Rafaël Govaerts
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Rafaël Govaerts's Degrees
- Bachelors Biology Ghent University
- Masters Botany Ghent University
- PhD Botany Ghent University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Rafaël Herman Anna Govaerts is a Belgian botanist. He is particularly noted for his work on plant taxonomy. He has worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew since the 1990s. He is the principal contributor to the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, which was completed in 2023, and will continue to be updated as Plants of the World Online.
Rafaël Govaerts's Published Works
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Published Works
- Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments (2013) (1150)
- An annotated taxonomic conspectus of the genus Coffea (Rubiaceae) (2006) (391)
- World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (with Pandaceae) (2000) (305)
- World Checklist for Selected Plant Families (2004) (284)
- Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery (2019) (203)
- World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales (Betulaceae, Corylaceae, Fagaceae and Ticodendraceae) (1998) (194)
- World Checklist of Palms (2005) (180)
- A Global Assessment of Distribution, Diversity, Endemism, and Taxonomic Effort in the Rubiaceae1 (2009) (167)
- Extinction risk and threats to plants and fungi (2020) (165)
- Towards Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation : a working list of all known plant species-progress and prospects (2008) (163)
- World Checklist and Bibliography of Magnoliaceae (1996) (134)
- World Checklist of Myrtaceae (2008) (134)
- World Checklist of Orchidaceae. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2008) (123)
- Counting counts: revised estimates of numbers of accepted species of flowering plants, seed plants, vascular plants and land plants with a review of other recent estimates (2016) (120)
- Quaternary and pre-Quaternary historical legacies in the global distribution of a major tropical plant lineage (2012) (95)
- Measuring the fate of plant diversity: towards a foundation for future monitoring and opportunities for urgent action (2005) (84)
- Tiptoe through the tulips - cultural history, molecular phylogenetics and classification of Tulipa (Liliaceae) (2013) (80)
- New Guinea has the world’s richest island flora (2020) (79)
- World checklist and bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae) (2002) (78)
- World Checklist of Rubiaceae (2012) (75)
- World Checklist of Cyperaceae: Sedges (2007) (75)
- Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water (2021) (73)
- The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity (2021) (69)
- How many species of seed plants are there? - a response (2003) (57)
- The typification and characterization of the genus Psychotria L. (Rubiaceae) (2001) (56)
- Alpha e-taxonomy: responses from the systematics community to the biodiversity crisis (2008) (49)
- World Checklist of Dioscoreales: Yams and Their Allies (2000) (49)
- A taxonomic revision of the genus Stachys (Lamiaceae: Lamioideae) in Iran (2012) (45)
- State of the World’s Plants and Fungi (2020) (44)
- World Checklist of Seed Plants (1996) (42)
- Vulnerability to climate change of islands worldwide and its impact on the tree of life (2019) (42)
- Just how many orchids are there (2005) (42)
- State of the world’s plants and fungi 2020 (2020) (38)
- Nomenclature and typification of names of genera and subdivisions of genera in Cypereae (Cyperaceae): 2. Names of subdivisions of Cyperus. (2011) (37)
- Areas of global importance for terrestrial biodiversity, carbon, and water (2020) (28)
- State of the world\'s plants - 2016 (2016) (26)
- Distribution and relative age of endemism across islands worldwide (2019) (25)
- Quinone diterpenes from Salvia species: chemistry, botany, and biological activity (2019) (22)
- Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera (2019) (22)
- Erratum: Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments (Nature (2014) 506 (89-92) (Doi:10.1038/nature12872)) (2014) (22)
- Nomenclatural changes in preparation for a World Rubiaceae Checklist (2008) (20)
- Toward Unifying Global Hotspots of Wild and Domesticated Biodiversity (2020) (20)
- The Red List of Betulaceae (2014) (20)
- Nomenclature and typification of names of genera and subdivisions of genera in Cypereae (Cyperaceae): 1. Names of genera in the Cyperus clade. (2010) (20)
- Late Quaternary climate stability and the origins and future of global grass endemism (2017) (20)
