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

Tentative program

The following tentative program is based on preliminary indications of papers. It will be updated as papers are changed, withdrawn or new ones submitted. Time available for pteridophyte activities include a workshop session (c. half day), a min-isymposium session (full day) and an evening dinner session; a local field trip is being planned.

Pteridophyte Mini-symposium - Tuesday, 11 September 2001

Time	Surname	Firstname	Country		Topic	Additional information
Start
	Croft	Jim	Australia		Welcome to Flora Malesiana Pteridophyte mini-symposium; housekeeping announcements
	Camus	Josephine	United Kingdon		Introduction to Flora Malesiana Pteridophyte mini-symposium

Biogeography session - chair: ? Bob Johns
	Camus	Josephine	United Kingdom	ok	Pteridophyte flora of Sulawesi, Indonesia.	[abstract]
	Given	David	New Zealand	ok	Wallace, Holttum and beyond - the imperative for conserving of pteridophytes of the Flora Malesiana region.	co-author: Clive Jermy
	Brownsey	Patrick	New Zealand	ok	New Zealand's pteridophyte flora - plants of ancient lineage but recent arrival?	[abstract]
	Tsai	Jinn-Lai	Taiway	?	Distributional patterns of Malesian pteridophytes
	Rambe	Siti Khadijah	Indonesia	ok	Distribution of ferns in Malesia: the Aspleniaceae as a study case.	[abstract]
	Parris	Barbara	New Zealand	ok	Biogeography of Grammitidaceae inside and outside Malesia.	[abstract]

Taxomonic treatments - chair:
	Lindsay	Stuart	United States	ok	Old World Vittariaceae with special reference to those of the Flora Malesiana area.	[abstract]
	Johns	Bob	United Kingdom	ok	New advances in Cyathea systematics	[abstract]
	Yatabe	Yoko	Japan	ok	Phylogeny of Osmundaceae inferred from rbcL nucleotide sequences and comparison to the fossil evidences	With Harufumi Nishida, Noriaki Murakami & Kunio Iwatsuki [abstract]
	Perrie	Leon	New Zealand	ok	Systematics of Polystichum in New Zealand using a combination of morphological analyses, cytology, DNA sequencing and DNA AFLP-fingerprinting	[abstract]
	Johns	Bob	United Kingdon	ok	New Advances in the systematic study of Asplenium section Thamnopteris.	[abstract]
	Murakami	Noriaki	Japan	ok	Recognition of biological species in Asplenium nidus complex using molecular data and crossing experiments	[abstract]
	Rambe	Siti Khadijah	Indonesia	ok	Important biological characters used for the taxonomic study of Aspleniaceae	[abstract]
	Kato	Masahiro	Japan	ok	A molecular phylogeny of Blechnaceae inferred from three plastid gene sequences	with Ray Cranfill [abstract]

Regional floras - chair: ?
	Barcelona	Julie	Philippines	?	Philippines fern flora.
	Amoroso	Victor	Philippines	?	Species richness, assesment and distribution of Lycopodium in the Philippines	with P.M. Zamora & L.V. Rufila [abstract]
	Rusea	Go	Malaysia	ok	Towards the revision of Malaysian Lycopodiaceae	[abstract]
	Beukema	Hendrien	Netherlands	ok	Biodiversity conservation in rubber agroforests?	with M. van Noordwijk [abstract]
	Praptosuwiryo	T.N.	Indonesia	ok	The fern genus Diplazium in Indonesia	co-author Dedy Darnaedi [abstract]
	Parris	Barbara	New Zealand		Summary and concluding remarks

Finish

Pteridophyte Workshop - Wednesday, 12 September 2001

Time	Surname	Firstname	Country		Topic	Additional information
*Start - Getting the Flora* Done - chair: Josephine Camus**
	Croft	Jim	Australia	ok	Welcome to Flora Malesiana Pteridophyte Workshop; housekeeping announcements
	Camus	Josephine	United Kingdon	ok	Introduction to Flora Malesiana pteridophyte workshop
	Chambers	Carrick	Australia	ok	The Blechnace treatment for Flora Malesiana series 2 - a case study
	Croft	Jim	Australia	ok	On-line Flora of Australia pteridophytes: an information model for an electronic Flora Malesiana series 2.	[abstract]
	Camus	Josephine	United Kingdom	ok	Malesian Selaginella: vices and virtues.

Afternoon Tea - Summary
					General discussion
	Camus	Josephine	United Kingdom	ok	Conclusion, summary of the Workshop, recommendations

Posters

Time	Surname	Firstname	Country		Topic	Additional information
Duration of the Symposium
	Barcelona	Julie	Philippines	?	The distribution of threatened endemic pteridophytes in the Philippines	Attendance to be confirmed [abstract]
	Croft	Jim	Australia	ok	On-line Flora of Australia pteridophytes: an information model for an electronic Flora Malesiana series 2.	[abstract]
	Farida	Yusuf	Singapore	ok	A comparison of pteridophytic diversity of various forests in Malaysia using quadrat sampling method	[abstract]

Part of Status of Botany - Monday, 10 September 2001

Time	Surname	Firstname	Country		Topic	Additional information
	Amoroso	Victor	Philippines	?	Updates on Philippine fens allies	with & L.V. Rufila [abstract]

Pteridophyte Dinner - Wednesday night

Time	Surname	Firstname	Country		Topic
Start - Dinner speaker / presentation
	Jones	David	Australia	ok	An overview of the Australian Fern flora.

Time and place to be advised