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Volume 38E ROIDEANA No 1 International Aroid Society, Inc. May 13,2015 A ISSN 2310-0745 XIth International Aroid Conference Hanoi, Vietnam December 2013 I.A.S. Board of Directors Aroideana is an illustrated annual devoted to information about the family Araceae and published by the International Aroid Society, Inc. No material may be reproduced by any means without written 2012-2015 permission from the editor. Manuscripts, corrected proofs, and all Marco Busse editorial correspondence should be sent to: Dr. Derek Burch. All other correspondence is to be sent to: Dylan Hannon International Aroid Society, Lester Kallus P.O. Box 43-1853, So. Miami, FL 33143-1853 U.S.A. Andrew Schrimsher Scientific and Nonscientific Manuscripts Barry Schwartz All manuscripts should be submitted to the editor in electronic format (either on 3.5 inch floppy disk or as an e-mail attachment) in MS Word 2013-2016 7 (or later) or compatible. Only in extraordinary circumstances would hard copy be necessary or acceptable, and then only by prior agreement Don Bittel of the editor. Papers would then be typed on standard A4 paper, be Albert Huntington double spaced throughout, with 2.5 cm (1") margins on all sides. Andrew Leonard Authors should follow recommendations of the Council of Biology Peter Matthews Editors Style Manual. Measurements are to be in metric units. Joep Moonen Sequences of Sections Follow this order: title, author name and address, abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgments, and 2014-2017 literature cited. Captions must accompany all tables and figures. Alex Bello Abstracts should summarize the character and scope of the paper in Peter C. Boyce 250 words or less, followed by no more than eight key words. Literature Zach DuFran cited must be referenced in the text and listed alphabetically by author. Enid Offolter Illustrations Greg Ward Line drawings and tables must be in black, high resolution ink, clearly labeled, and consecutively numbered. Photos must be completely labeled and show desired cropping if any. Figures will be published Honorary Directors either one column (six cm) or two columns (12.6 cm) wide. Full page Dr. Sue Thompson illustrations will be no more than 12.6 cm x 20 cm. Original art will be returned to the author. Figures will be published in black and white Dr. Thomas B. Croat unless special arrangements have been made with the editor for reproduction in color. Officers IMPORTANT NOTE: When submitting material to IAS publications, please realize that President: Enid Offolter the resolution of the photos embedded in Word documents is Vice President: Alex Bello often not suitable for publishing as individual figures. Though Treasurer: Don Bittel they may look okay in the document, the individual elements can be just thumbnail size or adhered together into a small number Recording Secretary: Andrew Schrimsher of plates. In the past, these articles have been dealt with despite Corresponding Secretary: Greg Ward their complexity. As of now, we can only accept separate high resolution photos in Newsletter addition to the Word document, in JPEG or TIFF format. Made- up plates in PDF format with high resolution images embedded Editor: Carla Kostelac are acceptable for Aroideana only. Other articles with embedded photos will be returned to the authors. Many thanks for your help Aroideana in this matter and thank you for supporting Aroideana. Editor: Dr. Derek Burch Processing Manuscripts Scientific Editor: Dr. Thomas B. Croat Upon receipt, manuscripts are acknowledged and sent for critical review. Accepted manuscripts are sent to authors for revision in consideration of reviewers' comments and returned to the editor for typesetting. Page Website proofs are sent to the author for proofreading, with any changes other http://www..aroid.org/ than typographical errors being charged to the author at cost at the editor's discretion. Authors with research support will be billed for page charges at the rate of $30.00 per printed page at