenge we face. Given that not all species are equally threatened and that resources are always limited, establishing robust prioritisation schemes is critical for implementing effective conservation actions. To this end, the International Union for Conservation of Nature...

Pimiento, Catalina ; Antonelli, Alexandre

Fossil record, Extinction, Palaeontology, Biodiversity, and Conservation prioritisation

2022

Journal article

The counteracting effects of anthropogenic speciation and extinction on mammal species richness and phylogenetic diversity.

Faurby, Søren ; Pedersen, Rasmus Østergaard ; Svenning, Jens‐Christian ; Antonelli, Alexandre

Extinction, Speciation, Mammals, Phylogenetic diversity, Anthropogenic, and Species diversity

2022

Journal article

Taxonomic revision of Saxicolella (Podostemaceae), African waterfall plants highly threatened by Hydro-Electric projects.

Species of the genus Engl. (Podostemaceae) are African rheophytes, restricted to rapids and waterfalls as are all members of the family. Previously, was shown to be polyphyletic with two separate clades. The name Engl. was recently resurrected for one clade that is sister to the American genera (Tul.) Wedd., Michx....