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Dr. Mary Namaganda, PhD

mary.namaganda@mak.ac.ug
Department of Plant Science, Microbiology and Biotechnology

Dr. Mary Namaganda, PhD

Principal Assistant Curator, Department of Plant Science, Microbiology and Biotechnology

Teaching and research interests: As a botanist, my interests are in plant taxonomy and systematics, floristics and herbarium curation. I have many years of experience in herbarium curation and field botany. Over the years, I have taught the following courses: Systematics approach to plant evolution (MSc), Classification and data management (MSc), Botany field studies (MSc), Advanced phytobiogeography (MSc), Advanced plant taxonomy (BSc), Practical plant taxonomy (BSc), Herbarium techniques and botanic gardens management (BSc), Form, structure and classification of plants (BSc).

Biography

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Education

  • Ph.D.

Past and present projects

  1. Plant diversity: floristic surveys in Uganda
  2. Taxonomy of the spiny solanums in Uganda
  3. Taxonomy and phylogeny of Chlorophytum in Uganda
  4. Taxonomy and biogeography of the genus Festuca
  5. Diversity, ecology and the economic importance of grasses in Uganda
  6. Phytosociology of selected weed communities in Kampala

Publications

  1. Kauma, C.M., Anywar, G., Serunjogi, D., Katuura, E., Namaganda, M. 2024. Dataset on the geographical distribution of species of the genus Solanum, subgenus Leptostemonum in Uganda. Data in Brief, 53: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110159
  2. Romani, T., Mundry, R., Shaban, G. M., Konarzewski, M., Namaganda, M., Hobaiter, C., Gruber, T., & Hicks, T. C. 2023. Decay rates of arboreal and terrestrial nests of Eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in the Bugoma Central Forest Reserve, Uganda: Implications for population size estimates. American Journal of Primatology, 85:9, e23536. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23536
  3. Barahukwa, A., Chapman, C.A., Namaganda, M., Eilu, G., Omeja, P.A., Lawes, M.J. 2023. The effects of the invasive species, Lantana camara, on regeneration of an African rainforest. African Journal of Ecology, 61:2, 451-460. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13133
  4. Akwongo, B., Katuura, E., Nsubuga, A.M., Tugume, P., Andama, M., Anywar, G., Namaganda, M., Asimwe, S. and Kakudidi, E.K. 2022. Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants utilized in the management of candidiasis in Northern Uganda. Tropical Medicine and Health. 50:78 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00471-y
  5. Mairal, M., Namaganda, M., Gizaw, A., Chala, D., Brochmann, C. & Catalán, P. 2021. Multiple mountain-hopping colonization of sky-islands on the two sides of Tropical Africa during the Pleistocene: The afroalpine Festuca grasses. Journal of Biogeography. 00:1–17. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14117
  6. Ojelel, S., Mucunguzi, P., Kalema, J., Kakudidi, E.K., Namaganda, M. & Katuura, E. 2020. Nutritional value of selected wild edible plants in Teso-Karamoja region, Uganda. Africa Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 20(4):16112-16126. https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.92.18940
  7. Ojelel, S. Mucunguzi, P., Katuura, E., Kakudidi, E.K., Namaganda, M. & Kalema, J. 2019. Wild edible plants used by communities in and around selected forest reserves of Teso-Karamoja region, Uganda. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 15:3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0278-8
  8. Minaya, M., Hackel, J., Namaganda, M., Brochmann, C., Vorontsova, M.S., Besnard, G, & Catalan, P. 2017. Contrasting dispersal histories of broad- and fine-leaved temperate Loliinae grasses: range expansion, founder events, and the roles of distance and barriers”. Journal of Biogeography 44: 1980–1993. DOI:1111/jbi.13012
  9. Dunning, L. T., Lundgren, M. R., Moreno-Villena, J. J., Namaganda, M., Edwards, E. J., Nosil, P., Osborne, C. P., & Christin, P. A. 2017. Introgression and repeated co-option facilitated the recurrent emergence of C4 photosynthesis among close relatives. Evolution 71-6: 1541–1555
  10. Kalema, J., Namaganda, M., Bossa, G. & Ogwal-Okeng, J. 2016. Diversity and status of carnivorous plants in Uganda: towards identification of sites most critical for their conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation DOI 10.1007/s10531-016-1177-8
  11. Kalema, J., Kiwuka, C., Namaganda, M. & Mulumba, J. 2016. Distribution, habitat and conservation of range-restricted species of Eleusine and Pennisetum (Poaceae) in Uganda. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 38: 93-100.
  12. Lundgren, M.R., Besnard, G., Ripley, B. S., Lehmann, C. E. R., Chatelet, D. S., Kynast, R. G., Namaganda, M., Vorontsova, M. S., Hall, R. C., Elia, J., Osborne, C. P. & Christin, P. A. 2015. Photosynthetic innovation broadens the niche within a single species. Ecology Letters 18 (10): 1021-1029
  13. Ogwal-Okeng, J., Namaganda, M., Bbosa, G. S. & Kalema, J. 2013. Using carnivorous plants to control malaria-transmitting mosquitoes. MalariaWorld Journal 4, No. 8 (GCE special issue)
  14. Kindt, R., Lillesø, J-P.B., Breugel, P., Bingham, M., Demissew, S., Dudley, C., Friis, I., Gachathi, F., Kalema, J., Mbago, F., Moshi, H.N., Mulumba, J.W., Namaganda, M., Ndangalasi, H.J., Ruffo, C.K., Minani, V., Jamnadass, R.H. & Graudal, L. 2013. Correspondence in forest species composition between the Vegetation Map of Africa and higher resolution maps for seven African countries. Applied Vegetation Science Volume 17, Issue 1.
  15. Kiwuka, C., Bukenya-Ziraba, R., Namaganda, M. & Wasswa Mulumba, J. 2012. Assessment of common bean cultivar diversity in selected communities of central Uganda. African Crop Science Journal 20 (4): 239-249.
  16. Ogwal-Okeng, J., Kalema, J., Namaganda, M., Lubega, A., Zziwa, M. & Bbosa, G. S. 2011. Larvicidal activity of aquatic carnivorous plants on Anopheles mosquito larval stages. Research Journal of Biological Sciences 6 (9): 436-439.
  17. Namaganda, M., Krekling, T. & Lye, K. A. 2009. Leaf anatomical characteristics of Ugandan species of Festuca (Poaceae). South African Journal of Botany 75: 52-59.
  18. Namaganda, M. & Lye, K. A. 2008. A taxonomic comparison between tropical African and related European broad-leaved species of Festuca (Poaceae). South African Journal of Botany 74(2): 295-305.
  19. Namaganda, M., Lye, K. A. & Heun, M. 2007. The species distinction of the narrow-leaved Festuca from East Africa based on AFLP fingerprinting and morphology. Nordic Journal of Botany 25: 85-95.
  20. Namaganda, M. 2007. Molecular cytogenetics as a tool for genome analysis and molecular taxonomy. Lidia 7(1): 1-20.
  21. Namaganda, M., Lye, K.A., Friebe, B. & Heun, M. 2006. AFLP-based differentiation of tropical African Festuca species compared to the European Festuca Theoretical and Applied Genetics 113: 1529-1538.
  22. Gjaerum, H. B., Namaganda, M. & Lye, K. A. New rust fungi (Uredinales) from Mt. Elgon, Uganda. Mycotaxon 92: 251-254.
  23. Lye, K. A., Namaganda, M. & Gjaerum, H. B. 2005. The rust fungi of Mt. Elgon, Uganda. Lidia 6: 129-148.
  24. Namaganda, M., Phillips, S. & Lye, K. A. 2004. The distribution of grasses in Uganda. African Journal of Ecology 42 (Suppl. 1), 48-50.
  25. Gjaerum, H. B., Namaganda, M. & Lye, K. A. 2003. Additions to the rust flora of Uganda. Lidia 6: 33-61.
  26. Gjaerum, H. B., Namaganda, M. & Lye, K. A. 2003. Seven new rust species (Uredinales). Lidia 6: 13-19.
  27. Namaganda, M. 2003. Panicum pole-evansii E. Hubbard new to Uganda (Poaceae). Lidia 6: 6-8.
  28. Namaganda, M. & Kalema, J. 2003. Chasmopodium caudatum (Poaceae). A new genus and species for East Africa. Lidia 6: 1-5.
  29. Mosango, M., Maganyi, O. & Namaganda, M. 2001. Talinetum paniculati, a new synanthropic association of Tropical Africa. Polish Botanical Journal 46: 99-107.
  30. Lye, K. A., Namaganda, M., Gjaerum, H. B. 2000. Ugandan rust Fungi, 1 – 11. Lidia 5: 9-96.
  31. Lye, K. A., Namaganda, M., & Phillips, S. 2000. The collections of the red listed Ugandan Grasses. Lidia 4: 153-184.

