Wet Tropics: Africa

Publications

  • Kew publications on the flora and mycota of Cameroon

BOOKS

  • The plants of Mount Cameroon, a conservation checklist . 279 pp. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.
  • Cheek, M., Onana, J-M. & Pollard, B.J. (2000). The plants of Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge, Cameroon, a conservation checklist . 220 pp. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.

PAPERS, ARTICLES, & REPORTS

  • Achoundong, G. & Cheek, M. (1999). YA, the National Herbarium of Cameroon. Taxon 48: 607 - 608.
  • Cheek, M. (1992a). The Limbe Botanic Garden and Genetic Resources Project (Kew/O.D.A./Govt. of Cameroon). AETFAT (Association pour l'Etude Taxonomique de la Flore d'Afrique Tropicale) Bulletin 39: 72.
  • Cheek, M. (1992b). A botanical inventory of the Mabeta-Moliwe Forest. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, report to Govt. Cameroon from ODA. 22pp, provisional check-list (compiled by Cheek, Sidwell, Sunderland & Faruk) 112 pp.
  • Cheek, M. (1993). Discovering new plant species on Mount Cameroon. Earthwatch Europe Bulletin 3(2):4
  • Cheek, M. (1994a). RX from the rain forest. Earthwatch Magazine March-April 1994: 10-11.
  • Cheek, M. (1994b). `The Mount Cameroon Project' and `Darwin Initiative Projects; Forest Regeneration Mount Cameroon, Rheophyte Survey Ghana'. Kew Scientist 6: 5.
  • Cheek, M. (1995a). Dischistocalyx : terrestrial herbs, climbers, then epiphytes! Acanthus 6: 3 - 4.
  • Cheek, M. (1995b). Caricaceae , pp. 6-308-6-311; Hoplestigmataceae , pp. 6-312; Huaceae , pp. 6-316-6-317. In Takahashi, K. (Ed.), The world of plants. Asahi Shimbun 70.
  • Cheek, M. (1995c). Scytopetalaceae. pp. 7/173 - 174. In Morita, S. (Ed.), The world of plants . Asahi Shimbun 78.
  • Cheek, M. (1995d). Menispermaceae. pp. 8-296 - 299. In Morita, S. (Ed.), The world of plants . Asahi Shimbun.
  • Cheek, M. (1996a). Burmanniaceae . pp. 9/258 - 259. In Ishizuka, T. (Ed.), The world of plants. Asahi Shimbun.
  • Cheek, M. (1996b). Cyanastraceae . pp. 10/150 - 151. In Takahashi, K. (Ed.), The world of plants . Asahi Shimbun 113.
  • Cheek, M. (1996c). The protected areas of Mount Cameroon. In The world of plants . Asahi Shimbun.
  • Cheek, M. (1997a). New combinations in an African Erica . Kew Bulletin 52(3): 753 - 754.
  • Cheek, M. (1997b). Botanical inventory of the rainforests of western Cameroon.
  • Earthwatch Fellowship Programme Newsl . p.2
  • Cheek, M. (1997c). Ghosts and ghost hunters. Kew Magazine , Autumn 1997: 16 - 19.
  • Cheek, M. (1998). Cameroon. Kew Scientist 14: 5.
  • Cheek, M. (1999a). The plants of Mount Cameroon. Kew Scientist 15: 7.
  • Cheek, M. (1999b). Kew's in situ conservation work in Western Cameroon. Threatened Species Conservation Newsletter . 1: 7 - 8.
  • Cheek, M. (1999c). Cameroon Inventories. Kew Scientist 16: 3.
  • Cheek, M. (2000a). A synoptic revision of Ancistrocladus ( Ancistrocladaceae ) in Africa, with a new species from western Cameroon. Kew Bulletin
  • Cheek, M. (2000b). African Earthwatch Fellows in Cameroon pass 100. Threatened Species Conservation Newsletter 2: 8.
  • Cheek, M. (2000c). Earthwatch Fellows. Kew Scientist 17: 5.
  • Cheek, M. Cameroon's Rainforest Checklists. Earthwatch Fellowship Programme Newsletter 5: 1.
  • Cheek, M. (2001). Cameroon Checklists: The plants of Mount Oku and the Ijim Ridge, Cameroon and Cameroonian Minister Visit. Kew Scientist 19, April 2001: 7.
  • Cheek, M. & Cable, S. (1996a). Kew's botanical inventory of Mount Kupe, Cameroon. UK Tropical Forest Forum News 4: 5.
