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Tropical Plant-Animal Interactions: Linking Defaunation with Seed Predation, and Resource- Dependent Co-Occurrence
University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers Graduate School 2021 TROPICAL PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS: LINKING DEFAUNATION WITH SEED PREDATION, AND RESOURCE- DEPENDENT CO-OCCURRENCE Peter Jeffrey Williams Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Williams, Peter Jeffrey, "TROPICAL PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS: LINKING DEFAUNATION WITH SEED PREDATION, AND RESOURCE-DEPENDENT CO-OCCURRENCE" (2021). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 11777. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11777 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. TROPICAL PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS: LINKING DEFAUNATION WITH SEED PREDATION, AND RESOURCE-DEPENDENT CO-OCCURRENCE By PETER JEFFREY WILLIAMS B.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2014 Dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biology – Ecology and Evolution The University of Montana Missoula, MT May 2021 Approved by: Scott Whittenburg, Graduate School Dean Jedediah F. Brodie, Chair Division of Biological Sciences Wildlife Biology Program John L. Maron Division of Biological Sciences Joshua J. Millspaugh Wildlife Biology Program Kim R. McConkey School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences University of Nottingham Malaysia Williams, Peter, Ph.D., Spring 2021 Biology Tropical plant-animal interactions: linking defaunation with seed predation, and resource- dependent co-occurrence Chairperson: Jedediah F. -
Molecular Systematics of the Cashew Family (Anacardiaceae) Susan Katherine Pell Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2004 Molecular systematics of the cashew family (Anacardiaceae) Susan Katherine Pell Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Recommended Citation Pell, Susan Katherine, "Molecular systematics of the cashew family (Anacardiaceae)" (2004). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 1472. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1472 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please [email protected]. MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS OF THE CASHEW FAMILY (ANACARDIACEAE) A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Biological Sciences by Susan Katherine Pell B.S., St. Andrews Presbyterian College, 1995 May 2004 © 2004 Susan Katherine Pell All rights reserved ii Dedicated to my mentors: Marcia Petersen, my mentor in education Dr. Frank Watson, my mentor in botany John D. Mitchell, my mentor in the Anacardiaceae Mary Alice and Ken Carpenter, my mentors in life iii Acknowledgements I would first and foremost like to thank my mentor and dear friend, John D. Mitchell for his unabashed enthusiasm and undying love for the Anacardiaceae. He has truly been my adviser in all Anacardiaceous aspects of this project and continues to provide me with inspiration to further my endeavor to understand the evolution of this beautiful and amazing plant family. -
Lapsi” Regarding Production, Product Development and Its Effect on Rural Lapsi Farmers in Nepal
ABSTRACT AN ANALYSIS OF CHOEROSPONDIAS AXILLARIS “LAPSI” REGARDING PRODUCTION, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND ITS EFFECT ON RURAL LAPSI FARMERS IN NEPAL This study, conducted in Mudikuwa, Parbat Nepal, addresses the feasibility of Choerospondias axillaris (lapsi) as a commodity for production and processing in Nepal, and for import in the United States. Lapsi was identified and characterized based on morphological and physiological features, growing climate, and cultural significance. Lapsi fruit was found to be variable in size, acidity, and brix. The average weight of a lapsi fruit at maturity was found to be 13.17 g. The pH and brix of lapsi fruit was found to be dependent on harvest date. An analysis of processed lapsi products resulted in the identification of the limitations of the processing procedure. Lapsi candy spoiled within 4 months of processing and lapsi pickle did not meet the standard FDA requirement for water activity (0.85). A consumer acceptance test of lapsi pickle in Fresno, CA showed that 80% of the sampled population liked lapsi pickle, which is above the industry standard (75%). Lapsi products can be imported and sold at a profit in the USA, which would create a revenue source for many rural farmers of Nepal; however at the time of writing, manufacturing procedures did not meet industry and government health standards of the US. Craig Wayne Cole Seber December 2016 AN ANALYSIS OF CHOEROSPONDIAS AXILLARIS “LAPSI” REGARDING PRODUCTION, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND ITS EFFECT ON RURAL LAPSI FARMERS IN NEPAL by Craig Wayne Cole Seber A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Plant Science in the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology California State University, Fresno December 2016 APPROVED For the Department of Plant Science: We, the undersigned, certify that the thesis of the following student meets the required standards of scholarship, format, and style of the university and the student's graduate degree program for the awarding of the master's degree. -
