Growing the Grass Classification
Growing the Grass Classification: Systematics, Ecology and Evolution – Celebration of Derek Clayton’s 90th Birthday
| Date: | - |
|---|---|
| Venue: | The Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BF, United Kingdom |
| Organiser: |
events@linnean.org +44 (0)20 7434 4479 EXT 11 |
SPECIALIST GROUP MEETING
Monday 18–Tuesday 19 July 2016
In association with RBG Kew.
Human civilization depends on grasses, plants of the botanical family Poaceae. This meeting will bring together an international community of researchers and review the development of grass classifications and taxonomic databases, and their contributions to the study of evolution, anatomy, C4 photosynthesis, forage grass nutrition, and the global savanna biome.
The registration deadline has been extended until Tuesday 12th July. Registration for this event is essential via Eventbrite.
Monday 18th July
History, Classification and Flora Writing
Chair: David Simpson
09:00–09:10 Richard Deverell | RBG Kew, UK | Welcome
09:10–09:20 Gren Lucas | RBG Kew, UK | Derek Clayton and his work at the Kew Herbarium
09:20–09:50 Steve Renvoize | RBG Kew, UK | Kew Grass Section and work on Genera Graminum
09:50–10:20 Tom Cope | RBG Kew, UK | Revising Genera Graminum
10:20–10:50 Derek Clayton | RBG Kew, UK | Origins and scope of Grassbase
10:50–11:20 Coffee break
11:20–11:50 Rob Soreng | Smithsonian Institution | The state of Poaceae classifications & databases in 2016
11:50–12:20 Terry Macfarlane | Western Australian Herbarium | Australian grass taxonomic databases
12:20–13:30 Lunch
Phylogenetics and Classification
Chair: Sylvia Phillips
13:30–14:00 Jerrold Davis | Cornell University, USA | Getting to the grasses; phylogenetics and the origin of the family
14:00–14:30 De-Zhu Li | Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | Classification and phylogenomics of the Old World bamboos
14:30–15:00 Paul Peterson | Smithsonian Institution, USA | A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Cynodonteae (Poaceae: Chloridoideae)
15:00–15:30 Elizabeth Kellogg | Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA | Phylogeny of Andropogoneae and the role of the spikelet pair
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
16:00–16:30 Nigel Barker | University of Pretoria, South Africa | The heart of (graminoid) darkness
16:30–17:00 Marina Olonova | Tomsk State University, Russia | The study of grasses in Siberia, emphasizing Poa sect. Stenopoa
17:00–17:30 Wenli Chen | Institute of Botany, Beijing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | A taxonomic revision of the Miscanthus nudipes complex (Poaceae) with consideration on how to raise the rationality of species delimitation
17:30–18:00 Peter Linder | University of Zurich, Switzerland | The evolution of Danthonioideae: dispersal, polyploidy, climate change and adaptive radiation
Tuesday 19th July
Biogeography, Ecology and Photosynthesis
Chair: Elizabeth Kellogg
09:00–09:30 Caroline Strömberg | University of Washington, USA | The evolution of grasses and the grassland biome: a paleobotanical perspective
09:30–10:00 Caroline Lehmann | University of Edinburgh, UK | Linking the ecology and evolution of the savanna biome
10:00–10:30 Paula Rudall | RBG Kew, UK | Ancestral features of the grass epidermis
10:30–11:00 Lynn Clark | Iowa State University, USA | Functional traits and evolution of the forest grasses
11:00–11:30 Coffee break
11:30–12:00 Colin Osborne | University of Sheffield, UK | C4 photosynthesis in grasses: from physiological innovation to ecological dominance
12:00–12:30 Christin Pascal-Antoine | University of Sheffield, UK | Comparative genomics reveal photosynthetic transitions unpredictable from the species tree
12:30–13:00 Guillaume Besnard | CNRS-Toulouse, France | Phylogenomics of rare and extinct tropical C3 grasses
13:00–14:00 Lunch
Early Career Talks
Chair: Rob Soreng
14:00–14:15 Marjorie Lundgren | University of Sheffield, UK | Remarkable intraspecific anatomical and physiological diversity in the grass Alloteropsis semialata
14:15–14:30 Luke Dunning | University of Sheffield, UK | Biogeography of a dominant grassland species, Themeda triandra
14:30–14:45 Polina Gudkova | Tomsk State University, Russia | Taxonomic problems in feather grasses Stipa, Poaceae
14:45–15:00 Nanjarisoa Olinirina Prisca | University of Antananarivo, Madagascar | Poaceae Checklist of the Itremo Massif records endemic grasses in the Madagascar High Plateau
15:00–15:15 Jan Hackel | Université Paul Sabatier, France | Grass diversification in Madagascar
15:15–15:30 Mark Lee | RBG Kew, UK | Links between forage grass nutritive value, livestock productivity and greenhouse gas emissions
15:30–16:00 Coffee break
Conclusion
Conclusion
16:00–16:30 Abigail Barker | RBG Kew, UK | RBG Kew and the Plants of the World Online Portal
16:30–17:30 Maria Vorontsova (Facilitator) | RBG Kew, UK | Discussion