15 results on '"Hodkinson, Trevor R."'
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2. Phylogenetics of global Camellia (Theaceae) based on three nuclear regions and its implications for systematics and evolutionary history.
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Zhao, Dong‐Wei, Hodkinson, Trevor R., and Parnell, John A.N.
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CAMELLIAS , *PHYLOGENY , *RIBOSOMAL DNA , *TEA , *INTRONS - Abstract
Camellia contains tea, oil camellia, and camellias which benefit people globally. Its infrageneric classification is, however, controversial and unstable, and former phylogenetic analyses failed to yield robust and consistent trees. Here, we aimed to reconstruct a robust phylogenetic tree, date all clades and discuss the evolutionary history of Camellia. Emphasizing the taxonomically comprehensive sampling rather than more DNA data, orthologous nuclear RPB2 introns 11–15 and 23, and waxy were sequenced for 99 taxa of Camellia to reconstruct its phylogenetic history. Ten clades are identified in Camellia: Camellia II, Camelliopsis, Corallina, Furfuracea, Heterogenea, Paracamellia, Piquetia, Stereocarpus, Thea and Yellow camellias II. Camellia grijsii and C. shensiensis are not closely related with other oil camellias that form the clade Paracamellia. Sections Camelliopsis and Theopsis together form the clade Camelliopsis, while clade Furfuracea consists of sect. Furfuracea and C. hongkongensis. Camellia connata is separated from C. lanceolata but nested in the clade Heterogenea, and C. longissima is nested in the clade Thea, suggesting a new germplasm for tea breeding. Molecular dating using four fossil calibration points suggests that the crown age of Camellia is 39.5 Ma with clade Corallina probably the earliest infrageneric clade to diversify and the most widespread clade, Paracamellia, the latest. Our findings provide new insights into the phylogenetic relationships, systematics and evolutionary history of Camellia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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3. Viola umphangensis (Violaceae), a new species from Thailand.
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Nansai, Sulisa, Srisanga, Prachaya, Hodkinson, Trevor R., and Suwanphakdee, Chalermpol
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VIOLA ,VIOLACEAE ,SPECIES ,WILDLIFE refuges - Abstract
Viola umphangensis S. Nansai, Srisanga & Suwanph., a new species from Thailand, is described and illustrated. Morphological, anatomical and palynological characters of V. umphangensis are compared with a similar species, V. betonicifolia Sm. An amended key to the Viola species in the Flora of Thailand account is provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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4. Names of Assam tea: Their priority, typification and nomenclatural notes.
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Dongwei Zhao, Parnell, John A. N., and Hodkinson, Trevor R.
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BOTANICAL nomenclature ,TEA - Abstract
Various names have been used for Assam tea and they are typified here. The currently widely used name, Camellia sinensis var. assamica, is a combination based on Thea viridis var. assamica, not "T. assamica" because the latter was never validly published. Two earlier published names, C. theifera and T. cochinchinensis, and two later ones, C. tenuistipa and T. yersinii, may represent the same taxon and are treated as synonyms of T. viridis var. assamica because the latter has priority at the rank of variety and therefore is the correct name for Assam tea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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5. Plastid genome sequencing reveals biogeographical structure and extensive population genetic variation in wild populations of Phalaris arundinacea L. in north-western Europe.
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Perdereau, Aude, Klaas, Manfred, Barth, Susanne, and Hodkinson, Trevor R.
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PLANT genetics ,REED canary grass ,NUCLEOTIDE sequencing ,PLASTIDS ,PLANT gene mapping ,PLANTS - Abstract
New and comprehensive collections of the perennial rhizomatous reed canary grass ( Phalaris arundinacea) were made in NW Europe along north-to-south and east-to-west clines from Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Rhizome, seed and leaf samples were taken for analysis and genetic resource conservation. A subsample covering the geographical range was characterized using plastid genome sequencing and SNP discovery generated using a long-read PCR and MiSeq sequencing approach. Samples were also subject to flow cytometry and all found to be tetraploid. New sequences were assembled against a Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) reference genome, and an average of approximately 60% of each genome was aligned (81 064 bp). Genetic variation was high among the 48 sequenced genotypes with a total of 1793 SNPs, equating to 23 SNPs per kbp. SNPs were subject to principal coordinate and Structure analyses to detect population genetic groupings and to examine phylogeographical pattern. Results indicate substantial genetic variation and population genetic structuring of this allogamous species at a broad geographical scale in NW Europe with plastid genetic diversity organized more across an east-to-west than a north-to-south cline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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6. Taxonomic notes on the genus Piper (Piperaceae).
