Staff Profiles

BSc (Biology and Environmental Science), University of Botswana, Botswana

PGDE, University of Botswana, Botswana

MSc (Applied Plant and Fungal Taxonomy), University of Reading, England, United Kingdom

PhD (Plant taxonomy), University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

I have 29 years of teaching experience at the University of Botswana. My area of expertise is botany, specifically plant diversity, ecology, taxonomy and systematics. I have therefore taught varied courses and supervised students in the field of botany at both undergraduate and graduate levels.  I have more than 20 years’ experience in environmental, ecological and vegetation assessment.  My key experience includes environmental impact assessment of areas proposed for development; collection of baseline information on natural resources in areas demarcated for remote area dweller settlements; retrospective assessment of established activities/projects on biodiversity; and determination of conservation status of biodiversity. I am highly conversant with most international environmental conventions, particularly those on biodiversity such as CBD, CITES and RAMSAR. I have researched and published extensively on plants of Botswana. This has led to the production of three books on plants of Botswana. I also research and have published on endangered plants of Botswana. I am a member of SADC experts on Invasive Alien Species (IAS) and IUCN Southern African Plant Specialist Group. I also have done a Botswana Bureau of Standards course on Implementation of a Quality Management System according to BOS ISO 9001: 2008. I am currently the Chairman of the National Taxonomy Committee (NTC) whose main mandate is to implement the Programme of Work of the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI

Plant diversity; plant taxonomy; plant systematics; applied botany and plant ecology

Plant taxonomy; plant systematics; ethnobotany; floristic studies; plant ecological studies; plant reproductive biology

Enthnobotany; plant ecological studies; plant molecular systematics

1. SETSHOGO, M.P. (2005). A Preliminary Checklist of Botswana Plants (including bryophytes and pteridophytes). Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No.37. SABONET. Pretoria and Gaborone. ISBN 1 919976 18 3, p161.
2.  DITLHOGO, M. K., SETSHOGO, M. P. and MOSWEUNYANE, G. (2020). Comparative nutritive value of an invasive exotic plant species, Prosopis glandulosa Torr. var. glandulosa, and five indigenous plant species commonly browsed by small stock in the BORAVAST area, south-western Botswana. Botswana Journal of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Volume 14, Issue 1: 7–16
3. MUZILA, M. WERLEMARK, G., ORTIZ, R., SEHIC, J., FATIH, M., SETSHOGO, M.P., MPOLOKA, S.W. and NYBOM, H. (2014). Assessment of diversity in Harpagophytum with RAPD and ISSR markers provides evidence of introgression. Hereditas 151: 91-101