People
Hoffmann, Petra
| Job Title | Malpighiales Team Leader |
|---|---|
| Department | Herbarium |
| Section | Dicot Systematics |
| Science Teams |
Wet Tropics: SE Asia Malpighiales Madagascar |
| Joined Kew | 1998 |
| Foreign Language(s) | German (mother tongue), French, Dutch. |
Qualifications & Appointments
Dipl.-Biol. (MSc equivalent), Humboldt Univ., Berlin, 1991
Dr. rer. nat. (PhD equivalent), Humboldt Univ., Berlin, 1995.
Editorial Board, Kew Bulletin
Madagascar Plant Specialist Group, IUCN-SSC
Committee for Sustainability (ISO 14001), RBG Kew.
Role
Systematics of Euphorbiaceae sensu lato, particularly Phyllanthaceae.
Phylogenetic studies, classification, taxonomic revisions and description of new taxa of Euphorbiaceae sensu lato, with special focus on Phyllanthaceae. Work at species, genus and family level. Floristic work in drylands and wet tropics of Madagascar, Malesia and China. Recent collaborative fieldwork in Madagascar, the Comoro Islands and Sri Lanka to fill gaps in Herbarium collections and DNA sampling. Close collaboration with molecular systematists at RBG Kew and abroad. Supervision of PhD and MSc students in UK and abroad, working on aspects of Phyllanthaceae systematics. Interest in electronic identification systems. Team leader of Malpighiales Science Team and Herbarium Malpighiales Section. Deputy team leader of RBG Kew's Madagascar Programme including projects in capacity-building.
Projects
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)
Evolution of Tribe Poranthereae (Phyllanthaceae)
Interactive Key to the Genera of Malpighiales
Molecular Phylogenetics of Euphorbiaceae sensu lato
Molecular Phylogenetics of Tribe Phyllantheae (Phyllanthaceae)
Phylogenetics and Conservation of Madagascan Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae)
Polyhydroxyalkaloids in Euphorbiaceae sensu stricto
Systematics and Biogeography of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) of Madagascar
World Checklist of Malpighiales
World Classification and Phylogeny of Salicaceae sensu stricto
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Hoffmann*, P., Kirkup*, D., Galster*, A., Challen*, G.L. & Radcliffe-Smith*, A. (2005). Interactive key to the genera of Euphorbiaceae sensu lato. Release version 1.0. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Kew. Available at: http://www.kew.org/herbarium/keys/euphorbs/
Wurdack, K.J., Hoffmann, P. & Chase, M.W. (2005). Molecular phylogenetic analysis of uniovulate Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbiaceae sensu stricto) using plastid rbcL and trnL-F DNA sequences. American Journal of Botany 92: 1397-1420.
Hoffman, P. (2005). Taxonomic revision of Antidesma (Phyllanthaceae) in Malesia and Thailand. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 292 pp.
Kathriarachchi, H., Hoffmann, P., Samuel, R., Wurdack, K.J. & Chase, M.W. (2005). Molecular phylogenetics of Phyllanthaceae inferred from 5 genes (plastid atpB, matK, 3’ ndhF, rbcL) and nuclear PHYC. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36: 112–134.
Hoffmann, P. & McPherson, G. (2003). Euphorbiaceae. In Goodman, S.M. & Benstead, J.P. (eds) Natural History of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 379–383.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Hoffmann, P. (1994). A contribution to the systematics of Andrachne sect. Phyllanthopsis and sect. Pseudophyllanthus compared with Savia s.l. (Euphorbiaceae) with special reference to floral morphology. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 116: 321–331.
Hoffmann, P. & McPherson, G. (1998). Revision of the genus Blotia (Euphorbiaceae–Phyllanthoideae) Adansonia, sér. 3 20: 247–261.
Hoffmann, P. (1999). New taxa and New Combinations in Asian Antidesma (Euphorbiaceae). Kew Bulletin 54: 347–362.
Hoffmann, P. (1999). The genus Antidesma (Euphorbiaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Kew Bulletin 54: 877–885.
Hoffman, P. (2000). Revision of Andrachne sect. Pseudophyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae), with the description of two new species from Madagascar. Adansonia, sér. 3 22: 123–133.