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List of works by Sebsebe Demissew

(127–135) Proposals to add new Provisions and Recommendations to Division III of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants related to virtual participation in the Nomenclature Section ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

(193) Proposal to democratize aspects of the governance of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants ⬇️

scientific article published in December 2022

(959) Proposal to Conserve the Name Grewia mollis Juss. (Tiliaceae) with a New Type

scientific article (publication date: August 1989)

A Confusion in Lippia (Verbenaceae) in Tropical Africa

scientific article

A New Aloe (Aloaceae) Species from Ogaden (Southeastern Ethiopia)

scientific article published in 2000

A New Convolvulus (Convolvulaceae) from Somalia

scientific article published in 1993

A New Species of Aloe from Southwest Ethiopia

scientific article published in 2000

A New Species of Aloe from the Ethiopian Rift Valley

scientific article published in 1992

A New Species of Corchorus (Tiliaceae) from Somalia

scientific article published in 1991

A New Species of Grewia (Tiliaceae) from Northeast Tropical Africa

scientific article

A New Species of Grewia (Tiliaceae) from the Horn of Africa

scientific article

A New Species of Grewia (Tiliaceae) from the Somalia-Masai Regional Centre of Endemism

scientific article

A New Species of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) from SE Ethiopia

scientific article published in 1998

A New Species of Yam from Kenya, Dioscorea kituiensis Pollen Morphology, Conservation Status, and Speciation

article

A Rosetta Stone for nature's benefits to people

scientific article

A Synopsis of the Genus Convolvulus (Convolvulaceae) in Ethiopia and Eritrea

scientific article

A Synopsis of the Genus Merremia (Convolvulaceae) in the Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea

scientific article

A new species of Leucas, L. gypsicola (Lamiaceae), from gypsum outcrops in eastern Ethiopia

scientific article published on 22 November 2018

Acacia, the 2011 Nomenclature Section in Melbourne, and beyond

scientific article published on August 2010

Acacia: The Case against Moving the Type to Australia

scientific article (publication date: May 2005)

Allelopathic effects of the invasive Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. on selected native plant species in Middle Awash, Southern Afar Rift of Ethiopia

scientific article published in 2012

An Earlier Place of Publication of the Name Seddera (Convolvulaceae)

scientific article published in 1998

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Sheka Zone of Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State, Ethiopia

scientific article published on 05 February 2020

An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Wonago Woreda, SNNPR, Ethiopia

scientific article published on 12 October 2009

An iconic traditional apiculture of park fringe communities of Borena Sayint National Park, north eastern Ethiopia

scientific article

Analysis of composition and density of soil seed banks of Prosopis juliflora in Afar region rangelands, Northeast Ethiopia

scientific article published on 28 November 2020

Anthraquinones, pre-anthraquinones and isoeleutherol in the roots of Aloe species

scientific article published on 25 July 2002

Assessing nature's contributions to people

scientific article published in January 2018

Assessment of woody species encroachment in the grasslands of Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia

article

Atlas of leaf surface micromorphology in Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae) from the Horn of Africa region

scientific article published in 2021

Boost for Africa’s research must protect its biodiversity

scientific article

Botanical Monography in the Anthropocene

Characterization and mapping of enset-based home-garden agroforestry for sustainable landscape management of the Gurage socioecological landscape in Ethiopia

scientific article

Commiphora oddurensisChiov. andC. suffruticosaTeshome (Burseraceae): taxonomy, distribution, ecology and conservation status

scientific article published in 2013

Community perceptions towards invasion of Prosopis juliflora, utilization, and its control options in Afar region, Northeast Ethiopia ⬇️

scientific article published on 25 January 2022

Conservation of the Ethiopian church forests: Threats, opportunities and implications for their management

scientific article

Correspondence in forest species composition between the Vegetation Map of Africa and higher resolution maps for seven African countries

article

Crinum bambusetum, a New Species of Amaryllidaceae from North East Africa

scientific article

Current and Future Fire Regimes and Their Influence on Natural Vegetation in Ethiopia

scholarly article by P. van Breugel et al published 23 November 2015 in Ecosystems

