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1st Sept (Sat) 15:30 - 17:15

Taxonomy, phylogeny and conservation of tribe Dalbergieae

The Dalbergioid clade in the subfamily Papilionoideae comprises three subclades: the Dalbergia, Pterocarpus and Adesmia clades. Together they comprise 42 genera and 1,200-1,300 species of trees, shrubs, and herbs inhabiting a wide range of both humid and dry environments. While the clade is pantropical in distribution, about 70% of the species diversity is restricted to Central and South America. The clade is commercially important in that it includes some of the world`s most valuable timber trees, e.g. the rosewoods (Dalbergia, Pterocarpus and Machaerium species). Other taxa provide human and animal food (e.g. species of Arachis, Zornia, Stylosanthes, and Aeschynomene), soil improvement through the fixing of atmospheric nitrogen, medicine (e.g. species of Pterocarpus and Machaerium), and are grown as garden, park and street ornamentals (e.g. Tipuana tipu, Amicia zygomeris and A. glandulosa). Previous studies have largely resolved genus circumscription within the clade but reliable species delimitations are still lacking in some of the most speciose genera, including Dalbergia, Machaerium, and Aeschynomene. Given the ecological and economical importance of the clade, efforts to define “good species” and species extinction risks assessments are urgently needed so that conservation strategies can be put in place to mitigate against habitat loss due to mining, logging, agriculture and urban expansion. The symposium will: 1) share recent advances in taxonomic and systematic efforts to better understand the diversity of the Dalbergieae, 2) share knowledge about the current state of conservation of species belonging to the Dalbergiod clade, and 3) aim to establish an international working group of systematists specialising in the Dalbergieae for future collaborations.

ORGANIZERS: Mohammad Vatanparast (University of Copenhagen, Denmark); Yasuhiro Kubota (University of the Ryukyus, Japan); Bente B. Klitgård (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK)


1. Niche evolution, ecological limits and the macroecology of Dabergioid biodiversity
Danilo Neves*1, Bente Klitgaard1　(1Federal University of Minas Gerais, Department of Botany, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, Brazil；2Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Department of Identification and Naming (Americas), TW9 3AB, Richmond, UK )

2. Overcoming challenges when producing conservation assessments for legume trees
Megan Barstow*　(Botanic Gardens Conservation International)

3. Is the timber tree Pterocarpus rohrii one or ten species? Revision of a polyphyletic species complex
Marylene Mansfield-Williams1, Julie Hawkins2, Haris Saslis-Lagoudakis3, Bente Klitgaard*1　(1Department for Identification and Naming, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom；2School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, United Kingdom；3Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark )

4. Molecular phylogeny and conservation of Dalbergia L.f. species
Mohammad Vatanparast*1, Bente B Klitgård2, Frits A.C.B. Adema3, Toby R Pennington4, Tetsukazu Yahara5, Tadashi Kajita6　(1Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Rolighedsvej 23, , University of Copenhagen, Denmark；2Department for Identification & Naming, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, United Kingdom；3Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands ；4Department for Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, United Kingdom；5Department of Biology, Kyushu University, Japan；6Iriomote Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, 870 Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa 907-1541, Japan )

5. A new circumscription of Nissolia (Leguminosae – Papilionoideae – Dalbergieae).
Tania Maria De Moura*1, Roy E. Gereau2, Tiina E. Särkinen3, Ana Paula Fortuna-Perez4　(1Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste, Departamento de Biologia, Rua Simeão Varela de Sá, 03, Vila Carli, 85040-080, Guarapuava, PR, Brazil.；2Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, 63166-0299, Saint Louis, MO, USA.；3Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, EH3 5LR, Edinburgh, United Kingdom；4Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biologia Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Distrito Rubião Junior s.n., 18618-970, Botucatu, SP, Brazil )

6. SECRETORY STRUCTURES EVOLUTION AND PHYLOGENY OF DALBERGIOID ADESMIA CLADE (LEGUMINOSAE, PAPILIONOIDEAE, DALBERGIEAE)
Ana Paula Fortuna-Perez1, Mohammad Vatanparast2, Cristina Ribeiro Marinho3, João Ricardo Vieira Iganci4, Wanderleia de Vargas1, Gwilym Peter Lewis5, Luisa Maria de Paula Alves Bezerra*1, Simone de Pádua Teixeira3　(1Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu - Dept. Botânica - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP/Botucatu)；2bUS National Herbarium (US), Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution-NMNH, MRC 166, 10th and Constitution Ave, Washington, D.C., 20560, USA；3Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, FCFRP, USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil；4Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, RS, Brazil；5Identification and Naming Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, U.K. )

7. The plastid genomes of Dalbergia odorifera T.C. Chen and D. tonkinensis Prain, and their utility in wood identification
Ming QIn1, Chengjie Zhu2, Tieyao Tu*1, Shijin Li1, Dianxiang Zhang1　(1South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of ChinaChinese Academy of China；2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences )