EUNOPS 2005 - Linnean Society of London & the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK

• Programme
• Participants
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April 6 - 8

P R O G R A M M E

DAY 1: April 6 – Venue: The Linnean Society

9.15 Registration

9.45 Welcome

Session 1:Structural Biology & Biomechanics – Chair: Bill Baker

10.00 P. Barry Tomlinson – The Uniqueness of Palms

10.30 Paula Rudall – Evolution of the palm flower

11.00 - 11.30 BREAK

11.30 Hélène Adam, Stefan Jouannic, Fabienne Morcillo, Jean-Luc Verdeil, Yves Duval & James W. Tregear – Determination of flower structure in Elaeis guineensis: Do palms use the same homeotic genes as other species?

12.00 Sophie Nadot, Julie Sannier, Beatrice Albert, Arlette Forchioni & Madeline M. Harley– Post-meiotic development of pollen in palms

12.30 Sandrine Isnard – Biomechanics and development of rattans: What is special about Plectocomia himalayana?

13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH

Session 2: Phylogeny & Evolution – Chair: Henrik Balslev

14.00 Madeline M. Harley – A summary and review of fossil records for Arecaceae

14.30 Aaron D. Pan, Bonnie F. Jacobs, John Dransfield & William J. Baker – The fossil history of palms in Africa and new records from the late Oligocene (~27-28Ma) of Chilga Woreda, northwestern Ethiopia

15.00 Conny B. Asmussen, John Dransfield, and William J. Baker – Plastid DNA phylogeny and the classification of palms

15.30 – 16.00 BREAK

16.00 William J. Baker, Conny B. Asmussen, Mark W. Chase, John Dransfield, Felix Forest, Madeline M. Harley, Natalie W. Uhl & Vincent Savolainen – Supertrees, supermatrices and a dated phylogeny of all palm genera

16.30 Carl E. Lewis, Julissa Roncal, Javier Francisco-Ortega & Scott Zona – Phylogeny and evolution of West Indian palms

17.00 Hugh C. Harries – Cocos from coast to coast: change without speciation

17.30 – 20.00 RECEPTION & POSTER SESSION

DAY 2: April 7 – Venue: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Workshops – Venue: Museum No. 1

10.00

• 1. Structural Biology Convenor:
  Jack Fisher
• 2. Ecology Convenor:
  Henrik Balslev

11.00 – 11.30 BREAK

11.30

• 3. Phylogeny &
  Evolution Convenor: Conny Asmussen
• 4. Conservation &
  Sustainable Use Convenor: Terry Sunderland

12.30 – 14.00 LUNCH

Tours & Free Time

14.00 – 16.00 Tour of palm collections

17.00 – 18.00 Garden tour by Kew Explorer

18.00 RECEPTION IN PALM HOUSE

19.15 CONFERENCE DINNER (pre-booking essential)

DAY 3: April 8 – Venue: The Linnean Society

Session 1: New Frontiers in Palm Systematics – Chair: Madeline Harley

9.30 John Dransfield, Natalie W. Uhl, Conny B. Asmussen, William J. Baker, Madeline M. Harley & Carl E. Lewis– Outline of a new phylogenetic classification of the palm family, Arecaceae

10.00 Finn Borchsenius, Henrik Balslev & Anders Barfod – Palm taxonomy on the web - palm-base and beyond.

10.30 Andrew Henderson – Traditional morphometrics in plant systematics and their role in palm systematics

11.00 – 11.30 BREAK

Session 2: Ecology & Diversity – Chair: Scott Zona

11.30 Stine Bjorholm, Jens-Christian Svenning, William J. Baker, Fleming Skov & Henrik Balslev – The boreotropical legacy in the geographic diversity patterns of New World palm (Arecaceae) clades

12.00 Rommel Montufar & Jean-Christophe Pintaud – Diversity and ecology of Western Amazonian palms

12.30 Marie-Charlotte Anstett – How palms attract pollinators: the role of perfumes

13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH

14.00 Mauro Galetti, Camila Donati & Alexandra S. Pires – Effects of forest fragmentation and defaunation on seed predation and dispersal of an endemic palm in the Atlantic Forest

Session 3: Conservation & Sustainable Use – Chair: Marie-Charlott Anstett

14.30 Edwino S. Fernando – Palm hotspots and priority biodiversity conservation areas in the Philippines

15.00 Leng Guan Saw – Palm conservation in Malaysia

15.30 – 16.00 BREAK

16.00 Rodrigo Bernal & Gloria Galeano – Patterns of endangerment of Colombian Palms
16.30 Terry C.H. Sunderland, Michael P.B. Balinga & Phosiso Sola< – Utilisation, management and conservation of African palms

17.00 CONFERENCE CLOSE

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