  • Cheek, M. & Cable, S. (1996b). Mount Cameroon: a case study. In Sands, Jermy, & Stork (Eds). The biodiversity assessment manual .
  • Cheek, M. & Cable, S. (1997), Plant inventory for conservation management: the Kew-Earthwatch programme in western Cameroon, 1993 - 96. In Doolan, S. (Ed.), African rainforests and the conservation of biodiversity . pp. 29 - 38. Oxford: Earthwatch Europe.
  • Cheek, M. & Cable, S. (1998). Preliminary results of the botanical inventory of the Ekundu Kundu region of the Korup Park. In Songwe, N. C. (Ed.), Proceedings of Workshopon Korup National Park & Project Area . pp. 72 - 80. Mundemba, Cameroon: Korup Project.
  • Cheek, M., Cable, S., Hepper, F.N., Ndam, N., & Watts, J. (1996). Mapping plant biodiversity on Mount Cameroon. In van der Maesen, van der Burgt, & van Medenbach de Rooy (Eds.), The biodiversity of African plants (Proceedings XIV AETFAT Congress). pp. 110 - 120. Netherlands: Kluwer.
  • Cheek, M. & Csiba, L. (2000). A new species and new combination in Chassalia (Rubiaceae) of western Cameroon . Kew Bulletin 55: 883 - 888.
  • Cheek, M. & Dawson, S. A synoptic revision of Belonophora Hook. f. ( Rubiaceae ). Kew Bulletin 55: 63 - 80.
  • Cheek, M. & Etuge, M. (2000). Bakossi tea: Dicliptera laxa C.B.Cl. Acanthus 7:
  • Cheek, M. & Fischer, E. (1999). A tuberous and epiphytic new species of Impatiens ( Balsaminaceae ) from Southwest Cameroon. Kew Bulletin : 471 - 475.
  • Cheek, M. & Hepper, F.N. (1994). Progress on the Mount Cameroon Rainforest Genetic Resources Project. Wildlife Conservation in West Africa. Nigerian Field Society (UK) Occasional Paper 1: 15 - 19
  • Cheek, M. & Ndam, N. (1996). Saprophytic flowering plants of Mount Cameroon. In van der Maesen, van der Burgt, & van Medenbach de Rooy (Eds.), The biodiversity of African plants (Proceedings XIV AETFAT Congress). pp. 612 - 617. Netherlands: Kluwer.
  • Cheek, M & Ndam, N. (1998). SCA, the herbarium at the Limbe Botanic Garden (formerly Victoria), Cameroon. Taxon 47(1): 197 - 198.
  • Cheek, M., Radcliffe-Smith, A., & Faruk, A. (2000). A new species of Drypetes ( Euphorbiaceae ) from western Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 55: 871 - 882.
  • Cheek, M. & Sonké, B. A new species of Oxyanthus (Rubiaceae-Gardeniinae) from western Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 55: 889 - 893.
  • Cheek, M., Thomas, D., Besong, J.B., Gartlan, S. & Hepper, F.N. (1994). Mount Cameroon, Cameroon. In S. D. Davies, V.H. Heywood, & A.C. Hamilton (Eds.), Centres of plant diversity: A guide and strategy for their conservation. pp. 163-166. Cambridge:WF/IUCN.
  • Cheek, M. & Williams, S. A (2000). Review of African saprophytic flowering plants. In Timberlake & Kativu (Eds.), African plants. Biodiversity, taxonomy & uses . pp. 39 - 49. Proceedings of the 15th AETFAT Congress at Harare, Zimbabwe. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.
  • Cribb, P. (1996). New species and records of Orchidaceae from West Africa. Kew Bull . 51(2): 353-364.
  • Fraser, P., Banks, H., Brodie, S, Cheek, M, Dawson, S., Healey, J., Marsden, J., Ndam, N., Nning, J., & Mc Robb, A.(2000). Plant succession on the 1922 lava flow of Mount Cameroon, in Timberlake & Kativu (Eds.). African plants. Biodiversity, taxonomy & uses . pp. 253 - 262. Proceedings of the 15th AETFAT Congress at Harare, Zimbabwe. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.
  • Gosline, G. & Cheek, M. (1998). A new species of Diospyros ( Ebenaceae ) from southwest Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 53(2): 461 - 465