the editor's discretion. Voucher Materials Descriptions of new species require deposit of type materials in a recognized herbarium. Aroideana ISSN: 0197-4033 ( Print ) 2310-0745 ( Online ) ©2013 International Aroid Society, Inc. ROIDEANA A International Aroid Society, Inc. CONTENTS ( XIth International Aroid Conference Issue ) Programme, abstracts, and list of presenters 4 Croat, T.B. A Review of Studies of Neotropical Araceae 44 Ruckert, G. IAS and the Conservation of Aroids 55 The distribution of Araceae along the lower section of Perak Truyen, D. and M. Mansor River, Malaysia 65 Why is 'Flora Malesiana' Araceae not currently a practicable Boyce, P.C. undertaking - Fenestratarum as an example 75 Araceae and eMonocot: An online resource for monocot Haigh, A. plants of the world 84 A Preliminary Analysis of Anthurium (Araceae) from Carchi Croat, T.B. and G. Ferry Province, Ecuador 88 Pollination mutualism between flower-breeding flies of the Yafuso, M., B.T. Viet and genus Colocasiomyia (Diptera, Drosophilidae) and their host S. Adaniya plant routes of Araceae in Vietnam. 94 Zuluaga, A., K. Cameron, Testing the monophyly of Spathiphyllum, and the relationship T. Croat and M. Medecilo between Asian and tropical American species. 107 Liu, Y., H. Li, D. Jarvis and C. Long Aroid crops in China 116 Nguyen, V.D., H.Q. Bui, T.V.A. Nguyen, V.T. Tran, T. Masuno and P.J. Matthews Useful aroids and their prospects in Vietnam 130 Nguyen, V.K., T.H. Doung, Aroids germplasm conserved at Plant Resources Center: P. Matthews, V.D. Nguyen Past-Present and Future 143 Matthews, P.J., V. D. Nguyen, Taxonomy and ethnobotany of Colocasia esculenta and C. D. Tandang, E.M. Agoo, and formosana (Araceae): implications for the evolution, natural D.A. Madulid range, and domestication of taro 153 Nguyen, V.X., D.T.T. Mai, Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among and N.T. Anh Colocasia species (Araceae) in Vietnam using SSR markers 177 Jacobsen, N. J. Bastmeijer, C. Christensen, T. Idei, C. A. Lange, J. Orabi, D. Sookchaloem, F. Toneato The use of AFLP markers to elucidate relationships within and M. Oergaard Cryptocoryne (Araceae) 186 Front Cover: The “Water Kelady” (Caladium aquatile) illustrated by Rumphius. Scan P. Matthews. Back Cover: A cultivated form of Colocasia gigantea. Photo P. Matthews Programme, abstracts and list of presenters XIth International Aroid Conference XIth International Aroid Conference Hanoi, 11th -13th December 2013 Programme, abstracts, and list of presenters Sponsors • International Aroid Society (IAS) • Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnam • National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED), Vietnam • Singapore Gardening Society • Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) Organisers Dr Nguyen Van Du, Institute for Ecology and Biological Resources, Hanoi , Vietnam Tel. (m) 090 4140936 Email: [email protected] Dr Peter J. Matthews, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan Tel. +81 6–6878–8344 Email: [email protected] Venue and contact Army Hotel, 33A Pham Ngu Lao Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi City Tel. +84 4 3825–2896 or +84 4 3826–5541, email: [email protected] Compiled 9th Dec. 2013, Hanoi PROGRAMME WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2013 Reception & Registration 7:30 am - 9:00 am, at Army Hotel. Welcome comments 9:00–9:25 am Aroideana VOL 38E NO 1, 2015 4 Programme, abstracts and list of presenters XIth International Aroid Conference Ninh Khae Bau, Assoc. Prof., Head, Department of International Cooperation, VAST, Vietnam. Le Xuan Canh, Assoc. Prof., Director, IEBR, Vietnam. Do Tien Dung, Dr., Director of Executive Board, NAFOSTED, Vietnam Tom Croat, Prof., International Aroid Society Opening Lecture 9.30–10:00 am S1. Thomas Croat (Missouri Botanical Garden, USA) "Neotropical Araceae" 10:00–10:15 Coffee break Session I: Discovery and Conservation Session chair: Chunlin Long (Minzu University of China, & Kunming Institute of Botany) 10:20–12:00 am, 4 presentations (each 20–25 mins) S2. 