People
Prychid, Christina J.
| Job Title | Electron Microscope Unit Manager |
|---|---|
| Department | Jodrell |
| Section | Micromorphology |
| Science Teams |
Monocots I: General Alismatids & Lilioids Large-Scale Syntheses |
| Joined Kew | 1992 |
| Foreign Language(s) |
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc (Hons), Univ. Leeds, 1992
MSc, Univ. London (Birkbeck College), 1995.
Role
Management of EM unit, visitors and staff; supervision and training; comparative and developmental anatomy and ultrastructural research.
Specialising in transmission and scanning electron microscopy (TEM and SEM). Current research work is focused on evaluating ultrastructural and structural characters of systematic and phylogenetic importance. Of particular interest is the ultrastructure and development of non-protoplasmic cell inclusions in Monocotyledons, using both light and electron microscopy. Structures under investigation include calcium oxalate crystals in the form of raphides, styloids and druses, and silica bodies in various forms, the results being utilised in collaborative morphological character analyses.
Projects
Morphological Innovations in Poales
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Prychid, C.J., Furness, C.A. & Rudall, P.J. (2003). Systematic significance of cell inclusions in Haemodoraceae and allied families: silica bodies and tapetal raphides. Annals of Botany 92: 1-10.
Prychid, C.J., Rudall, P.J. & Gregory, M. (2003). Systematics and biology of silica bodies in monocotyledons. Botanical Review 69(4): 377-440.
Wilkinson, T., Wetten, A., Prychid, C. & Fay, M.F. (2003). Suitability of cryopreservation for the long term storage of rare and endangered plant species - a case history for Cosmos atrosanguineus. Annals of Botany 91: 65-74.
Strange, A., Rudall, P.J. & Prychid, C.J. (2004). Comparative floral anatomy of Pontederiaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 144(4): 395-408.
Sajo, M.G., Furness, C.A., Prychid, C.J. & Rudall, P.J. (2005). Microsporogenesis and anther development in Bromeliaceae. Grana 44(2): 65-74.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Owens, S.J., Prychid, C. & Cox, A.V. (1995). Structure and development of the stigma, style and ovary of Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw., post-anthesis, pre- and post-pollination. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 118: 275-288.
Prychid, C.J., Owens, S.J. & Rudall, P.J. (1998). Fruit and seed set in Strongylodon macrobotrys. In Owens, S.J. & Rudall, P. (eds) Reproductive Biology in Systematics, Conservation and Economic Botany. Proceedings of Reproductive Biology 96: 345-352. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Rudall, P.J., Prychid, C.J. & Jones, C. (1998). Intra-ovarian trichomes, mucilage secretion and hollow styles in monocotyledons. In Owens, S.J. & Rudall, P. (eds) Reproductive Biology in Systematics, Conservation and Economic Botany. Proceedings of Reproductive Biology 96: 345-352. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Prychid, C.J. & Rudall, P.J. (1999). Calcium oxalate crystals in monocotyledons: structure and systematics. Annals of Botany 84:725–739.
Prychid, C.J. & Rudall, P.J. (2000). Distribution of calcium oxalate crystals in monocotyledons. In Wilson, K.L. & Morrison, D.A. (eds) Monocots - Systematics and Evolution. Vol. 1 of Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocots, Sydney. Melbourne: CSIRO. 159–162.