  • Harris, D.J., Poulsen, A.D., Frimodt-Möller, C., Preston, J. & Cronk, Q.C.B. (2000). Rapid radiation in Aframomum ( Zingiberaceae ): Evidence from nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences. Edinb. J. Bot. 57(3): 377 - 395.
  • Johns, R.J. (2000). Spore ornamentation and the species of simple-fronded Asplenium ( Aspleniaceae ) in West Africa. In Harley, M.M., Morton, C.M., and Blackmore, S. (Eds). Pollen and spores: morphology and biology . pp. 133 - 146. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.
  • Kirschner, J. & Cheek, M. New combinations in tropical African Luzula sect. Luzula ( Juncaceae ). Kew Bulletin 55: 899 - 903.
  • Litt, A. & Cheek, M. (2002). Korupodendron songweanum , a new genus of Vochysiaceae from west-central Africa. Brittonia .
  • Mackinder, B. (1998). Manual of the legumes of mid-Korup. 35 pp. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.
  • Maisels, F.M., Cheek, M., & Wild, C. (2000). Rare plants on Mount Oku summit, Cameroon. Oryx 34 (2): 136 - 140.
  • Meve, U. (1996). A new species of Tylophora ( Asclepiadaceae ) from West Tropical Africa. Kew Bull. 51(3): 585 - 589.
  • Meve, U. (1997). Neoschumannia kamerunensis ( Asclepiadaceae ) rediscovered in Cameroon after nearly a century. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 119(3): 427 - 435.
  • Meve, U. (1999). Tylophora anomala (Asclepiadaceae) - a cytologically anomalous species. Syst. Geogr. Pl. 68: 255 - 263.
  • Peguy, T., Edwards, I, Cheek, M., Ndam, N., & Acworth, J. (2000). The cloud forest of Mount Cameroon. In Timberlake & Kativu (Eds.), African plants. Biodiversity, taxonomy & uses. pp. 263 - 277. Proceedings of the 15th AETFAT Congress at Harare, Zimbabwe. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens.
  • Phillips, S.M. (1998). Two new species of Eriocaulon from West Africa. Kew Bull. 53: 943 – 948.
  • Phillips, S.M. (2000). Two more new species of Eriocaulon from West Africa. Kew Bull. 55: 195 – 202.
  • Roberts, P. (1996). Report on the macrofungi of Korup National Park. 8 + 12 pp. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. (Report to Korup Project)
  • Roberts, P. (1997). Report on the macrofungi of Korup National Park. 6 + 21 pp. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. (Report to Korup Project)
  • Roberts, P. (1999). Clavarioid fungi from Korup National Park, Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 54: 517 - 539
  • Roberts, P. (2000). Corticioid fungi from Korup National Park, Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 55: 803 - 842
  • Roberts, P. (2000). Aphelariopsis kupemontis : a new auricularioid species from Cameroon. Persoonia 17: 491 – 493
  • Roberts, P. (2001). Heterobasidiomycetes from Korup National Park, Cameroon. Kew Bulletin 56: 163 – 187.
  • Saunders, E.M. (2002). Entolomatoid fungi from Korup National Park, Cameroon. IMC7 Proceedings [Abstract]
  • Schoenenberger, J. & Endress, P. K. (1998). Structure and development of the flowers in
  • Mendoncia , Pseudocalyx and Thunbergia ( Acanthaceae ) and their systematic implications. Int. J. Plant Sci. 159(3): 446 - 465.
  • Schrire, B. & Onana, J-M. (2000). A new subspecies of Indigofera patula Baker ( Leguminosae - Papilionoideae ) and a new record for the species in West Africa. Kew Bull . 55: 219 – 223.
  • Stoffelen, P., Cheek, M., Bridson, D., & Robbrecht, E. (1997). A new species of Coffea ( Rubiaceae ) and notes on Mount Kupe (Cameroon). Kew Bulletin 52(4): 989 - 994.
  • Thomas, D. & Cheek, M. (1992). Vegetation and plant species on the south side of MountCameroon in the proposed Etinde reserve. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. Report to Govt. Cameroon from ODA. 42 pp.