People
Pridgeon, Alec M.
| Job Title | Sainsbury Orchid Fellow |
|---|---|
| Department | Herbarium |
| Section | Monocot Systematics |
| Science Teams |
Monocots III: Orchids |
| Joined Kew | 1995 |
| Foreign Language(s) | Spanish, Latin, German |
Qualifications & Appointments
BA, Univ. Michigan, 1972
MS, Louisiana State Univ., 1977
PhD, Florida State Univ., 1981
Courtesy Curator, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Chair, Taxonomy and Nomenclature Committee, International Orchid Commission
Advisory Panel on Orchid Registration, Royal Horticultural Society
Editor, Lindleyana (1986-1991, 1996-2001).
Role
Systematics and evolution of Orchidaceae.
Coordination and co-editing of ‘Genera Orchidacearum’, with contributions in anatomy, palynology, cytogenetics, pollination, uses, cultivation, and/or phylogenetics in each volume. DNA sequencing in several orchid groups, including Cypripedioideae, Orchidoideae and Epidendroideae (subtribes Pleurothallidinae and Eulophiinae), for phylogenetic studies.
Projects
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Bateman, R. M., Hollingsworth, P. M., Preston, J., Luo, Y.-B, Pridgeon, A. M. & Chase, M. W. (2003). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of Orchidinae and selected Habenariinae (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 142: 1-40.
Pridgeon, A. M. & Chase, M. W. (2001). A phylogenetic reclassification of Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae). Lindleyana 16: 235-271.
Pridgeon, A. M., Solano, R. & Chase, M. W. (2001). Phylogenetic relationships in subtribe Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae): combined evidence from nuclear and plastid DNA sequences. American Journal of Botany 88: 2286-2308.
Van Den Berg, C., Goldman, D. H., Freudenstein, J. V., Pridgeon, A. M., Cameron, K. M., & Chase, M. W. (2005). An overview of the phylogenetic relationships within Epidendroideae inferred from multiple DNA regions and recircumscription of Epidendreae and Arethuseae (Orchidaceae). American Journal of Botany 92: 613-624.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Bateman, R. M., Pridgeon, A. M. & Chase, M. W. (1997). Phylogenetics of subtribe Orchidinae (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae) based on nuclear ITS sequences. 2. Intrageneric relationships and monophyly of Orchis sensu stricto. Lindleyana 12: 113-141.
Cox, A. V., Pridgeon, A. M. Albert, V. A. & Chase, M. W. (1997). Phylogenetics of the slipper orchids (Cypripedioideae: Orchidaceae): nuclear rDNA ITS sequences. Plant Systematics and Evolution 208: 197-223.
Pridgeon, A. M., Bateman, R. M. Cox, A. V. Hapeman, J. R. & Chase, M. W. (1997). Phylogenetics of subtribe Orchidinae (Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae) based on nuclear ITS sequences 1. Intergeneric relationships and polyphyly of Orchis sensu lato. Lindleyana 12: 89-109.
Pridgeon, A. M., Cribb, P. J. Chase, M. W. & Rasmussen, F. N. (eds). (1999). Genera Orchidacearum. Vol. 1. General Introduction, Apostasioideae, and Cypripedioideae). Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Pridgeon, A. M. & Stern, W. L. (1983). Ultrastructure of osmophores in Restrepia (Orchidaceae). American Journal of Botany 70: 1233-1243.