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Taxonomic Research on Ecologically Important Plant Families in South East Asia

Vitex trifolia ssp. trifolia with visitor in the Bogor Botanic gardens. Photo: R. de Kok.

This project aims to address the need for identification tools and/or baseline taxonomic and conservation information of particular SE Asian plants. Many ecologically important plant groups in SE Asia are difficult to identify and baseline taxonomic and conservation information is often lacking. Conservationists and other field workers will need easy to use and reliable keys, species descriptions, and conservation assessments in order to do their work better.

Examples:-

Urticaceae:  The genus Boehmeria Jacq is being revised by Christine M. Thomas in collaboration with Ib Friis of the University of Copenhagen in order to provide baseline taxonomic and conservation information on this difficult taxonomic group. The project will end in 2008 and results will be published in international refereed journals.

Lamiaceae:  The tree genera of the Lamiaceae are being revised by Rogier de Kok and Gemma Bramley in collaboration with Rusea Go of the Universiti Putra Malaysia. The group consists of the economically important genus Tectona L. and the ecologically important genera Teijsmanniodendron Koord. and Callicarpa L. The first phase of the project will end in 2007 and results will be published in international refereed journals and in the Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak.

Maesa:  The genus Maesa (Myrsinaceae) is being revised by Tim Utteridge. The genus is an ecologically important plant group in SE Asia and is often misidentified. The project will end in 2007 and results will be published in international refereed journals.

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