CURRICULUM VITAE
Name Estrela Figueiredo
Place and date of birth Coimbra (Portugal), 10 May 1963
Nationality Portuguese
Academic degrees, fields of study, awarding institutions, dates
PhD in Systematics and Biogeography [thesis Systematic and biogeographic studies in
Brachystephanus (Acanthaceae) and Lasiodiscus (Rhamnaceae)], University of Reading, UK, 1995.
MSc in Pure and Applied Plant and Fungal Taxonomy, [thesis Taxonomic revision of the genus
Diplotaxis in the Cape Verde Islands], University of Reading, 1991.
Degree Licenciatura in Biology, [dissertation Studies in anomalous meiosis of hexaploid Triticale],
University of Coimbra, Portugal, 1985.
Present position, institution, starting date
Investigadora Auxiliar, Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (IICT), Lisbon, 1997.
Previous positions, institutions, dates
Assistente de Investigação, IICT, 1991 to 1996.
Estagiária de Investigação, IICT, 1989 to 1991.
Main scientific area of research
Plant systematics
Other scientific areas of interest
Palynology, Biogeography
Projects funded
LisTypes – Digitising African Types at Lisbon Herbaria (LISC and LISU). 2004-2007. Funded by
Andrew Mellon Foundation (African Plants Initiative).
Origin of the Flora of São Tomé: a systematic and molecular approach. 2001-2006. Funded by
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT).
Diversity and Biogeography of the genus Calvoa (Melastomataceae), 1998-2001. Funded by FCT.
Plant Diversity in Angola: A Database of the family Leguminosae, 1999-2001. Funded by FCT.
Selected Publications
Figueiredo E. 1994. Diversity and endemism of Angiosperms in the Gulf of Guinea Islands.
Biodiversity and Conservation 3: 785 - 793.
Figueiredo E. 1995. A revision of Lasiodiscus (Rhamnaceae). Kew Bulletin 50(3): 495 - 526.
Robbrecht E., Huysmans S. & Figueiredo E. 1996). The generic status of Oxyanthus gossweileri
(Rubiaceae) from Angola. South African Journal of Botany 62(1): 17 - 22.
Figueiredo E. 1996. Generic delimitation of Lasiodiscus (Rhamnaceae). In: van der Maesen, L. J. G.
et al. (eds.) The Biodiversity of African Plants - Proceedings of XIV AETFAT Congress, pp 472 476. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Figueiredo E & Jury S. 1996. Notes on Brachystephanus (Acanthaceae). Kew Bulletin 51 (4): 753 763.
Figueiredo E. & Keith-Lucas M. 1996. Pollen morphology of Brachystephanus (AcanthaceaeJusticieae). Grana 35: 65 - 73.
Champluvier D. & Figueiredo E. 1996. A new combination and a new name in Oreacanthus
(Acanthaceae). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 65: 413 - 417.
Figueiredo E. 1997. A revision of Aulacocalyx (Rubiaceae-Gardenieae). Kew Bulletin 52(3): 637658.
Figueiredo E. 1998. Pteridophytes of São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea). Bulletin of the
Natural History Museum 28(1): 41-66.
Figueiredo E. & Gascoigne A. 2001. Conservation of pteridophytes in São Tomé e Príncipe (Gulf of
Guinea). Biodiversity and Conservation 10: 45-68.
Figueiredo E. 2001. A revision of Calvoa Hook. f. (Melastomataceae). Botanical Journal of the
Linnean Society 136(2): 179-205.
Castro S., Silveira P., Coutinho A.P. & Figueiredo E. 2005. Systematic Studies in Tylosema
(Leguminosae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 147: 99-115.
Alves R., Figueiredo E. & Davis, A.P. 2005. Taxonomy and conservation of the genus Psychotria in
S.Tomé e Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 147: 469-481.
Figueiredo E. 2005. The Rubiaceae of São Tomé e Príncipe: taxonomy and conservation. Botanical
Journal of the Linnean Society 149: 85-114.