Diversifying crops for food and nutrition security - a case of teff.

scientific article

Diversity and endemism of the flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea: state of knowledge and future perspectives

Effects of Prosopis juliflora Invasion on Native Species Diversity and Woody Species Regenerations in Rangelands of Afar National Regional State, Northeast Ethiopia

scientific article published in 2022

Elevational changes in vascular plants richness, diversity, and distribution pattern in Abune Yosef mountain range, Northern Ethiopia

scientific article published on 19 June 2019

Enset in Ethiopia: a poorly characterized but resilient starch staple

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Enset‐based agricultural systems in Ethiopia: A systematic review of production trends, agronomy, processing and the wider food security applications of a neglected banana relative

scientific article

Ethno-medicinal and bio-cultural importance of aloes from south and east of the Great Rift Valley floristic regions of Ethiopia

scientific article published on 29 June 2020

Evolutionary diversification of the African achyranthoid clade (Amaranthaceae) in the context of sterile flower evolution and epizoochory

scientific article published on 24 April 2018

Evolutionary history and leaf succulence as explanations for medicinal use in aloes and the global popularity of Aloe vera

scientific article

Extinction risk and conservation gaps for Aloe (Asphodelaceae) in the Horn of Africa

scientific article

FLORISTIC COMPOSITION AND PLANT DIVERSITY ANALYSIS OF ANBESSA FOREST IN WESEREN ETHIOPIA AND ITS CONRTIBUTION TO BIODIVESRITY CONSERVATION

scientific article published in 2022

Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids

scientific article published in 2004

Flora of Ethiopia and Eritraea Volume 2 Part 2. Canellaceae to Euphorbiaceae

scholarly article by Mike Lock et al published 1998 in Kew Bulletin

Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Vol. 6. Hydrocharitaceae to Arecaceae

scientific article (publication date: August 1998)

Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Volume 2, Part 2. Magnoliaceae to Flacourtiaceae

scholarly article by Mike Lock et al published 2001 in Kew Bulletin

Floral attraction

scientific article published in Nature

Floristic diversity in fragmented Afromontane rainforests: Altitudinal variation and conservation importance

scholarly article by Christine B Schmitt et al published January 2010 in Applied Vegetation Science

Four new species of Aloe (Aloaceae) from Ethiopia, with notes on the ethics of describing new taxa from foreign countries

scientific article published in March 2011

Four new species of Asparagus (Asparagaceae) from the Flora Zambesiaca area

scientific article published in June 2008

Framing the future for taxonomic monography: Improving recognition, support, and access

scientific article published in 2022

Further Notes on the Genus Aloe in Ethiopia and Eritrea

scientific article

Genetic diversity and population structure of Guinea yams and their wild relatives in South and South West Ethiopia as revealed by microsatellite markers

scholarly article by Wendawek Abebe Mengesha et al published 18 July 2012 in Genet Resour Crop Evol

Genetic diversity and species delimitation in the cultivated and wild Guinea yams (Dioscorea spp.) from Southwest Ethiopia as determined by AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) markers

Herbarium-based study of flowering and fruiting phenology of twelve indigenous and endemic plant species from Ethiopia

scientific article published on 22 July 2022

How has Government policy post-Global Strategy for Plant Conservation impacted on science? The Ethiopian perspective ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

In vitro antimicrobial activity of plants used in traditional medicine in Gurage and Silti Zones, south central Ethiopia.

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

Institutional Votes for the 2017 Nomenclature Section

scientific article (publication date: 17 June 2013)

Invasive alien plant species in Ethiopia: ecological impacts on biodiversity a review paper

scientific article published in 2018

Investigating the exchange of plant material between European and African botanical institutions for research and development

scientific article published in 2023

Kalanchoe hypseloleuce (Crassulaceae), a new species from eastern Ethiopia, with notes on its habitat

scholarly article by Ib Friis et al published 19 May 2017 in Kew Bulletin

Karyotypes in Ethiopian Aloe species (Xanthorrhoeaceae: Asphodeloideae)

article

Lectotypification of the Name Calystegia hederacea Wall. (Convolvulaceae), with a Note on the Occurrence of the Species in Ethiopia

scholarly article by Sebsebe Demissew & Richard Kenneth Brummitt published 1997 in Kew Bulletin