10:20–10:45 Greg Ruckert (Australia): "IAS and the conservation of aroids" S3. 10:45–11:10 Truyen D. Minh & MASHOR Manshor (Universiti Sains Malaysia) "The distribution of Araceae along the lower section of Perak River, Malaysia" S4. 11:15–11:40 Zulhazman Hamzah et al. (Universiti Malaysia Kelantan) Notes on Araceae in Hill Dipterocarp Forest of Mt Chamah, Kelantan, Peninsular Malaysia. S5. 11:40–12:00 Peter C. Boyce (Malaysia) "Is the 'Flora Malesiana' Araceae a practicable undertaking?" Lunch 12:00 (provided) Session II: Systematics and Taxonomy Session chair: Wong Sin Yeng (University Malaysia Sarawak) Aroideana VOL 38E NO 1, 2015 5 Programme, abstracts and list of presenters XIth International Aroid Conference 1:30–5:00 pm - 6 presentations (each 25 mins) S6. 1:30–1:55 Anna Haigh (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London) "Araceae and emonocot: An online resource for monocot plants" S7. 2:00–2:25 Yujing Liu et al. (Minzu University of China) "Pinellia hunanensis (Araceae), a new species supported by morphometric analysis and DNA barcoding" S8. 2:30–2:55 Genevieve Ferry & Thomas Croat (Nancy Botanical Garden, France, & Missouri Botanical Garden, USA) "Anthurium in western Carchi Province, Ecuador" 3.00–3.20 pm Coffee break S9. 3:20–3:45 Lars Nauheimer (Germany) "Araceae in time and space - Fossils help to understand historic dispersal routes" S10. 3:50–4:15 Claudia L. Henriquez et al. (Washington University in St. Louis) "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Plastid and mito phylogenomics of Araceae" S11. 4:20–4:45 Ibrar Ahmed et al. (Massey University, NZ): "Mutational dynamics of aroid chloroplast genomes, and the phylogenetic analysis of closely-related species". Evening: OPEN THURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2013 Session III: Ecology and Reproduction Session chair: Peter Matthews, Japan. 9:00–12:00 am, 5 presentations (each 25 mins) S12. 9:00–9:25 Marion Chartier et al. (Austria and France) "The evolution of pollinator/plant interaction types in the Araceae" S13.
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    BRIEF COMMUNICATION doi:10.1111/evo.12318 THE EVOLUTION OF POLLINATOR–PLANT INTERACTION TYPES IN THE ARACEAE Marion Chartier,1,2 Marc Gibernau,3 and Susanne S. Renner4 1Department of Structural and Functional Botany, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria 2E-mail: [email protected] 3Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Ecologie des Foretsˆ de Guyane, 97379 Kourou, France 4Department of Biology, University of Munich, 80638 Munich, Germany Received August 6, 2013 Accepted November 17, 2013 Most plant–pollinator interactions are mutualistic, involving rewards provided by flowers or inflorescences to pollinators. An- tagonistic plant–pollinator interactions, in which flowers offer no rewards, are rare and concentrated in a few families including Araceae. In the latter, they involve trapping of pollinators, which are released loaded with pollen but unrewarded. To understand the evolution of such systems, we compiled data on the pollinators and types of interactions, and coded 21 characters, including interaction type, pollinator order, and 19 floral traits. A phylogenetic framework comes from a matrix of plastid and new nuclear DNA sequences for 135 species from 119 genera (5342 nucleotides). The ancestral pollination interaction in Araceae was recon- structed as probably rewarding albeit with low confidence because information is available for only 56 of the 120–130 genera. Bayesian stochastic trait mapping showed that spadix zonation, presence of an appendix, and flower sexuality were correlated with pollination interaction type. In the Araceae, having unisexual flowers appears to have provided the morphological precon- dition for the evolution of traps. Compared with the frequency of shifts between deceptive and rewarding pollination systems in orchids, our results indicate less lability in the Araceae, probably because of morphologically and sexually more specialized inflorescences.