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Gabriel Ameka

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCH OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY
PhycologyAquatic macrophytesPlant ecology and conservationDNA barcoding of land plantsand algae
Publications

59

Citations

1,534

H-index

17

i10-index

25

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
26.0
Most cited paper
528
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:23
Publications

59 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms
AR Zuntini, T Carruthers, O Maurin, PC Bailey, K Leempoel, GE Brewer, ...
2024 Nature 629 (8013), 843-850, 2024 Natural Sciences 528
The floating Sargassum (Phaeophyceae) of the South Atlantic Ocean – likely scenarios
MN Sissini, MBB de Barros Barreto, MTM Széchy, MB De Lucena, ...
2017 Phycologia 56 (3), 321-328, 2017 Natural Sciences 177
State of the World's Plants and Fungi 2026
A Antonelli, C Fry, RJ Smith, J Eden, PJ Kersey, I Larridon, AJ Paton, ...
2026 The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2026 Natural Sciences 101
A review of biopolymer (Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate) synthesis in microbes cultivated on wastewater
AA Amadu, S Qiu, S Ge, GND Addico, GK Ameka, Z Yu, W Xia, AW Abbew, ...
2021 Science of the total environment 756, 143729, 2021 Natural Sciences 88
DNA barcoding of African Podostemaceae (river‐weeds): A test of proposed barcode regions
LJ Kelly, GK Ameka, MW Chase
2010 Taxon 59 (1), 251-260, 2010 Natural Sciences 59
Comparative Morphology and Molecular Systematics of African Podostemaceae‐Podostemoideae, with Emphasis on Dicraeanthus and Ledermanniella from …
P Moline, M Thiv, GK Ameka, JP Ghogue, E Pfeifer, R Rutishauser
2007 International Journal of Plant Sciences 168 (2), 159-180, 2007 Natural Sciences 54
Addressing the Vepris verdoorniana complex (Rutaceae) in West Africa, with two new species
M Cheek, JM Onana, S Yasuda, P Lawrence, G Ameka, G Buinovskaja
2019 Kew Bulletin 74 (4), 53, 2019 Natural Sciences 39
Developmental morphology of Saxicolella amicorum and S. submersa (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae) from Ghana
KG Ameka, E Pfeifer, R Rutishauser
2002 Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 139 (3), 255-273, 2002 Natural Sciences 36
The marine macroalgae of the tropical West Africa sub-region.
DM John, GW Lawson, GK Ameka
2003 Natural Sciences 35
An African perspective to biodiversity conservation in the twenty-first century
BS Bezeng, G Ameka, CMV Angui, L Atuah, F Azihou, ...
2025 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 380 …, 2025 Natural Sciences 33
Developmental morphology of Ledermanniella bowlingii (Podostemaceae) from Ghana
GK Ameka, GC Clerk, E Pfeifer, R Rutishauser
2003 Plant Systematics and Evolution 237 (3), 165-183, 2003 Natural Sciences 31
Pollard, BJ, Darbyshire, I., Onana, J.-M. & Wild, C.(2004)
M Cheek, S Cable, L Csiba, M Etuge
1900 The Plants of Kupe, Mwanenguba and the Bakossi Mts, Cameroon. A Conservation …, 0 Natural Sciences 28
Forest river plants and water quality in Ghana
MD Swaine, J Adomako, G Ameka, KAA de Graft-Johnston, M Cheek
2006 Aquatic Botany 85 (4), 299-308, 2006 Natural Sciences 27
Ledermanniella pollardiana sp. nov. (Podostemaceae) from western Cameroon
M Cheek, G Ameka
2008 Nordic Journal of Botany 26 (3‐4), 214-217, 2008 Natural Sciences 26
The new age of the Nagoya Protocol
DE Schindel
2015 Nature Conservation, 2015 Natural Sciences 25
The biology, taxonomy and ecology of the Podostemaceae in Ghana
GK Ameka
2000 Unpublished PhD Thesis. Department of Botany, University of Ghana, Legon, 2000 Natural Sciences 19
Industrial applications of cyanobacteria
AA Amadu, KAA deGraft-Johnson, GK Ameka
2021 Cyanobacteria-Recent Advances in Taxonomy and Applications, 25, 2021 Natural Sciences 18
Enigmatic morphology of Djinga felicis (Podostemaceae–Podostemoideae), a badly known endemic from northwestern Cameroon
JP GHOGUE, GK AMEKA, V Grob, KA HUBER, E Pfeifer, R Rutishauser
2009 Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (1), 64-81, 2009 Natural Sciences 17
Macropodiella cussetiana (Podostemaceae) a new species from Côte d’Ivoire
M Cheek, G Ameka
2016 Kew Bulletin 71 (2), 21, 2016 Natural Sciences 15
7. Occurrence of macro-algae in the by-catch of Beach Seine Fisheries at Sakumono, Ghana
FKE Nunoo, GK Ameka
2005 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 8 (1), 65-71, 2005 Agriculture 14
Rheophytes of Ghana
G Ameka, J Adomako, KAA De Graft-Johnson, M Cheek, M Swaine
1996 The Biodiversity of African Plants: Proceedings XIVth AETFAT Congress 22–27 …, 1996 Natural Sciences 13
Life after herbarium digitisation: Physical and digital collections, curation and use
AJ Paton, GK Ameka, A Antonelli, A Asase, RL Barrett, A Bogaerts, ...
2026 Plants, People, Planet 8 (4), 1029-1041, 2026 Natural Sciences 12
Systems thinking creates opportunities for a circular economy and sustainable palm agriculture in Africa
V Savolainen, VA Clottey, BTS Doubi, JL Konan, M Quain, BS Bezeng, ...
2020 Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 1, 31-34, 2020 Agriculture 12
Contribution of modified taungya system to forest cover and livelihoods of forest-fringe communities. A case study of worobong south forest reserve in Ghana
E Asare-Kissiedu, GK Ameka, TY Annang
2014 Natural Sciences 12
Major plants foraged by bees for honey production in Ghana: mapping of bee floral sources for the development of the apicultural industry
E Letsyo, G Ameka
2019 Grana 58 (6), 472-482, 2019 Natural Sciences 11