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AETFAT 2003 Proceedings - List of Contents
Title: THE TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY OF AFRICAN PLANTS AND THEIR
CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
Welcome address
SEBSEBE DEMISSEW
Keynote Address
Guest of Honour, His Excellency ATO GRIMA WOLDE GIORGIS
Conserving Plant Diversity in Africa: An Outsiders View
PETER R. CRANE
Flora of Ethiopia project
SEBSEBE DEMISSEW
Address by the Swedish Ambassador to Ethiopia
His Excellency HÅKAN ÅKESSON
Address by the Director, Sida Department for Research Cooperation SAREC
BERIT OLSSON
TAXONOMY OF AFRICAN PLANTS
Symposium organisers: Alan Paton & B. Khayota
Molecular systematics of African Rinorea (Violaceae)
F.T. BAKKER, B.S. VAN GEMERDEN & G. ACHOUNDONG
Systematics of Madagascan Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae)
H. RALIMANANA & P. HOFFMANN
Phylogeny, morphology and uses of Plectranthus (Lamiaceae)
A.J. PATON, C.LUKHOBA, D. SPRINGATE, R.J. GRAYER, M.S.J. SIMMONDS & V. SAVOLAINEN
A taxonomic study of the genus Sansevieria (Dracaenaceae) in Zimbabwe
R. TAKAWIRA–NYENYA
Generic relationships within the Tribe Haemantheae (Amaryllidaceae) based on plastid DNA sequence data
F. CONRAD, G. REEVES, D. SNIJMAN & T.A.J. HEDDERSON
The taxonomic significance of the floral morphology in the Ledebouriinae (Hyacinthaceae)
P. LEBATHA & M.H. BUYS
Les Rubiaceae endémiques du Cameroun et leur statut de conservation
B. SONKÉ
FORESTS AND FORESTRY IN AFRICA
Symposium organisers: G. Achoundong & M. Cheek
The importance of early successional shrubs for recruitment of African wild olive (Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata) in
central Tigray, Ethiopia
R. AERTS, I. VAN DER BORGHT, E. NOVEMBER, M. BEHAILU, M. HERMY & M.H MUYS
Indigenous taxonomy in the Mount Cameroon region, Cameroon
R. LYSINGE, P. FRASER, N. ELIAS, N. NDAM
Towards a new forest type classification for South Africa
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew SCIENCE DIRECTORY
C.J. GELDENHUYS & L. MUCINA
Distribution of pteridophytes along an altitudinal gradient in Bwindi impenetrable forest, Uganda
R. BADAZA-NAKILEZA
A first checklist of trees and lianas of the Réserve de Faune du Petit Loango, Gabon
B.J. MORGAN
The importance of closed areas the importance of closed areas for the natural regeneration of Boswellia papyrifera
(Del.) Hochst. in Ethiopia
KINDEYA GEBREHIWOT, MITIKU HAILE, B. MUYS & R. MITLOEHNER
PHYTOGEOGRAPHY OF AFRICAN PLANTS
Symposium organisers: M. Thulin & I. Friis
The plant fossil record and implications for phytogeography in tropical Africa
B. JACOBS
An overview of Asclepiad biogeography - patters of generic diversity on a global scale
D. GOYDER
The Lobeliaceae originated in southern Africa
E.B. KNOX, A.M. MUASYA & P.B. PHILLIPSON
Restricted range endemism in East African plants
H.J. BEENTJE, Q. LUKE & S.A. GHAZANFAR
Disjunctions in the African flora as seen from the Flora of Ethiopia and Eriterea
SEBSEBE DEMISSEW, I. FRIIS, I. NORDAL, & A.M. BÜRGER
Floristics of Gabon’s Batéké Plateaux: Guineo-Congolian plants on Kalahari Sands
G. WALTERS, A. BRADLEY & R. NIANGADOUMA
Endemic plant species of the mountains of the Kenya and Tanzania: analysis and refinement of distributional patterns
R.E. GEREAU, C.M. TAYLOR & W.R.Q. LUKE
Distribution patterns of indigenous species of Solanum on the Horn of Africa
I. FRIIS
African species of Lepidium (Brassicaceae) contributed via hybridization to the origin of Australian/NewZealand
species
K. MUMMENHOFF, P. LINDER, N. FRIESEN, L. BOWMAN, J.-Y. LEWW & A. FRANKZE
ECOLOGY OF AFRICAN VEGETATION
Symposium organisers: F. Malaisse & Zerihun Woldu.