 

Published reports

  1. Namaganda, M. 2018. Environmental impacts of oil palm plantations in Kalangala. In: Ssemmanda R. and Opige M.O. (eds.). Oil palm plantations in forest landscapes: impacts, aspirations and ways forward in Uganda. Wageningen, the Netherlands: Tropenbos International. p 22-26.
  2. Kalema, J., Namaganda, M., Ssegawa, P., Kabuye, C., Maganyi, O. & Mucuguzi, P. 2010. Status of higher plants in Uganda. In: J.B. Kaddu & H. Busuulwa (Eds.) Baseline report on state of biodiversity in the Nile Uganda A production of the Wetlands and Biodiversity Conservation Component of the Nile Transboundary Environmental Action Project. Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat.
  3. Namaganda, M. 2005. Carnivorous plants of the Nabugabo region. In: A compilation of scientific information on Nabugabo Ramsar Site, Uganda. Proceedings of the scientific conference held at Nabugabo in January 2001. (eds) Busulwa, H., Mafabi, P. G. & Ndawula, L. M. Wetlands Inspection Division, Kampala. (ISBN: 9970-067-00-1) p 103-108.
  4. Lye, K. A. & Namaganda, M. 2005. Rare wetland plants of the Lake Nabugabo area. In: A compilation of scientific information on Nabugabo Ramsar Site, Uganda. Proceedings of the scientific conference held at Nabugabo in January 2001. (eds) Busulwa, H., Mafabi, P. G. & Ndawula, L. M. Wetlands Inspection Division, Kampala. (ISBN: 9970-067-00-1) p 109-118.

 

Books

  1. Phillips, S., Namaganda, M. & Lye, K. A. 2003. 115 Ugandan Grasses: Makerere Herbarium Handbook no. 1. Department of Botany, Makerere Univeristy, Kampala – Uganda. ISSN 1727-5768, ISBN 9970-843-00-1.