- Plant States and Fates: Response to Pimm and Raven. (2017) (18)
- Nomenclature and typification of names of genera and subdivisions of genera in the Cypereae (Cyperaceae): 3. Names in segregate genera of Cyperus. (2011) (17)
- Historical legacies and ecological determinants of grass naturalizations worldwide (2020) (12)
- Inequality in plant diversity knowledge and unrecorded plant extinctions: An example from the grasses of Madagascar (2020) (12)
- Corrigendum: Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments (2014) (12)
- Corrigendum: Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments (2014) (10)
- Do Global Diversity Patterns of Vertebrates Reflect Those of Monocots? (2013) (10)
- New names and combinations in the Crotonoideae (1997) (7)
- Trace Elements in Edible Flowers from Italy: Further Insights into Health Benefits and Risks to Consumers (2020) (7)
- Indian Ocean Mapouria species transferred toPsychotria (Rubiaceae–Psychotrieae) (2007) (7)
- Synonymies in Ananas (Bromeliaceae) (2015) (7)
- PLANT NAME RESOURCES: BUILDING BRIDGES WITH USERS (2016) (7)
- Hellenia Retz., the correct name for Cheilocostus C.D.Specht (Costaceae) (2013) (7)
- (1195-1197) Proposals to Conserve or Reject Three Species Names in Quercus L. (Fagaceae) (1995) (6)
- NEW COMBINATIONS IN MADAGASCAN VANGUERIEAE (RUBIACEAE) FOR THE GENERA PSYDRAX, PYROSTRIA, AND RYTIGYNIA (2007) (6)
- Reply to: Regional records improve data quality in determining plant extinction rates (2020) (5)
- Challenges of Integrating and Curating Nomenclatural and Taxonomic Data in the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (2019) (5)
- High evolutionary and functional distinctiveness of endemic monocots in world islands (2021) (4)
- The conserved type of the name Quercus pubescens Willd. (Fagaceae) (2000) (4)
- A new combination in Cenchrus (Poaceae: Paniceae), with lectotypification of Panicum divisum (2014) (4)
- World checklist of seed plants. Volume 1, part 1, the species. (1995) (4)
- New Names and Combinations in Euphorbiaceae: Phyllanthoideae (1996) (3)
- Tracking the origin of island diversity: insights from divergence with the continental pool in monocots (2019) (3)
- Global variation in diversification rate and species richness are unlinked in plants (2022) (3)
- New combinations in Agave (Asparagaceae): A. amica , A. nanchititlensis , and A. quilae (2017) (3)
- 2554) Proposal to conserve the name Schoenus hornei (Cyperaceae) with a conserved type (2017) (3)
- Transfer of Polianthes geminiflora into Agave (Asparagaceae): new combinations (Nomenclature of Agave II) (2013) (3)
- The Monocot Checklist Project (2004) (3)
- 1261) Proposal to reject the name Betula alba (Betulaceae) (1996) (2)
- Zanne et al. reply (2015) (2)
- Typification of names and nomenclatural notes on juno irises (Iridaceae) from Western Asia, Western Europe, and North Africa (2017) (2)
- 2131) Proposal to reject the name Tulipa praecox Cav. ( Liliaceae ) (2013) (2)
- Nomenclatural corrections in Convolvulaceae diversae (2015) (2)
- The Darwinian shortfall in plants: phylogenetic knowledge is driven by range size (2022) (2)
- Nomenclatural corrections to the taxonomic revision of The Old World species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae) by Wilmot-Dear & Friis (2013) (2014) (2)
- New names & new combinations in the Euphorbiaceae-A calyphoi'deae (1997) (1)
- Uncovering Environmental Change in the English Lake District: Using Computational Techniques to Trace the Presence and Documentation of Historical Flora (2021) (1)
- Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Carex lazarei nom. nov. (Cyperaceae) (2019) (1)
- Reply to “Doubtful pathways to cold tolerance in plants” (2015) (1)
- A New Name and New Combinations in the Euphorbiaceae: Euphorbiinae (1996) (1)
- Nomenclatural notes on Iris haussknechtii (Iridaceae) (2019) (1)
- Nomenclatural clarification of the name Phaius grandiflorus (Orchidaceae) (2011) (1)
- New Developments and Future Vision of the Nomenclatural Database IPNI and the Taxonomic Database WCVP (2022) (1)
- On islands, evolutionary but not functional originality is rare (2019) (1)
- Annotated catalogue of herbarium specimens of Salix L. (Salicaceae) associated with the work of Veniamin I. Shaburov in the Urals (Russia) (2022) (1)
- (1865―1876) Proposals to conserve the names Alstroemeria presliana and Sisyrinchium bermudiana with conserved types, and to reject the names Alstroemeria albiflora, Amaryllis africana, Fritillaria alba, F. racemosa, Muscari strangwaysii, Ornithogalum flavum, Cephalanthera oregana, Epidendrum caninum (2009) (1)
- A new name in Psychotria (Rubiaceae–Psychotrieae): Psychotria andramontaensis (2008) (1)