S.A. Ghazanfar & H.J. Beentje (eds)
The influence of geometric constraints on the colonisation, speciation and range expansion of orchids
D.L. ROBERTS & N. BRUMMITT
Flore et végétation de l’inselberg milobo (Monts de Cristal, Gabon)
L.B. NGOK
Tree species diversity in relation to topography and human activities in the Atakora mountains in Benin
W. KPERKUMA, S. BRICE, K. HAHN-HADJALI & K. AKPAGANA
Ecology of Rubiaceae on central African inselbergs
J.DEGREEF , I. PARMENTIER, L.B. NGOK & E. ROBBRECHT
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew SCIENCE DIRECTORY
Ecology and altitudinal zonation of pteridophytes on Mt Kilimanjaro
A. HEMP
African vascular plant species richness: a comparison of mapping approaches
G. KIER, W. KÜPER, J. MUTKE, D. RAFIQPOOR & W. BARTHLOTT
Vegetation description and condition assessment of protected rangelands of Alagae and Neteli in the main Ethiopian
Rift valley
A.S. MOHAMMED
Phytodiversity dynamics in pastured and protected West African savannas
K. HAHN-HADJALI, M. SCHMIDT & A. THIOMBIANO
CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF AFRICAN PLANTS
Symposium organisers: P. Smith & P. Lowry
African tree seed conservation research: opportunities and implementation
M. SACANDÉ & H.W. PRITCHARD
The achievements of the Southern African Botanical Diversity Network (SABONET) – A southern African botanical
capacity building project
B.J. HUNTLEY, S.J. SIEBERT, Y. STEENKAMP & G.F. SMITH
Sustainable land use and conservation considerations for eastern Nigeria's montane flora
S.M. OLSON & H.M. CHAPMAN
Assessment of sesame and its wild relatives in Africa
D. BEDIGIAN
A local botanical garden as a tool for sustainable use: Conservation of plants and indigenous knowledge in northern
Benin
J. KROHMER, G. SAIDOU, K. HAHN-HADJALI & B. SINSIN
Inventory of Allanblackia floribunda Olv. in the Sanaga Martime Division, Littoral Province, Cameroon
M.Y. BELE, P. NKENG, J. FONWEBAN & N. NDAM
Identification des aires prioritaires pour la conservation des plantes a Madagascar: utilisation des données botaniques
pour definer les priorités en matière de conservation
J. RAHARIMAMPIONONA , S. ANDRIAMBOLOLONERA, G.E. SCHATZ, P. P. LOWRY II, M. RABARIMANARIVO, A.
RATODISOA & N. RAVOLOLOMANANA
The significance of important bird areas for conservation of plants in Uganda.
J. KALEMA
Medicinal plant uses in Nyabushozi county, Mbarara district, western Uganda
G.O. MABANO & E. K.Z. KAKUDIDI
Ethnobotanical studies of medicinal plants used in gender infertility treatment in western Uganda
M. KAMATENESI-MUGISHA, H. ORYEM-ORIGA & D. W. MAKAWITI
RECENT ADVANCES IN SPECIES AND GENERIC CONCEPTS
Symposium organisers: S. Liede & U. Meve
Species and generic delimitation in Bikinia and Tetraberlinia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) using ITS and AFLP
J.J. WIERINGA & K. GÜHL
Phylogenetics of the genus Kniphofia Moench (Asphodelaceae)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew SCIENCE DIRECTORY
S. RAMDHANI, N.P. BARKER & H. BAIJNATH
Character delimitations in the family Mesembryanthemaceae: Delosperma, a case study
P.M. BURGOYNE
Species concepts in Ceropegia L. (Apocynaceae - Ceropegieae): A case example of Ceropegia aristolochioides Decne
P.S. MASINDE
PROGRESS ON AFRICAN FLORAS
Symposium organisers: H. Beentje & S.A. Ghazanfar
Flora of tropical east Africa: a quantitative analyses of the flora and its conservation
S.A. GHAZANFAR, H.J. BEENTJE & J. MOAT
A catalogue of the plants of Madagascar
P. B. PHILLIPSON, G.E. SCHATZ, P.P. LOWRY II & J.-N. LABAT
African saprophytes, new discoveries
M. CHEEK
Merging tropical and southern African flowering plant data: the African plant database project
L. GAUTIER, G.F. SMITH, R. SPICHIGER, R.R. KLOPPER, S.J. SIEBERT & C. CHATELAIN
RIHA, a database on plants biodiversity in western and central Africa: first step for a networking of African herbaria
H. CHEVILLOTTE & J. FLORENCE
WITH G. ACHOUNDONG, E. CHENIN, J.-P. GHOGUE, M. HOFF, J.-N. LABAT, J.-F. MURAIL & O. PONCY
Progrès de l’étude de la flore du Cameroun
J.M. ONANA, G. ACHOUNDONG, J.P. GHOGUE & F. TADJUTEU
Synthèse des inventaires réalisés sur les Orchidaceae dans le cadre du projet d’evaluation des aires protégées du Gabon
T. STÉVART, L.N. BANAK & M. SOSEF
Centenary of the East African Herbarium, Nairobi: 1902 – 2002
P.S. MASINDE & A.M. MUASYA
The genus Discopodium Hochst. (Solanaceae) in Africa
J.M. EDMONDS
Analyse floristique la foret be Ngotto (République Centrafricaine) of the forest of Ngotto (Central African Republic)
O.D. YONGO
CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Symposium organisers: Tewolde Berhan G. Egziabher & J. Seyani
Taxonomic biology and globalization
TEWOLDE BERHAN G. EGZIABHER
CBD Implementation: Experiences at Kew
K. DAVIS & C. WILLIAMS
The CBD and the Limbe Botanicaland Zoological Gardens: Policy on access togenetic resources and benefit-sharing,
collaborative research, data and information exchange
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew SCIENCE DIRECTORY
M.Y. BELE, N. NDAM, M.M. TONYE & S. LAIRD
Adding value to African biodiversity and traditional knowledge: a pilot study from West Africa
J. SEYANI
SESSION ON THREATENED PLANTS
Symposium organisers: J.S. Golding & J. Timberlake
Introduction
J.S. GOLDING, J.R. TIMBERLAKE & I. HEDBERG
Linking taxonomy & practical conservation
A. RODGERS
A preliminary analysis of endemic and threatened plants of the Flora Zambesiaca area
J.R. TIMBERLAKE, J.S. GOLDING & P. SMITH
Progress on the red list of plants of Ethiopia and Eritrea: conservation and biogeography of endemic flowering taxa
J.L.VIVERO, ENSERMU KELBESSA, SEBSEBE DEMISSEW
Conservation of the plant diversity of western Cameroon: a Darwin Initiative project
M. CHEEK, G. ACHOUNDONG, J.-M. ONANA, B. POLLARD, G. GOSLINE, J. MOAT & T. HARVEY
INDEX TO AUTHORS
INDEX TO SPECIES AND KEY WORDS