Journal-Of-Plant-Resources -2020.Pdf
Volume 18 Number 1 Government of Nepal Ministry of Forests and Environment Department of Plant Resources Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal 2020 ISSN 1995 - 8579 Journal of Plant Resources, Vol. 18, No. 1 JOURNAL OF PLANT RESOURCES Government of Nepal Ministry of Forests and Environment Department of Plant Resources Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal 2020 Advisory Board Mr. Dhananjaya Paudyal Mr. Keshav Kumar Neupane Mr. Mohan Dev Joshi Managing Editor Mr. Tara Datt Bhat Editorial Board Prof. Dr. Dharma Raj Dangol Ms. Usha Tandukar Mr. Rakesh Kumar Tripathi Mr. Pramesh Bahadur Lakhey Ms. Nishanta Shrestha Ms. Pratiksha Shrestha Date of Online Publication: 2020 July Cover Photo: From top to clock wise direction. Inflorescence bearing multiple flowers in a cluster - Rhododendron cowanianum Davidian (PC: Pratikshya Chalise) Vanda cristata Wall. ex Lindl. (PC: Sangram Karki) Seedlings developed in half strength MS medium of Dendrobium crepidatum Lindl. & Paxton (PC: Prithivi Raj Gurung) Pycnoporus cinnabarinus (Jacq.: Fr.) Karst. (PC: Rajendra Acharya) Preparative HPLC (PC: Devi Prasad Bhandari) Flower head of Mimosa diplotricha C. Wright (PC: Lila Nath Sharma) © All rights reserved Department of Plant Resources (DPR) Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: 977-1-4251160, 4251161, 4268246, E-mail: [email protected] Citation: Name of the author, year of publication. Title of the paper, J. Pl. Res. vol. 18, Issue 1 pages, Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal. ISSN: 1995-8579 Published By: Publicity and Documentation Section Department of Plant Resources (DPR), Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal. Reviewers: The issue can be retrieved from http://www.dpr.gov.np Prof. Dr.Anjana Singh Dr. Krishna Bhakta Maharjan Prof. Dr. Ram Kailash Prasad Yadav Dr. -
Anacardiaceae
ANACARDIACEAE 漆树科 qi shu ke Min Tianlu (闵天禄 Ming Tien-lu)1; Anders Barfod2 Trees or shrubs, also woody climbers or perennial herbs, resiniferous secretory ducts in bark and foliage, plants turpentine- smelling, blackening when wounded, hermaphroditic, polygamo-dioecious or dioecious. Leaves often clustered distally, alternate, exstipulate, simple, trifoliolate or imparipinnate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary thyrsoids or panicles; floral subtending bracts small, or sometimes large, membranous and fused to pedicel (Dobinea). Flowers small, actinomorphic, 3–5-merous, bisexual to unisexual; receptacle sometimes elongate and barrel-shaped (Mangifera). Perianth usually double (single in Pistacia or lacking in female flowers in Dobinea); sepals fused basally and lobed (bractlike in Pistacia), imbricate or valvate in bud, caducous or persistent. Petals free or adnate basally to extended receptacle, imbricate or valvate, deciduous to persistent. Stamens in 1 or 2 whorls, 1 (Anacardium, Mangifera), several, or all fertile; filaments slender, sometimes connate basally (Anacardium); anthers ovoid or oblong, introrse, dorsi- or basifixed, longitudinally dehiscent, 2-celled with 4 pollen sacs. Disk usually distinct, intrastaminal to extrastaminal, fleshy, crenulate, stipe-shaped or 5–10-notched, round, flattened or subcupular. Ovary superior, sometimes half inferior or inferior (Pegia and Semecarpus), either (a) 1-carpellate and 1-locular, (b) syncarpous and 2–5-locular (rarely more), (c) 4–6-carpellate and apocarpous (Buchanania), or (d) 5-carpellate -
A Revision of Spondias L. (Anacardiaceae)
A peer-reviewed open-access journal PhytoKeys 55: 1–92 (2015)A revision of Spondias L. (Anacardiaceae) in the Neotropics 1 doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.55.8489 RESEARCH ARTICLE http://phytokeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research A revision of Spondias L. (Anacardiaceae) in the Neotropics John D. Mitchell1, Douglas C. Daly1 1 Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10458-5126 Corresponding author: John D. Mitchell ([email protected]) Academic editor: P. Acevedo-Rodríguez | Received 28 August 2014 | Accepted 22 April 2015 | Published 5 August 2015 Citation: Mitchell JD, Daly DC (2015) A revision of Spondias L. (Anacardiaceae) in the Neotropics. PhytoKeys 55: 1–92. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.55.8489 Abstract As part of an ongoing study of Anacardiaceae subfamily Spondioideae, the ten native and one introduced species of Spondias in the Neotropics are revised. The genus is circumscribed. Three new species, S. ad- mirabilis, S. expeditionaria, and S. globosa, are described and illustrated; a key to the taxa found in the Neotropics and distribution maps are provided. The Paleotropical species and allied genera are reviewed. Diagnostic character sets include leaf architecture, habit, flower morphology, and gross fruit morphology. Notes on the ecology and economic botany of the species are provided. Keywords Anacardiaceae, fruit trees, leaf architecture, Neotropics, new species, Spondias, taxonomy, tropical crops Introduction Spondias L. is a genus of fruit trees that comprises 18 species native to tropical America and Asia, and Madagascar. It is the type genus of the subfamily Spondioideae Takht. emend. Pell & J. D. Mitch., which is indicated by molecular systematic work currently under way as being the more basal (but possibly polyphyletic) group of a monophyl- etic Anacardiaceae sister to the Burseraceae (Pell 2004; Mitchell et al. -
