5th International Flora Malesiana Symposium

9-14 September 2001, SYDNEY, Australia

Pteridophyte Mini-symposium
a symposium and workshop on the ferns and fern allies of the Malesian region

So many ferns... so little time...

Organizing Committee:

Josephine Camus(j.camus@nhm.ac.uk)
Barbara Parris (bsparris@voyager.co.nz)
Australian Coordinator: Jim Croft (jrc@anbg.gov.au)

General symposium information: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/fm/fm.html
General symposium enquiries: fmv@rbgsyd.gov.au

3rd circular (pdf) | 2nd circular | Registration form | Program timetable

Venue:

Conference and Symposium: Royal Botanic Gardens, SYDNEY, Australia
Associated workshops: Tropical Forest Research Centre, ATHERTON, North Queensland, Australia
Preconference tour: starting CAIRNS, North Queensland, Australia

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Map of Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney

Introduction

A symposium on Malesian ferns and fern allies is being run as part of the 5th International Flora Malesiana Symposium in Sydney, 9 - 14 September 2001.

Summary reports of previous Flora Malesiana pteridophyte workshops are available:

4th Flora Malesiana Symposium - http://www.anbg.gov.au/fm/fms5/fms4_fern_report.html
3rd Flora Malesiana Symposium - http://www.anbg.gov.au/fm/fms5/fms3_fern_report.html

The pteridophyte sessions of the fifth symposium will focus on the taxonomy, floristics, systematics, biogeography and ecology of the ferns and fern allies of Equatorial E Asia and W Pacific regions that constitute Malesia. Presentations will be in the form of presented papers, poster displays and a workshop on the production of future treatments of Flora Malesiana series 2 - Pteridophytes.

There has been sufficient interest to support a pteridophyte symposium of a least a full day as part of the main symposium program. c. 30 people with known interests in ferns of the Flora Malesiana region have indicated that they will be attending this symposium. Of these, c. 16 have tentatively indicated that they are prepared to give papers or conduct workshops; approximately 20 presentaions can be expected during the symposium.

Organization

Josephine Camus (series co-ordinator) and Barbara Parris have been volunteered as part of the ad hoc organizing committee for the Fern Symposium. Jim Croft will provide Australian contact and on-site liaison.

The Fern Symposium will be programmed and run to fit in with and be a part of the main Flora Malesiana Symposium.

A Pteridophyte Symposium dinner, in addition to the main symposium dinner is being planned.

Some participants have asked about programs for accompanying significant others. Nothing specific has been planned at this stage, but the Symposium organizing committe will be considering this issue.

Presentations and Activities

The following tentative program is based on preliminary indications from the people concerned. Understandably attendance and titles are not final yet, and other committments and funding problems may prevent some people from attending. Nevertheless we will attempt to keep this web version of the program as up to date as possible. Any changes to the program and the attendee list will be made on this web version first before being printed and distributed by other means. Bookmark this site for future reference.

The program outline is being finalized - revisit and refresh this page to see latest announcements
The pteridophyte minisymposium will take place on Tuesday 11 September 2001.
The pteridophyte workshop will take place on the afternoon of Wednesday 12 September 2001.
The pteridophyte posters will be on display during the symposium.
A pteridophyte dinner is being organized tentatively for Wednesday evening, 12 September 2001.
The post-conference field trip to the Blue Mountains will take place on Saturday 15 September 2001.
Preliminary abstracts for presented papers and posters are being made available as they are produced.