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Suwanphakdee, Chalermpol, Simpson, David A., Hodkinson, Trevor R., and Chantaranothai, Pranom
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PIPERACEAE ,PLANT species ,FLORAL morphology ,PLANT classification ,PLANT diversity - Abstract
Sixteen lectotypifications of Asian Piper species are provided. Piper argyrites, P. baccatum, P. leptostachyum, P. majusculum, P. peepuloides, P. quinqueangulatum and P. sulcatum are accepted as species and many new synonyms are proposed. Useful diagnostic characters are described and geographical distribution data of each species are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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7. Genetic variation in Miscanthus × giganteus and the importance of estimating genetic distance thresholds for differentiating clones.
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Głowacka, Katarzyna, Clark, Lindsay V., Adhikari, Shivani, Peng, Junhua, Stewart, J. Ryan, Nishiwaki, Aya, Yamada, Toshihiko, Jørgensen, Uffe, Hodkinson, Trevor R., Gifford, Justin, Juvik, John A., and Sacks, Erik J.
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MISCANTHUS ,BIOMASS energy ,FEEDSTOCK ,NUCLEOTIDE sequencing ,CULTIVARS - Abstract
Miscanthus × giganteus (Mxg) is an important bioenergy feedstock crop, however, genetic diversity among legacy cultivars may be severely constrained. Only one introduction from Japan to Denmark of this sterile, triploid, vegetatively propagated crop was recorded in the 1930s. We sought to determine if the Mxg cultivars in North America were all synonyms, and if they were derived from the European introduction. We used 64 nuclear and five chloroplast simple sequence repeat ( SSR) markers to estimate genetic similarity for 27 Mxg accessions from North America, and compared them with six accessions from Europe, including the species' type-specimen. A subset of accessions was also evaluated by restriction-site associated DNA sequencing ( RAD-seq). In addition, we assessed the potential of new crosses to increase Mxg genetic diversity by comparing eight new triploid Mxg progeny grown from seed, along with samples of the parental species M. sacchariflorus and M. sinensis. Estimates of genotyping error rates were essential for distinguishing between experimental error and true genotypic differences among accessions. Given differences in estimated error rates and costs per marker for SSRs and RAD-seq, the former is currently more cost-effective for determining if two accessions are genetically identical. We concluded that all of the Mxg legacy cultivars were derived via vegetative propagation from a single genet. In contrast with the Mxg legacy cultivars, genetic similarity to the type-specimen of eight new triploid Mxg progeny ranged from 0.46 to 0.56. Though genetic diversity among the Mxg legacy cultivars is critically low, new crosses can provide much-needed variation to growers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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8. Morphological and physiological traits for higher biomass production in perennial rhizomatous grasses grown on marginal land.
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Jones, Michael B., Finnan, John, and Hodkinson, Trevor R.
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BIOMASS production ,ENERGY crops ,FOOD crops ,CROP yields ,AGRICULTURALLY marginal lands ,LAND use - Abstract
A widespread criticism of growing energy crops is that they displace much needed food crops and cause upward pressure on food prices. One solution is the use of marginal land that is unfavourable for food production and is currently underutilized. However, the yield of crops growing on marginal land is reduced because they are subjected to a range of abiotic stresses such as extremes of temperature and rainfall and edaphic factors such as increased soil salinity. Therefore, to achieve acceptable economic returns on the use of this land it will be necessary to, on the one hand improve management practices and on the other to select for plant genotypes which are able to tolerate and potentially overcome the stressful conditions they are exposed to. Here, we review the morphological and physiological traits of perennial rhizomatous grasses that could be modified to overcome these stresses and to maximize biomass production on marginal land. The traits include aspects of crop phenology, canopy and leaf photosynthesis, biomass partitioning, nutrient and water use efficiency and heat, cold and salt tolerance. It is proposed that newly developed biotechnological methods combined with high-throughput plant phenotyping offer opportunities to rapidly select new genotypes that could achieve economic yields on large areas of marginal land. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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9. Digitaria isanensis sp. nov. and a reinstated taxon of Digitaria (Poaceae) from Thailand.
