People
Zmarzty, Sue
| Job Title | Plant taxonomist |
|---|---|
| Department | Herbarium |
| Section | Dicot Systematics |
| Science Teams |
Malpighiales |
| Joined Kew | 1981 |
| Foreign Language(s) |
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc (Hons), Botany, Univ. Manchester, 1980.
Overseas Fieldwork Committee (RBG Kew).
Role
Phylogeny and taxonomy of Salicaceae (syn. Flacourtiaceae) and Achariaceae sensu lato.
Phylogenetics and taxonomy of Salicaceae (syn. Flacourtiaceae) and Achariaceae sensu lato, species to family level, including comparative plant biology (e.g. revision of tribe Oncobeae) and baseline plant diversity research (e.g. family accounts for Kubitzki’s ‘Families and Genera of Vascular Plants’, co-authorship ‘Flora of China’ (‘Flacourtiaceae’), checklist of the Southern Cone (‘Flacourtiaceae’ of southern South America). Production of interactive key to genera of Salicaceae sensu lato and Achariaceae sensu lato, as contribution to wider Key to Malpighiales. Gap-filling for Collections (Herbarium and DNA Bank) through liaison with Kew field workers and other institutes. Responsibility for Expeditions Store and administrative support and advice to/for Overseas Fieldwork Committee.
Projects
Interactive Key to the Genera of Malpighiales
Systematics of Tribe Oncobeae (Salicaceae/ Achariaceae/ Flacourtiaceae)
Selected Publications 2001-2005
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (2003). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141: 399–436.
Chase, M.W., Zmarzty, S., Lledó, M.D., Wurdack, K.J., Swensen, S.M. & Fay, M.F. (2002). When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences. Kew Bulletin 57: 141–181.
Zmarzty, S. (2001). A revision of Elaeocarpus (Elaeocarpaceae) section Elaeocarpus in Southern India and Sri Lanka. Kew Bulletin 56: 405–447.
Zmarzty, S. (2001). Flacourtiaceae, collaboration. In Beaman, J.H., Anderson, C. & Beaman, R.S. (2001). The Plants of Mount Kinabalu. 4. Dicotyledon Families Acanthaceae to Lythraceae. Natural History Publications (Borneo) in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Zmarzty, S. (1993). A reconsideration of Gypsophila Series Deserticolae Barkoudah (Caryophyllaceae) including G. capillaris (Forssk.) C. Chr. Kew Bulletin 48: 683–697.
Zmarzty, S. (1995). Capparaceae, Cruciferae, Dilleniaceae, Flacourtiaceae. In Stannard, B.L. (ed). Flora of the Pico das Almas. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.