Surname	Firstname	Country	Email	Activity		Taxon	Topic	Additional information
Amoroso	Victor	Philippines	v.amoroso@eudoramail.com	paper [abstract]	?		Updates on Philippine fens allies	with & L.V. Rufila Attendance to be confirmed
Amoroso	Victor	Philippines	v.amoroso@eudoramail.com	paper [abstract]	?	Lycopodium	Species richness, assesment and distribution of Lycopodium in the Philippines	with P.M. Zamora & L.V. Rufila Attendance to be confirmed
Barcelona	Julie	Philippines	barceljf@hotmail.com	paper & poster	?		Philippines fern flora.	Attendance to be confirmed
Barcelona	Julie	Philippines	barceljf@hotmail.com	paper [abstract]	?	Odontosoria	Systematics of the fern genus Odontosoria sensu lato (Lindsaeaceae)	With R.J.Hickey Attendance to be confirmed
Barcelona	Julie	Philippines	barceljf@hotmail.com	poster [abstract]	?		The distribution of threatened endemic pteridophytes in the Philippines	With Tom Hollowel Attendance to be confirmed
Beukema	Hendrien	Netherlands	h.beukema@biol.rug.nl	paper [abstract]	ok		Biodiversity conservation in rubber agroforests?	with M. van Noordwijk
Brownsey	Patrick	New Zealand	patb@tepapa.govt.nz	paper [abstract]	ok		New Zealand's pteridophyte flora - plants of ancient lineage but recent arrival?
Camus	Josephine	United Kingdom	j.camus@nhm.ac.uk	workshop	ok		How to finish off the fern accounts for Flora Malesiana.	Key workshop of the symposium that will set the framework for much of the activity and discussion of this symposium [notes]
Camus	Josephine	United Kingdom	j.camus@nhm.ac.uk	paper [abstract]	ok		Pteridophyte flora of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Camus	Josephine	United Kingdom	j.camus@nhm.ac.uk	workshop report	ok		Malesian Selaginella: vices and virtues.
Chambers	Carrick	Australia	chambers@cherry.com.au	paper	ok	Blechnaceae	The Blechnace treatment for Flora Malesiana series 2 - a case study
Cranfill	Raymond	USA	blechnum@ucmp1.berkeley.edu	paper [abstract]	ok	Blechnaceae	A molecular phylogeny of Blechnaceae inferred from three plastid gene sequences	With Y. Nakahira & M. Kato.
Cranfill	Raymond	USA	blechnum@ucmp1.berkeley.edu	paper	withdrawn	Polypodiaceae	Large scale molecular and morphological phylogenetic study of the Polypodiales	Attendance to be confirmed
Croft	Jim	Australia	jrc@anbg.gov.au	paper & poster [abstract]	ok		On-line Flora of Australia pteridophytes: an information model for an electronic Flora Malesiana series 2.
Farida	Yusuf	Singapore	scip9236@nus.edu.sg	poster [abstract]	ok		A comparison of pteridophytic diversity of various forests in Malaysia using quadrat sampling method	With Benito Tan
Given	David	New Zealand	givend@tui.lincoln.ac.nz	paper	ok		Wallace, Holttum and beyond - the imperative for conserving of pteridophytes of the Flora Malesiana region.	[ co-author: Clive Jermy]
Iwatsuki	Kunio	Japan	iwatsuki@u-air.ac.jp	paper	withdrawn	Hymenophyllaceae	Hymenophyllaceae - Systematics and Revision for Flora Malesiana	[ in collaboration with Atsushi Ebihara and Motomi Ito ]
Johns	Bob	United Kingdom	r.johns@rbgkew.org.uk	paper [abstract]	ok	Cyathea	Observations based on field studies of Cyathea (Cyatheaceae) from Mt Jaya, New Guinea
Johns	Bob	United Kingdon	r.johns@rbgkew.org.uk	paper [abstract]	ok	Asplenium	Asplenium section Thamnopteris (Aspleniaceae) - new information leading to a better taxonomy of the section
Jones	David	Australia	dlj@anbg.gov.au	paper	ok		An overview of the Australian Fern flora.
Kato	Masahiro	Japan	sorang@biol.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp	paper [abstract]	ok	Blechnaceae	A molecular phylogeny of Blechnaceae inferred from three plastid gene sequences	with R. Cranfill, & Y. Nakahira
Lindsay	Stuart	United States	slindsay@oeb.harvard.edu	paper [abstract]	ok	Vittariaceae	Old World Vittariaceae with special reference to those of the Flora Malesiana area.
Murakami	Noriaki	Japan	k53870@sakura.kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp	paper [abstract]	ok	Asplenium	Recognition of biological species in Asplenium nidus complex using molecular data and crossing experiments
Parris	Barbara	New Zealand	bsparris@voyager.co.nz	paper [abstract]	ok	Grammitidaceae	Biogeography of Grammitidaceae inside and outside Malesia.
Perrie	Leon	New Zealand	l.r.perrie@massey.ac.nz	paper [abstract]	ok	Polystichum	Investigating species boundaries : morphology and molecules.
Praptosuwiryo	T.N.	Indonesia	kriblipi@bogor.wasantara.net.id	paper [abstract]	ok	Diplazium	The fern genus Diplazium in Indonesia	with Dedy Darnaedi
Rambe	Siti Khadijah	Indonesia	rambe97@hotmail.com	paper [abstract]	ok	Aspleniaceae	Distribution of ferns in Malesia: the Aspleniaceae as a study case.
Rambe	Siti Khadijah	Indonesia	rambe97@hotmail.com	paper [abstract]	?	Aspleniaceae	Important biological characters used for the taxonomic study of Aspleniaceae
Rusea	Go	Malaysia	rusea@putra.upm.edu.my	paper [abstract]	ok	Lycopodiaceae	Towards the revision of Malaysian Lycopodiaceae
Tsai	Jinn-Lai	Taiwan	jltsai@nchu.edu.tw	paper	ok		The distributional patterns of Malesian pteridophytes
Yatabe	Yoko	Japan	s60y1128@ip.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp	paper [abstract]	ok	Osmundaceae	Phylogeny of Osmundaceae inferred from rbcL nucleotide sequences and comparison to the fossil evidences	With Harufumi Nishida, Noriaki Murakami & Kunio Iwatsuki
Zink	Michael	Germany	mjzink@gmx.net mjzink@rhrk.uni-kl.de	paper	withdrawn	Pteris	The genus Pteris (Pteridophyta: Pteridaceae) in the Flora Malesiana area.

The Pteridophyte Workshop

The symposium Pteridophyte Workshop will be run by Josephine Camus and is seen as the essential and major focus for the Sydney meeting. It will concentrate on strategies to complete the remaining families for Flora Malesiana Series 2, Pteridophytes.

Workshop materials
- 4th Flora Malesiana Symposium pteridophyte workshop report
- 3rd Flora Malesiana Symposium pteridophyte workshop report

Field Trips

Pre- and mid-conference field trips and excursions are being organized.

Organizers and Sponsors

The 5th International Flora Malesiana Symposium is being organized by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney and the Centre for Plant Plant Biodiversity Research and Australian National Herbarium, Canberra, on behalf of the Flora Malesiana Foundation, Leiden.