Making nomenclature governance more inclusive through virtual attendance and electronic voting at the Nomenclature Section of an International Botanical Congress

article

Maytenus eritreana sp. nov. and M. addat (Loes.) comb. nov. (Celastraceae) from northern Ethiopia

scholarly article by Sebsebe Demissew published November 1984 in Nordic Journal of Botany

Medicinal plant use practice in four ethnic communities (Gurage, Mareqo, Qebena, and Silti), south central Ethiopia

scientific article published on 24 May 2020

Medicinal plants potential and use by pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Erer Valley of Babile Wereda, Eastern Ethiopia

scientific article (publication date: 22 October 2012)

Micronutrient composition and microbial community analysis across diverse landraces of the Ethiopian orphan crop enset

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

Micronutrient composition and microbial community analysis across diverse landraces of the Ethiopian orphan crop enset

Middle Stone Age foragers resided in high elevations of the glaciated Bale Mountains, Ethiopia

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

New Species of Stachys (Labiatae) from Tropical Africa

scientific article

New and Little-Known Species of Maytenus (Celastraceae) in East Africa

scientific article

Notes on the Genus Aloe in Ethiopia: Misinterpreted Taxa

scientific article

Pancratium centrale (= Mizonia contrails): A Rare Central African Species Discovered in Ethiopia

scholarly article by Sebsebe Demissew & Inger Nordal published 2004 in Kew Bulletin

Phenology of the Alien Invasive Plant Species Prosopis juliflora in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas in Response to Climate Variability and Some Perspectives for Its Control in Ethiopia

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

Phylogenetic position ofCyperus clandestinus(Cypereae, Cyperaceae) clarified by morphological and molecular evidence

article

Phylogeography of the wild and cultivated stimulant plant qat (Catha edulis, Celastraceae) in areas of historical cultivation

scientific article

Plant and fungal collections: Current status, future perspectives

scientific article

Plant diversity and community analysis of Sele-Nono forest, Southwest Ethiopia: implication for conservation planning

scientific article published in 2022

Plant diversity and regeneration in a disturbed isolated dry Afromontane forest in northern Ethiopia

article

Plants and vegetation of NW Ethiopia

Post-fire regeneration strategies and tree bark resistance to heating in frequently burning tropical savanna woodlands and grasslands in Ethiopia

article

Prosopis juliflora invasion and environmental factors on density of soil seed bank in Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia

scientific article published in 2019

Relationships between topographic factors, soil and plant communities in a dry Afromontane forest patches of Northwestern Ethiopia

scientific article published on 12 March 2021

Remote sensing‐supported mapping of the activity of a subterranean landscape engineer across an afro‐alpine ecosystem

scientific article published in 2022

Report of the Special‐purpose Committee on Virtual Participation in the Nomenclature Section ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

Reproductive biology of wild and domesticated Ensete ventricosum: Further evidence for maintenance of sexual reproductive capacity in a vegetatively propagated perennial crop

preprint

Resilience potential of the Ethiopian coffee sector under climate change

scientific article

Revision of the genus Seddera (Convolvulaceae)

article

Soil Seedbank Study of Hirmi Woodland Vegetation; Implications for Restoration and Conservation of Natural Vegetation, in Tigray Regional State, Northern Ethiopia

scientific article published on 18 February 2022

Soil seed bank study of Hirmi woodland vegetation: Implications for restoration and conservation of natural vegetation, in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

scientific article published on 05 April 2022

Spatial characterization and distribution modelling of Ensete ventricosum (Wild and Cultivated) in Ethiopia

scholarly article by Meron Awoke Eshetae et al published April 2019 in Geocarto International

Speciation in the genera Anthericum and Chlorophytum (Asparagaceae) in Ethiopia—a molecular phylogenetic approach

scientific article (publication date: 27 February 2017)

