AETFAT 2003 Proceedings - List of Contents

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew SCIENCE DIRECTORY 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

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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

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