• Programme
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June 2 - 3

P R O G R A M M E

DAY 1: Saturday, 2 June

9.00 - 9.30 Registration
9.30 - 9.40 Welcome address by the organisers

Session 1: Species diversity

9.40 - 10.00 John Dransfield - A unexpected new find from Madagascar
10.00 – 10.20 Thea Kristiansen, J.C. Svenning, S. Bjorholm, J. Salo, C. Grandez and H. Balslev - Rare palms around Iquitos, Peru
10.20 – 10.30 Stine Bjorholm, J.C. Svenning and H. Balslev - Distance decay of similarity in palm (Arecaceae) species richness and composition across the Americas
10.30 – 10.40 Henrik Balslev, T. Kristiansen and J.C. Svenning - Ongoing work on the Iquitos palm communities
Coffee break

Session 2: Reproduction, Chairman: James Tregear

11.00 – 11.20 Sébastien Barot - Reproductive plasticity in an Amazonian palm tree
11.20 – 11.40 Frédérique Aberlenc-Bertossi, A. Daher, M. Collin, A. Borgel and James Tregear - Embryogenesis in Phoenix dactylifera
11.40 – 11.50 Julie Sannier and Sophie Nadot - Pollen morphology and pollinator type in palms
11.50 – 12.00 Kouadio Ignace Kouassi, S. Barot, Y. Djè and I.A. Zoro Bi - Population structure and reproductive strategy of two rattan species of Ivory Coast
Lunch break

Session 3: Economic uses of palms, Chairman: Henrik Balslev

13.30 – 13.50 Lucia de la Torre, L.M. Calvo, C. Salazar, F. Borschenius and H. Balslev - Indogenous palm uses in two Neotropical forests – a comparison between the Yucatan Peninsula and the Western Amazon Basin in Ecuador
13.50 – 14.00 Lone Hübschmann, L.P. Kvist, C. Grandez nd H. Balslev - Employment of Desmoncus polyacanthos seen in the light of its stem structure
14.00 – 14.10 Anne-Louise Moller, H. Balslev and C. Grandes - Ethnobotanical study of palm uses in the vllage of Bello Horizonte, Peru

Session 4: Systematics, Chairman: Henrik Balslev
14.10 – 14.30 Finn Borschenius, R. Bernal and J.C. Pintaud - Molecular phylogeny of Aiphanes
14.30 – 14.50 Anne Giddey, F. Stauffer and R. Spichiger - Comparative floral structure and systematics in the genus Rhapis (Arecaceae, Coryphoideae)
14.50 – 14.10 J.C. Pintaud - Building a total evidence matrix for Areceae and other tribes
14.10 – 14.20 Chiara Nepi and P. Cuccuini - Presentation of the book The palms of Odoardo Beccari

Round Table
15.00 -16.00 Dispersal in palm species. Comparison of palm life cycles/bio-demographic strategies

Guided tours of the garden
16.00 – 17.00 Group 1: visit of the Herbarium / Group 2: visit of the “Jardin alpin” and “Ecole de botanique”
17.00 – 18.00 Group 1: visit of the “Jardin alpin” and “Ecole de botanique” / Group 2: visit of the Herbarium
20.00: conference dinner

DAY 2: Sunday 3 June

Session 5: Genetic diversity, Chairman: Jean-Christophe Pintaud

9.30 – 9.50 Sakina Elshibli - Biodiversity of date palm in Sudan
9.50 – 10.10 Bertha Ludeña, G. Karlys, H. Caro-Riano and J.C. Pintaud - Genetic diversity, morphometric variation and speciation processes in Astrocaryum section Ayri
10.10 – 10.30 Philipp Trénel - Ceroxylon echinulatum, a cline species from both sides of the Ecuadorian Andes
10.30 – 10.40 Anne-Sophie Sergent, B. Riéra and H. Fréville - Effects of past climate changes on the palm Astrocaryum sciophilum: a genetic approach
Coffee break

Session 6: The EDIT palm portal, Chairman: William Baker
11.00 – 12.30 Soraya Villalba and Bill Baker - Palmweb, the EDIT palm portal - what's in it for you? Presentation by S. Villalba followed by a round table
Lunch break

Round Table and final discussion
14.00 -15.00 Topics: COST application and future prospects for the next EUNOPS and for Monocots 4

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