Federation of European Biological Systematic Societies Members Sponsors Abstracts for Posters by edited and Presentations Partizipating organizations BioSyst.EU 2017 15–18 August 2017 Gothenburg, Sweden Abstracts for Presentations and Posters edited by International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) www.iapt-taxon.org Organising Committee (in alphabetical order) MSc. Patrik Cangren Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg Ass.-Prof. Nils Cronberg Department of Biology, Lund University Prof. Mikael Hedrén Department of Biology, Lund University Prof. Ulf Jondelius Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm Prof. Bengt Oxelman Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg Dr. Anja Rautenberg Uppsala County Administrative Board Prof. Catarina Rydin Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University Dr. Mikael Thollesson Department of Organismal Biology, Systematic Biology, Uppsala University BioSyst.EU • 15–18 August 2017 • Gothenburg, Sweden Table of Contents CETAF: The Roles of Natural History Collection in Exploring Biodiversity 5 6 10 ForBio:Presentations Taxonomy and Systematics Research in Scandinavia 12 Posters 13 General Session 1 20 Presentations 21 24 GeneralPresentations Session 2 29 Posters 30 General Session 3 33 Presentations 34 GfBS: DNA-barcoding and the Future of Biodiversity Monitoring 38 Presentations 39 43 GfBS:Presentations The Evolution and Diversity of Asexual Organisms 49 Posters 50 54 IOPBS:Presentations Next Generation Systematics 57 Posters 58 NOBIS: Linking Extinct and Extant Taxa – Integrative Approaches to Systematics 64 Presentations 65 68 SwedishPresentations Systematics Association & GfBS: Deep Metazoan Phylogeny and ReducingPosters Sources of Error in Phylogeny Inference Svenska Systematikföreningen: Reconstructing Deep Metazoan Phylogeny 69 70 Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS): Identification and Avoidance ofPresentations Sources of Error in Phylogeny Inference 71 72 73 SwedishPresentations Systematics Association: Automatic Identification of Organisms 75 Posters 76 Swedish Systematics Association: New Approaches to Teaching and Outreach in BiodiversityPresentations Science 79 80 Swiss Systematics Society: The Future of Scientific Communication in Biodiversity Science Presentations 84 85 UK Systematics Association: The Role of Morphology in Modern Systematics 89 Presentations 90 95 Presenter’sPresentations Index 98 Participants Posters 99 4 BioSyst.EU • 15–18 August 2017 • Gothenburg, Sweden The Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF): The Roles of Natural History Collections in Exploring Biodiversity Convener: Brecht Verstraete ([email protected]) Taxonomy encompasses the description, documentation and classification of the natural world, an activity that is central to our efforts to reconstruct the Tree of Life and understand the evolutionary relations of biodiversity on Earth. Taxonomic research is undertaken at different hierarchical lev- els and across the whole spectrum of life, from bacteria, fungi and plants to animals. Taxonomy is the scientific pillar that supports a variety of other disciplines. Fundamental to taxonomic research are our natural history collections. It is impossible to explore and understand biodiversity, now and in the future, without scientific collections. Although natural history collections were previously used mainly to describe species, their scientific value stretches far beyond this. They are the basis cutting-edge research into present-day societal challenges. Scientific collections are being used in next-generation phylogenomics or large-scale biogeographic and speciation studies investigating the origin and evolution of biomes. More applied uses of collections include the phylogenetic exploration of living organisms to derive natural products to respond to human medical or nutritional needs, the study of human and veterinary epidemiology using information sourced from collections or the mod- elling the spread of alien invasive organisms in our changing world. Collections are also an excellent source of data for trait-based research into the responses of living organisms to climate change, for example, the effects of increasing temperature on carbon cycling in plants. The goal of this sympo- sium is to explore the possibilities of collection-based research for studying present-day and future questions about life on Earth. 5 BioSyst.EU • 15–18 August 2017 • Gothenburg, Sweden Invited talks Michelle J. Price , Ana Casino , Thierry Bourgoin , Jesus Muñoz , Nikolaj Scharff , Vince Smith , Erik Smets8 1 2 3 4, Jiři Kvaček5 6 7 CETAF: building a future for taxonomy together [Presentation available online] Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Genève, Switzerland; CETAF General Secretariat, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium; Muséum National d´Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; Royal Botanic Garden, Madrid, Spain; 1 2 National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic; Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark; Natural History Museum, 3 4 Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands 5 6 7 TheLondon, Consortium United Kingdom; of European 8 Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF), founded in 1996, unites over 65 European natural history institutions (natural history museums, science centres and botanic gardens) that hold collections and conduct systematic research. Over the last 20 years the consortium has been active in promoting both col- lections and systematics within and across Europe. Natural history collections (their management, improve- ment and scientific use) are at the core of CETAF. Recently the consortium held a special celebratory event focused on highlighting the innovative use of collections. The consortium has also developed its Strategy and Strategic development plan 2015–2025, recommendations on the implementation of unique identifiers for biological specimens, and its Code of Conduct and Best Practices on ABS. CETAF has forged partnerships with sister organisations in Europe, and internationally, with the aim of fostering collaborations, exchanging information, developing opportunities and creating dynamic interactions between directors, scientists, col- lections managers and other experts from different communities that have similar objectives. Nina Rønsted1 Using collections to address medical needs of tomorrow [Presentation available online] Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Natural1 History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Collections serve as repositories documenting the distribution of plants across time and space. At the same time, collections, both living and preserved, are an immense source of Big Data for a wide range of research applications from the core discipline of taxonomy to testing evolutionary relationships in the Genomics Era, drivers of biodiver- sity, and the highly topical impact of environmental change. In this presentation, we argue that collections are also essential for medicinal plant research and have the potential to significantly impact modern drug lead discovery. Collections are, at the very least, needed to allow authoritative identification and documen- tation of medicinal or any other plant material. Additionally, collections provide a powerful framework for understanding variation of natural products at all scales from ecological or chemical types within species, to chemical diversity within lineages and across the entire plant domain. This presentation will summarize recent studies, current efforts, and future directions. Examples are provided of using collections for improv- ing authentication of horsetail (Equisetum L.) and aloe (Aloe L.) herbal products, the phylogenetic explora- tion and selection of drug lead candidates in cancer research (Euphorbia L. and Thapsia L.), central nervous system disorders (Amaryllidaceae) and malaria (Cinchona L.). We demonstrate how using collections provide easy access to biodiversity for improving selection and focusing drug lead discovery efforts, avoid destructive collection of rare and threatened species, and provide added value to collections. However, we also highlight the need for new collections in medicinal plant research, requiring additional efforts and permits to ensure compliance with international conventions and creating added synergy of North-South collaborations. 6 BioSyst.EU • 15–18 August 2017 • Gothenburg, Sweden Hugo J. de Boer1,2,3, Abdolbaset Ghorbani , Sarina Veldman , Joseph Otieno , Sarawut Ounjai , Barbara Gravendeel 2 2 4, Anna Kreziou5 Molecular identification6 and monitoring3 of terrestrial orchid tubers in trade: amplicon metabarcoding of salep and chikanda Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Leiden, the Netherlands; Institute of Traditional Medicine, Muhimbili University, Dar es 1 2 Salaam, Tanzania; Department of Biology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand 3 4 5 Wild harvesting of orchids for consumption threatens orchids from Europe to Africa to Asia. In several eastern Mediterranean countries orchids are collected from the wild for the production of salep, a beverage made of dried orchid tubers, whereas in southern Africa, wild orchids are harvested to make an orchid cake, chikanda. The drivers of this collection and trade have changed over time. In this