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. 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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.