Highlights • Cavilignum Pratchettii Is a New Neogene Angiosperm From
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Chemotaxonomic Studies on Some Members of Anacardiaceae
Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Plant Sci.), Vol. 98, No. 3, June 1988, pp. 205-208. Printed in India. Chemotaxonomic studies on some members of Anacardiaceae I UMADEVI, M DANIEL* and S D SABNIS Phytochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Baroda 390 002, India MS received 10 August 1987; revised 20 April 1988 Abstraet. Nineteen taxa belonging to 13 genera of the Anacardiaceae have been screened for leaf flavonoids, phenolic acids, saponins, tannins, alkaloids and iridoids. The family characteristically contains highly hydroxylated compounds like myricetin and gallic acid. It is also rich in proanthocyanidins and flavonols such as quercetin, kaempferol and their methoxylated derivatives. Tannins are common, saponins rare and alkaloids and iridoids are absent. The chemical differences among the various tribes are not very pronounced. However, the tribe Mangiferae does not contain any flavone whereas the tribe Spondieae is comparatively rich in these compounds. The tribes Rhoideae and Semecarpeae are similar in many chemieal features. The separate identity of Chaerospondias away from Spondias is also established in the light of chemical evidences. Keywords. Anacardiaceae; chemotaxonomy; flavonols. 1. lntroduction The family Anacardiaceae is distinguished from the related families by the presence of intrastaminal disc, resin ducts, unilocular ovary and drupaceous fruits. This family includes a number of economically important plants which yield edible fruits, gums, resins, tan-dyes and wood. It is also known for their toxic long chain aliphatic phenolic compounds such as anacardol, anacardic acid, urushol and hydrourushol; which possess irritant and allergenic properties. Anacardiaceae are customarily placed in Sapindales alongwith the closely related families such as Sapindaceae, Aceraceae, Hippocastanaceae, Julianaceae and Sabiaceae (Bentham and Hooker 1862; Benson 1970; Hutchinson 1973). -
Lithraea Australis (Berry) Comb
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 266 (2019) 1–11 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/revpalbo Lithraea australis (Berry) comb. nov. (Anacardiaceae) from the upper section of Ñirihuau Formation (middle Miocene), Patagonia Mauro G. Passalia a,b,e,⁎, Nicolás Caviglia c,e, Ezequiel I. Vera c,d,e a Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA, CONICET-UNCo), Av. de los Pioneros 2350 (8400), S.C. de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina b Sede Alto Valle y Valle Medio, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Isidro Lobo 516, Gral. Roca, Río Negro, Argentina c Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, CONICET. Av. Ángel Gallardo 470 (C1405DJR), Buenos Aires, Argentina d Área de Paleontología, Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón 2, Ciudad Universitaria (C1428EGA), Buenos Aires, Argentina e Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina article info abstract Article history: The first records of fossil plants from the Ñirihuau Formation (middle Miocene) were published by Edward Berry Received 18 October 2018 at the beginning of the last century. They consist of a small collection of leaf imprints obtained from the southern Received in revised form 11 March 2019 margin of the Ñirihuau River valley, western Río Negro, Argentina. Based on these records, Berry described a few Accepted 1 April 2019 ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms. Among these impressions, stand out two specimens that Berry Available online 04 April 2019 interpreted as pinnate leaves of Cycadaceae (now Zamiaceae) that he assigned to the new species Zamia australis Berry. However, after a review of Berry's original materials of Z. -
1 Fabiany A. Herrera, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 O
