
22 October 2019
Research Leader Africa
Research into evolution, biodiversity and conservation of African and Madagascan plants with main focus on the Cyperaceae or sedge family
My role as a researcher in the Identification and Naming department’s Africa and Madagascar team is to investigate the evolution, biodiversity and conservation status of African and Madagascan plants. I am currently involved in several research projects focusing on the Cyperaceae or sedge family. Current research is aimed building a framework to investigate evolution in Cyperaceae using targeted sequencing data obtained using the Angiosperm-353 baits developed for Kew’s Plant and Fungal Trees of Life project. One of the characters studied in the family is C4 photosynthesis.
Other projects focus on investigating:
I am also engaged in Kew’s Tropical Important Plant Areas project, particularly in Guinea. Besides African and Madagascan flora, further research interests include Cactaceae and Neotropical Magnoliaceae.
Semmouri, I., Bauters, K., Léveillé-Bourret, É., Starr, J.R., Goetghebeur, P. & Larridon, I. (2019)
Botanical Review 85: 1-39.
Larridon, I., Rabarivola. L., Xanthos. M. & Muasya, A.M. (2019).
PeerJ 7:e6528.
Veltjen, E., Asselman, P., Palmarola Bejerano, A., Hernández Rodríguez, M., Testé Lozano, E., González-Torres, L.R., Goetghebeur, P., Larridon, I. & Samain, M.S. (2019).
Heredity 122: 485-500.
Larridon, I., Semmouri, I., Bauters, K., Viljoen, J.A., Prychid, C.J., Muasya, A.M., Bruhl, J.J., Wilson, K.A. & Goetghebeur, P. (2018).
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126:196-209.
Larridon, I., Walter, H.E., Rosas, M., Vandomme, V. & Guerrero, P.C. (2018).
Systematics and Biodiversity 16: 643-657.