Stachys nemorivaga: A Neglected Stachys (Labiatae) from Africa

scientific article published in 1994

Survey and documentation of the potential and actual invasive alien plant species and other biological threats to biodiversity in Awash National Park, Ethiopia

scientific article published in 2011

Svensonia Moldenke Congeneric with Chascanum E. Mey. (Verbenaceae)

scientific article

Terminalia (Combretaceae) in northern tropical Africa: Priority and typification of T. schimperiana and T. glaucescens ; typification of other synonyms of T. schimperiana and of T. avicennioides

scientific article published on 22 February 2020

The Acacia controversy resulting from minority rule at the Vienna Nomenclature Section: Much more than arcane arguments and complex technicalities

scientific article (publication date: June 2011)

The Genus Cladostigma (Convolvulaceae)

scientific article published in 1996

The Genus Hildebrandtia (Convolvulaceae) from Mainland Africa and Arabia

scientific article

The Genus Nephrophyllum (Convolvulaceae, Tribe Dichondreae) in Ethiopia

scholarly article by Sebsebe Demissew & Daniel F. Austin published 1995 in Kew Bulletin

The Genus Stachys (Labiatae) in Ethiopia and Somalia

scientific article

The Gerire Hills, SE Ethiopia: ecology and phytogeographical position of an additional local endemic, Anacampseros specksii (Anacampserotaceae)

scientific article

The Gerire Hills, a SE Ethiopian outpost of the transitional semi-evergreen bushland: vegetation, endemism and three new species, Croton elkerensis (Euphorbiaceae), Gnidia elkerensis (Thymelaeaceae), and Plectranthus spananthus (Lamiaceae)

scientific article published in 2018

The IPBES Conceptual Framework - connecting nature and people

research work

The Identity of Chascanum arabicum (Verbenaceae) and Description of Two New Taxa of the Genus

scientific article published in 1990

The Identity of Scolopia platyphylla Chiov.

scientific article published in 1986

The Identity of the Massawa Aloe

scientific article

The Orchid Flora of Benishangul-Gumuz (Western Ethiopia): An Ecological and Phenological Study ⬇️

scholarly article by Christof Herrmann et al published 2007 in Selbyana

The Status of Protasparagus and Myrsiphyllum in the Asparagaceae

scientific article

The Type of Ipomoea sofomarensis Sebsebe (Convolvulaceae)

scientific article published in 1999

The Western Woodlands of Ethiopia – A study of the woody vegetation and flora between the Ethiopian Highlands and the lowlands of the Nile Valley in the Sudan and South Sudan.

The diversity and distribution of lianas in the Afromontane rain forests of Ethiopia

scholarly article by Feyera Senbeta et al published 26 July 2005 in Diversity and Distributions

The genusPlumbago(Plumbaginaceae) in Ethiopia and Eritrea

scholarly article by Ib Friis et al published January 2012 in Webbia

The genusSedderaHochst. (Convolvulaceae) in Madagascar ⬇️

The landscape of microsatellites in the enset (Ensete ventricosum) genome and web-based marker resource development

scientific article published on 17 September 2020

The significance of one versus two styles: the return of Seddera section Socotroseddera to Convolvulus

scientific article

The transitional semi-evergreen bushland in Ethiopia: characterization and mapping of its distribution using predictive modelling

scholarly article by Paulo van Breugel et al published 4 January 2016 in Applied Vegetation Science

Trends in plant ecology research in Ethiopia (1969-2019): Systematic analysis

preprint

Trends in plant ecology research in Ethiopia (1969-2019): Systematic analysis

scientific article published on 18 July 2022

Two New Endostemon (Labiatae) in Somalia and Ethiopia

scientific article published in 1989

Two distinctive new species of Commicarpus (Nyctaginaceae) from gypsum outcrops in eastern Ethiopia

scholarly article by Ib Friis et al published 8 July 2016 in Kew Bulletin

Two new species of Chascanum (Verbenaceae) from NE Africa

scientific article

Unique Fruits and Generic Status of Stictocardia (Convolvulaceae)

scientific article published in 1997

Vanilla imperialis, a New Record of Orchidaceae from Ethiopia

scientific article published in 2006

World Flora Online: Placing taxonomists at the heart of a definitive and comprehensive global resource on the world's plants ⬇️

scientific article published in 2020

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