1 Fabiany A. Herrera, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 o. 847-835-8269; c. 352-222-3897 Email: [email protected] www.chicagobotanic.org/research/staff/herrera Citizenship: United States & Colombia Research & Professional Interests • Paleobotany, plant evolution, systematics, plant anatomy and morphology • Integrated paleobotanical and neobotanical studies of plant diversity and evolution. • The study of Mesozoic plants to improve understanding of the timing of events in seed plant evolution. • The evolutionary origin of the tropical rainforests and angiosperm plant lineages. • Paleobiogeographic and paleoclimatic history of the Cenozoic. Education • Ph.D. in Biology, University of Florida & Florida Museum of Natural History, 2014. Advisor: Steven R. Manchester. • M.Sc. in Geology, University of Florida & Florida Museum of Natural History, 2008. Advisor: Dr. David L. Dilcher. • B.S. in Geology, Industrial University of Santander, 2005. Advisor: Dr. Carlos A. Jaramillo. Relevant Appointments • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chicago Botanic Garden & Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Spring 2014 to present. • Adjunct Faculty Member, Elmhurst University, Biology Department, Elmhurst, Illinois. Fall 2017 to present. • Adjunct Faculty Member, North Park University, Biology Department, Chicago, Illinois. Spring 2021. • Research Associate, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, Spring 2014 to present. • Research Associate, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Panama. Fall 2005 to present. Carlos Jaramillo’s lab. • Intern-Research Assistant, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C. Fall 2004, Spring, 2006, Fall 2008. Scott Wing’s lab. • Research Assistant, Biostratigraphy Team, Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo, 2003-2005. Teaching Experience • Plant Anatomy and Morphology (BIOLOGY 332-01). Biology Department, Elmhurst College, Fall 2017. -
Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae Edited by K
THE FAMILIES AND GENERA OF VASCULAR PLANTS Edited by K. Kubitzki Volumes published in this series Volume I Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms Edited by K.U. Kramer and P.S. Green (1990) Date of publication: 28.9.1990 Volume II Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons. Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid Families Edited by K. Kubitzki, J.G. Rohwer, and V. Bittrich (1993) Date of publication: 28.7.1993 Volume III Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae) Edited by K. Kubitzki (1998) Date of publication: 27.8.1998 Volume IV Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae) Edited by K. Kubitzki (1998) Date of publication: 27.8.1998 Volume V Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Malvales, Capparales and Non-betalain Caryophyllales Edited by K. Kubitzki and C. Bayer (2003) Date of publication: 12.9.2002 Volume VI Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales Edited by K. Kubitzki (2004) Date of publication: 21.1.2004 Volume VII Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Lamiales (except Acanthaceae including Avicenniaceae) Edited by J.W. Kadereit (2004) Date of publication: 13.4.2004 Volume VIII Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Asterales Edited by J.W. Kadereit and C. Jeffrey (2007) Date of publication: 6.12.2006 Volume IX Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Berberidopsidales, Buxales, Crossosomatales, Fabales p.p., Geraniales, Gunnerales, Myrtales p.p., Proteales, Saxifragales, Vitales, Zygophyllales, Clusiaceae Alliance, Passifloraceae Alliance, Dilleniaceae, Huaceae, Picramniaceae, Sabiaceae Edited by K. Kubitzki (2007) Date of publication: 6.12.2006 Volume X Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae Edited by K. Kubitzki (2011) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants Edited by K. Kubitzki Flowering Plants Eudicots X Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae Volume Editor: K. -
Eastern Asian Endemic Seed Plant Genera and Their Paleogeographic History Throughout the Northern Hemisphere 1Steven R
Journal of Systematics and Evolution 47 (1): 1–42 (2009) doi: 10.1111/j.1759-6831.2009.00001.x Eastern Asian endemic seed plant genera and their paleogeographic history throughout the Northern Hemisphere 1Steven R. MANCHESTER* 2Zhi-Duan CHEN 2An-Ming LU 3Kazuhiko UEMURA 1(Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, USA) 2(State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China) 3(National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo 169-0073, Japan) Abstract We review the fossil history of seed plant genera that are now endemic to eastern Asia. Although the majority of eastern Asian endemic genera have no known fossil record at all, 54 genera, or about 9%, are reliably known from the fossil record. Most of these are woody (with two exceptions), and most are today either broadly East Asian, or more specifically confined to Sino-Japanese subcategory rather than being endemic to the Sino- Himalayan area. Of the “eastern Asian endemic” genera so far known from the fossil record, the majority formerly occurred in Europe and/or North America, indicating that eastern Asia served as a late Tertiary or Quaternary refugium for taxa. Hence, many of these genera may have originated in other parts of the Northern Hemisphere and expanded their ranges across continents and former sea barriers when tectonic and climatic conditions al- lowed, leading to their arrival in eastern Asia. Although clear evidence for paleoendemism is provided by the gymnosperms