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Oxford Plant Oxford Plant Systematics With news from Oxford University Herbaria (OXF and FHO), Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford OPS 26 July 2020 Contents Foreword Stephen A. Harris ................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 News Staff news; Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez, winner of the 1st edition of the CETAF E-SCORE Award; Acalypha project in Robert Scotland’s group; BRAHMS: management of natural history collections; Danby Patrons’ Group ................................................... 3 Six years of integrated systematic studies on Ipomoea at Oxford Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Expeditions and visits ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Publications 2019 .................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Abstracts of systematic theses submitted in 2019: What can we learn about plant evolution from a robust phylogenetic framework? Tom Carruthers ................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Monitoring and managing plant diversity in field margins in southern England Claudia Havranek ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Endemism hotspots in the flora of Belize Gail Stott ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Student reports: Bioquality and forest plantations in Japan Ben Jones ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Systematics of Stictocardia Hall.f. Alex Sumadijaya ................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Documenting diversity in natural history collections of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) and its wild relatives Tom Wells ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Something new or something rare? John R.I. Wood ................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Recent Rapid Botanic Survey from West and East Africa William Hawthorne and Cicely Marshall ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Ash dieback – what will it mean for the woodland ground flora? Keith Kirby ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Researching hidden histories of women in botany Gem Toes-Crichton ........................................................................................................................................................................... 12 News from the Herbaria – Fielding-Druce (OXF) and Daubeny (FHO) Serena K. Marner ............................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Oxford University Herbaria Digitisation Project Alistair Orr and Kate Loven ............................................................................................................................................................. 14 First rules for the Fielding Herbarium Stephen A. Harris .............................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Dillenius in Oxford Graham Avery ................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Druce Collection: autographs of British Botanists Serena K. Marner ............................................................................................................................................................................. 18 A revelation in full colour John R.I. Wood and Rosa Villanueva-Espinoza ............................................................................................................................... 20 2 Oxford Plant Systematics OPS 26 July 2020 Foreword News described eight new species of Acalypha from the WIOR region and have published a synopsis of the genus in West Tropical Africa (Montero Muñoz et al., 2018; Cardiel and This year has been extraordinary for plant Staff news Montero Muñoz, 2017). Iris is now working systematics in Oxford, as in all spheres of life In May 2020, James Ritchie, a technician in to incorporate molecular analysis into her across the globe. However, there is the Herbaria, died suddenly. James joined the taxonomic studies, to expand the still limited opportunity for celebration. This issue of Herbaria team as an apprentice, just after knowledge of most species in the genus. The OPS marks the achievements of Robert leaving school, in September 2014. On aim of her three-month project, supervised Scotland and his colleagues in the successful completion of his apprenticeship, Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez, was to become publication of their monograph of Ipomoea James became a full-time herbarium familiar with the main techniques of (Convolvulaceae), the largest monographic technician. James was fascinated by the laboratory and computer work for research programme ever undertaken (and specimens in the Herbaria, the stories phylogenetic analysis. Iris’ visit to Oxford completed) in Oxford. The world’s first attached to them and even the obscure was funded by the European Molecular taxonomic monograph, Plantarum umbell- language used to describe them. James will Biology Organization. For more information iferarum distributio nova, was written by be missed by all who work in the Herbaria. see https://acalypha.es Robert Morison, the University’s Regius Professor of Botany, and published in 1672. Martina Boatfield left her post as Montero Muñoz, I., J.M. Cardiel & G.A. Ali Orr and Kate Loven report on progress digitisation technician in August 2019 and Levin. (2018). Nomenclatural review of towards making the University’s botanical was replaced by Kate Loven. Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of the Western collections available to all. Gem Toes- Indian Ocean Region (Madagascar, the Crichton gives a different photographic Sophie Wilcox, Alexander Librarian of Comoros Archipelago, the Mascarene perspective on the Herbaria, as she uncovers Ornithology, was also appointed Sherardian Islands and the Seychelles Archipelago). some of the achievements of women ‘lost’ Librarian of Plant Taxonomy splitting her Phytokeys 108: 85-116. among the cupboards. Serena Marner time between the two libraries in 2019. From presents the first catalogue of part of the vast 2020 she will be located principally in the Cardiel, J.M. & I. Montero Muñoz. (2017). botanical archive of George Druce, a former Sherardian Library in the Department of Synopsis of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) of Curator of the Herbaria and recorder of the Plant Sciences. West Tropical Africa, including Cameroon, botanical achievements of Johann Dillenius, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São the first Sherardian Professor of Botany. Tomé and Príncipe. Plant Systematics and John Wood and his colleagues take us on Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez, Evolution, 304: 93-110. modern collecting experiences and the st surprises awaiting field workers. The value winner of the 1 edition of the of field work and data are also themes CETAF E-SCORE Award running through contributions from William Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez, a postdoctoral BRAHMS: management of Hawthorne and Cicely Marshall in Africa, researcher with Robert Scotland, is the natural history collections and Keith Kirby closer to home in Wytham winner of the first edition of the CETAF E- The BRAHMS database software has been Woods. SCORE Award for Excellence in Research extensively developed this last year with I trust you will find this issue of OPS of Based on Natural History Collections. This much of the focus on botanic garden interest. award has been launched by the Consortium management. Recent updates are reported on of European Taxonomic Facilities to reward https://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/brahms/ Stephen A. Harris early-career researchers, within the fields of News. Collaboration with the RHS is also Curator of Oxford University Herbaria taxonomy, biodiversity and geodiversity flourishing: science, who base their research on natural https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-07-10-
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