H.C. Ørsted Institute, University of Copenhagen
11-15 August 2008 · Copenhagen, Denmark
The Fourth International Conference on Comparative Biology of the
Monocotyledons & the Fifth International Symposium on Grass
Systematics and Evolution is organized by a committee consisting of
members from The Natural History Museum of Denmark and the biological
departments of the Universities of Aarhus and Copenhagen, and will take
place from August 11 to 15, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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The Araceae were well featured at the Fourth International Conference: The Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons, held at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark between 11 and 15 August 2008.
Mónica Carlsen (Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis) and Simon Mayo (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) were the organizers for the Symposium "Recent advances in understanding evolution and systematics within the family Araceae" held on Monday 11th August. Tom Croat and the two organizers chaired the three sessions and the papers given were as follows:-
Marc Gibernau. Recent advances in Araceae pollination towards an evolutionary comprehension.
Natalie Cusimano & Susanne S. Renner. Under the weather at different times - Evolution of the Arum-Typhonium clade in SE Asia and the Mediterranean Area.
Ivanilza Andrade & Simon J. Mayo. Molecular and morphometric patterns in Araceae from fragmented Northeast Brazilian forests.
Niels Jacobsen, Conny Asmussen Lange, Jan Bastmeijer, Hendra Budianto, Takashige Idei, Isa Ipor, Ahmad Othman, Duangchai Sookchaloem, Suwidji Wongso, Marian Oergaard. Elements of the evolution in the genus
Cryptocoryne (Araceae).
Selena Smith. Ancient aroids: piecing together the evolutionary history of Araceae.
Livia Temponi, Renato de Mello-Silva, Simon Mayo, Richard Winkworth. Evolution and systematics of Anthurium section Urospadix and related groups (presented by Monica Carlsen).
Peter Boyce & Wong Sin Yeng. Reappraisal of character states in Schismatoglottideae and Homalomeneae: keyhole evolution in aggressive environments (presented by Simon Mayo).
A. Haigh, Simon Mayo, Thomas B. Croat. Towards a consensus taxonomy of Araceae on www.cate-araceae.org.
Josef Bogner. Morphological traits of Lemnoideae (duckweeds) support their placement as an early branch of Araceae – Cretaceous fossils to extant species illustrate extreme neoteny.
Livia Temponi, Marina B. Cattai, Renato de Mello-Silva. Leaf anatomy of Anthurium (Araceae): characters to phylogenetic studies (presented by Marina Cattai).
Poster presentations were made by:-
Monica Carlsen. Rapid diversification in the genus Anthurium.
Satoshi Kakishima, Tetsuo Ohi-Toma, Jin Murata. Hybridization between Arisaema angustatum and A. izuense (Araceae) in Japan.
Ivan Rudskiy. Domain structure in the root apex of Calla palustris.
In a separate symposium "Alismatales (+Acorales): Evolution, Morphology, and Phylogeny", organized by Michael Hesse (University of Vienna) and Marc Gibernau (CNRS- Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse), the following aroid papers were also given:-
R.A. Stockey & J.L. Gemmell. An Eocene aroid inflorescence from the Appian Way locality on Vancouver Island.
M. Hesse. The morphology of Alismatales pollen follows function, but also developmental constraints.
Congratulation!
In spite of not being present in the Congress, it is very good to know that the studies with the family are growing and embracing more and more areas of the science . Little by little, the family Araceae is becoming seen with other eyes. Even in your importance in floristics works.
Congratulations the all the researchers and collaborators that work with Araceae.
Tiago A. Pontes
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