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

M Cheek, D Molmou, S Magassouba, JP Ghogue - Kew Bulletin, 2022 - Springer
Species of the genus Saxicolella Engl.(Podostemaceae) are African rheophytes, restricted to
rapids and waterfalls as are all members of the family. Previously, Saxicolella sensu lato …

The endemic plant species of Mt Kupe, Cameroon with a new Critically Endangered cloud-forest tree species, Vepris zapfackii (Rutaceae)

M Cheek, JM Onana - Kew Bulletin, 2021 - Springer
We revise and update the records of strict and near-endemic species of Mt Kupe, Cameroon
respectively from 31 strict endemics in 2004, to 25 today, and with near-endemic species 30 …

Vepris onanae (Rutaceae), a new Critically Endangered cloud-forest tree species, and the endemic plant species of Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve, Bamenda …

M Cheek, S Hatt, JM Onana - Kew Bulletin, 2022 - Springer
We revise and update the records of strict and near-endemic species of the Bali Ngemba
Forest Reserve, the largest known surviving patch (c. 8 km2 in area) of submontane or cloud …

Notes on the threatened lowland forests of Mt Cameroon and their endemics including Drypetes burnleyae sp. nov., with a key to species of Drypetes sect. Stipulares …

M Cheek, N Ndam, A Budden - Kew Bulletin, 2021 - Springer
This paper reports a further discovery of a new endemic threatened species to science in the
context of botanical surveys in the lowland coastal forests of Mount Cameroon in the Cross …

Addressing the Vepris verdoorniana complex (Rutaceae) in West Africa, with two new species

M Cheek, JM Onana, S Yasuda, P Lawrence, G Ameka… - Kew Bulletin, 2019 - Springer
Vepris verdoorniana (Rutaceae) has long been regarded as a widespread and variable
species occurring from Guinea to Gabon. Recent evidence has shown that the original …

Afrothismiaceae (Dioscoreales), a new fully mycoheterotrophic family endemic to tropical Africa

M Cheek, M Soto Gomez, SW Graham, PJ Rudall - Kew Bulletin, 2024 - Springer
Afrothismia is a genus of non-photosynthetic mycoheterotrophs from the forests of
continental tropical Africa. Multiple phylogenetic inferences using molecular data recover the …

Kupeantha yabassi (Coffeeae-Rubiaceae), a new Critically Endangered shrub species of the Ebo Forest area, Littoral Region, Cameroon

MG Alvarez-Aguirre, M Cheek, B Sonké - Kew Bulletin, 2021 - Springer
A new species to science of evergreen forest shrub, Kupeantha yabassi MG Alvarez &
Cheek (Coffeeae-Rubiaceae), is described, illustrated and compared morphologically with …

Inversodicraea Engl. resurrected and I. pepehabai sp. nov. (Podostemaceae), a submontane forest species from the Republic of Guinea

M Cheek, P Haba - Kew Bulletin, 2016 - Springer
Inversodicraea, shown by previous workers to merit resurrection, is restored here, to include
all those species previously included in Ledermanniella subg. Phyllosma. The final seven …

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

M Cheek, S Edwards, JM Onana - Kew Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
Summary We describe Microcos rumpi (Grewiaceae) a massive new species to science from
the Rumpi Hills of SW Region Cameroon, a proposed Tropical Important Plant Area …

Discovery and conservation of Monanthotaxis bali (Annonaceae) a new Critically Endangered (possibly extinct) montane forest treelet from Bali Ngemba, North West …

M Cheek, I Darbyshire, JM Onana - Kew Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
Monanth otaxis bali is the only known, solely montane (occurring solely above 2000 m alt.)
species of the genus. It joins M. orophila (Rwanda) and M. discolor (Tanzania), two other …