- World checklist of seed plants. Volume 3, part 2b, the synonyms. (1999) (1)
- A synopsis of Chlamydocardia (Acanthaceae) including Linocalix (2017) (1)
- Regular ArticleThe typification and characterization of the genus Psychotria L. (Rubiaceae) (2001) (1)
- (1834-1835) Proposals to reject the names Colchicum tenorei and Colchicum todaroi (Colchicaceae) (2008) (1)
- (284–285) Proposals to add a voted Example to Article 60.9 in order to end theconfusion over the maintenance or omission of hyphens in epithets formed from names containing a preposition or a definite article (2016) (1)
- 1701) Proposal to conserve the name Zygopetalum (Orchidaceae) with that spelling (2005) (0)
- New combinations for the Phillip Island wheat grass, Anthosachne kingiana subsp. kingiana (Poaceae) (2014) (0)
- Uncovering Environmental Change in the English Lake District:Using Computational Techniques to Trace Shifting Practice in the Historical Documentation of Flora (2020) (0)
- (2367) Proposal to conserve Carex leersii, nom. cons. (Cyperaceae) against an additional name, C. cuprina (2015) (0)
- Demonstration of the New IPNI (International Plant Names Index) Registration System (2022) (0)
- 1242) Proposal to Reject the Name Calla orientalis (Araceae) (1996) (0)
- (093–094) Proposals to amend Article 53.6 and the Glossary (2015) (0)
- 1397) PROPOSAL TO REJECT THE NAME PHYLLANTHUS HAMRUR (EUPHORBIACEAE) (1999) (0)
- Early Events in Monocot Evolution: Macroecological correlates of global monocot species richness (2013) (0)
- Cyperus albescens, a new combination in Cyperus (Cyperaceae) for the common (sub)tropical African and Asian species Lipocarpha chinensis (2016) (0)
- 1445) Proposal to reject the name Tabernaemontana echinata (Apocynaceae) (2000) (0)
- Clarification of the confusion surrounding the generic name Bryomorphe Harv. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), and the new genus Muscosomorphe J.C.Manning (2021) (0)
- Global Plant Extinction Risk Assessment Inform Novel Biodiversity Hotspots (2021) (0)
- (219–220) Proposals to add new Recommendations and an Example to Recommendation 30A and 41A (2016) (0)
- Cyperus albescens, a new combination in Cyperus (Cyperaceae) for the common (sub)tropical African and Asian species Lipocarpha chinensis (2016) (0)
- A synopsis of Chlamydocardia (Acanthaceae) including Linocalix (2017) (0)
- (2796) Proposal to conserve the name Carex krausei ( Cyperaceae ) with that spelling (2021) (0)
- 2338) Proposal to conserve the name Gynochthodes against Stigmanthus (Rubiaceae) (2014) (0)
- Verification of names for certain Populus L. clones (Salicaceae) commonly grown in the United Kingdom (2020) (0)
- Reply to: Regional records improve data quality in determining plant extinction rates (2020) (0)
- Global patterns of plant diversity and their evolutionary drivers (2020) (0)
- A new nomenclatural change in Atraphaxis (Polygonaceae) (2022) (0)
- Gone but not forgotten – plant extinction in modern times (2019) (0)
- A Collective Effort to Update the Legume Checklist (2021) (0)
- Mediterranean Subspecies versus Californian Varieties: An Example from Acmispon (Leguminosae, Loteae) (2021) (0)
- 1350) Proposal to Reject the Name Phyllanthus cyclanthera (Euphorbiaceae) (1998) (0)
- 2279) Proposal to reject the name Areca glandiformis (Arecaceae) (2014) (0)
- Figure 7 from: Paton AJ, Mwanyambo M, Govaerts RHA, Smitha K, Suddee S, Phillipson PB, Wilson TC, Forster PI, Culham A (2019) Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera. PhytoKeys 129: 1-158. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988 (2019) (0)
- Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery (2019) (0)
- Global shortfalls in threat assessments for endemic flora by country (2023) (0)
- New combinations in Crystallopollen Steetz (Asteraceae: Vernonieae), the correct name for the illegitimate Polydora Fenzl ex H.Rob. (2022) (0)
- PROPOSAL TO REJECT THE CAME PHYLLANTHUS CYCLANTHERA (EUPHORBIACEAE) (1998) (0)
- Psychotria nilgherensis (Rubiaceae), a new combination replacing P. elongata (2017) (0)
- 241) A proposal on the orthography of names of hybrids (2004) (0)
- New registration system for vascular plant names (2022) (0)
- New Guinea has the world’s richest island flora (2020) (0)
- Author Correction: Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water (2021) (0)
- The application of scientific names to plants: Salix alba L. f. tristis Gaudin and related taxa (Salicaceae) (2021) (0)
- (205-207) Three proposals to remove alternative family names (2004) (0)
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