Book by Jean Bosser: Graminées des pâturages et des cultures à Madagascar, 1969
Citation
Rabarivola M L, Razafiniary V, Razanajatovo H, Ralimanana H, Vorontsova M (2019). Book by Jean Bosser: Graminées des pâturages et des cultures à Madagascar, 1969. Version 1.8. Kew Madagascar Conservation Centre - Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/0p8oq0 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-16.Description
This checklist contains all Poaceae species which occur in Madagascar according to the list in Jean Bosser’s book. Information on the endemic, native or alien status for the 306 species treated in this book as judged by the expert Jean Bosser are provided here. This publication is linked to the BID grasses project (BID-AF2017-0103-SMA) which is funded by GBIF through the European Union funding.Sampling Description
Quality Control
To ensure that the data to be transferred to GBIF portal has a high quality, the database manager has done weekly a double check of data quality from the database officers. The checked data were cleaned and standardised in a BRAHMS database.Method steps
- Extraction of all species from the book of Bosser, data cleaning in BRAHMS, publishing
Taxonomic Coverages
Poaceae checklist from the Book by Jean Bosser, 1969
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Poaceaecommon name: Grass, Bozaka rank: family
Geographic Coverages
Madagascar
Bibliographic Citations
- BRAHMS database, Management of Natural History, University of Oxford - https://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/
- Jean Bosser, 1969. Gaminées des pâturages et des cultures a Madagascar 435 p -
Contacts
Marie Linah Rabarivolaoriginator
position: Database Manager/Botanist
Kew Madagascar Conservation Centre
Lot II J 131 B
Ambodivoanjo, Ivandry
101
Antananarivoa
MG
Telephone: +261 20 22 423 68
email: l.rabarivola@kew.org
homepage: https://teamkmcc.wordpress.com
Velosoa Razafiniary
metadata author
position: Database Officer
Kew Madagascar Conservation Centre
Lot II J 131 B
Ambodivoanjo, Ivandry
101
Antananarivo
MG
Telephone: +261 20 22 423 68
email: v.razafiniary@kew.org
homepage: https://teamkmcc.wordpress.com
Henintsoa Razanajatovo
metadata author
position: Database Officer
Kew Madagascar Conservation Centre
Lot II J 131 B
Ambodivoanjo, Ivandry
101
Antananarivo
Telephone: +261 20 22 423 68
email: h.razanajatovo@kew.org
homepage: https://teamkmcc.wordpress.com
Hélène Ralimanana
metadata author
position: Team Manager
Kew Madagascar Conservation Centre
Lot II J 131 B
Ambodivoanjo, Ivandry
101
Antananarivo
MG
Telephone: + 261 20 22 423 68
email: h.ralimanana@kew.org
homepage: https://teamkmcc.wordpress.com
Maria Vorontsova
metadata author
position: Research Leader (Grasses)
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Richmond, Surrey
TW9 3AE
GB
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8332 5022
email: m.vorontsova@kew.org
homepage: http://www.kew.org/data/grassbase/index.html
Marie Linah Rabarivola
administrative point of contact
position: Database Manager/Botanist
Kew Madagascar Conservation Centre
Lot II J 131 B
Ambodivoanjo Ivandry
101
Antananarivo
MG
Telephone: +261 20 22 423 68
email: l.rabarivola@kew.org
homepage: https://teamkmcc.wordpress.com
Maria Vorontsova
administrative point of contact
position: Research Leader (Grasses)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond, Surrey
TW9 3AE
GB
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8332 5022
email: m.vorontsova@kew.org
homepage: http://www.kew.org/data/grassbase/index.html