Prof Maha Ahmed Kordofani
I am a Professor of Plant Taxonomy. Curator of Herbarium. My research focuses in Sudan plants and updating their identification and classification and adding newly identified plants, with special interest in medicinal plants ,their uses and distributions in Sudan (Ethnobotany).We use different modern Taxonomical tools i.e. chemical , molecular, cytological and palynological analysis for reclassification and identification of the recorded Sudanese species.
My research
My research interest Study of Sudanese Flora with special interest in medicinal plants, their identification, uses and distribution in Sudan.
I am involved in the Flora of the Sudanproject
I am amember of the following associations and organizations:
1.Sudanese Horticulture Association, Sudan.
2.Sudanese Environment Conservation Society,(SECS),Sudan.
3.British Pteridophytes Association,(BPA) UK.
4. Systematics Association, Uk.
5.Fellow Linnean Society of London,UK.
6. Society of Herbarium Curators,(SHC), USA.
List of my publications:
- Patterns of morphological variation in the Acacia species (Mimosaceae) of northern Sudan
- Geographical variation in the pollen of Acacia (Mimosaceae) in Sudan.
- Two new combinations in the South Sudanese flora
- The plants of Sudan and South Sudan: an annotated checklist. Book. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.ISBN: 9781842464731
- Africa's wooden elephant: the baobab tree (Adansonia digitata L.) in Sudan and Kenya: a review
- Variations in Fruit and seed Characteristics of Baobab (Adansonia digitata L) in Wild Stands in the Sudan.
- Ethnobotany of Wild Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.): A Way Forward for Species Domestication and Conservation in Sudan.
- Comparison of the Chemical Compositions of Two Different Non-polar Extracts of Heliotropium sudanicum Aerial Parts from Sudan.
- An Inventory of Flora in Um Dom Island (Khartoum State), Sudan.
- Checklist of the Flora of Tutti Island, Khartoum Province, Sudan.