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Boonsuk, Boonchuang, Chantaranothai, Pranom, and Hodkinson, Trevor R.
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GRASS research ,PLANT species ,ENDEMIC plants ,SANDY soils ,PLANT classification - Abstract
Digitaria isanensis is described as a new species apparently endemic to sandy soils in open areas of northeastern Thailand. In addition, D. thwaitesii var. tonkinensis is reinstated and presented as a new record for Thailand. Descriptions and illustrations of both taxa are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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10. Buxus sirindhorniana sp. nov. (Buxaceae),. bicarpellate species from Thailand.
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Soh, Wuu Kuang, von Sternburg, Maximilian, Hodkinson, Trevor R., and Parnell, John A. N.
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BOXWOOD ,POLLEN viability ,POLLEN morphology ,PLANT phylogeny ,PLANT DNA ,NUCLEIC acid isolation methods ,PALYNOLOGY - Abstract
A new bicarpellate Buxus species, Buxus sirindhorniana W. K. Soh, M. von Sternburg, Hodk.. J. Parn., is described from northern Thailand. This is the first reported bicarpellate species of Buxus. The pollen morphology and the degree of pollen viability of the species are reported. DNA was extracted from herbarium samples and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of nuclear ribosomal DNA sequenced. The palynological evidence and the phylogenetic reconstruction support the contention that this new species belongs to the genus Buxus. The morphological diversity of reproductive organs in the Buxaceae, in relation to this new species, is briefly discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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11. Timing and tempo of evolutionary diversification in a biodiversity hotspot: Primulaceae on Indian Ocean islands.
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Strijk, Joeri S., Bone, Ruth E., Thébaud, Christophe, Buerki, Sven, Fritsch, Peter W., Hodkinson, Trevor R., Strasberg, Dominique, and Richardson, James
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SPATIO-temporal variation ,PRIMULACEAE ,GENETIC speciation ,PLASTIDS ,DNA analysis ,MAXIMUM likelihood statistics ,ADAPTIVE radiation - Abstract
Aim We examined phylogenetic relationships and spatio-temporal diversification in Indian Ocean Primulaceae, assessing correlations between speciation rates, geographical expansion and ecomorphological specialization. Location Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands. Methods We conducted phylogenetic analyses with plastid and nuclear DNA sequences of Primulaceae using maximum likelihood and Bayesian algorithms, and estimated divergence times using a Bayesian relaxed molecular clock. Temporal changes in diversification rate and possible correlations with the biogeographical history of the group were examined. We performed parametric ancestral area reconstruction incorporating a stratified palaeogeographical model that reflects changes in terrestrial configuration and the presence of phytogeographical connections through time in the western Indian Ocean Basin. Shifts in diversification rate were compared with ancestral area assignments and divergence age estimates. Results Indian Ocean Primulaceae were recovered as monophyletic with a sister relationship to Asian Ardisia. Oncostemum, a genus confined to Madagascar and the Comoros, was resolved as paraphyletic by the inclusion of a monophyletic Mascarene Badula group consisting of single-island endemics. We found evidence for diversification bursts early in the history of Indian Ocean Primulaceae that correspond closely to the sequence of dispersal and the appearance of newly formed Mascarene Islands. Age estimates suggest a dispersal to Rodrigues that is older than the estimated geological age of the island. Main conclusions Results suggest a Madagascan origin of Indian Ocean Primulaceae with subsequent dispersal to the Mascarenes in the middle to late Miocene, with initial establishment on either Mauritius or Rodrigues and subsequent stepping-stone dispersal to the other two Mascarene islands within the last 2 Myr. Analyses suggest that diversification has slowed over time, with significant rate changes following dispersal to new geographical areas. Onset of diversification in species-rich Oncostemum appears to have been recent, with major cladogenesis commencing in the early Pliocene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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12. Studies in the recent new genus record Pseudostachyum (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from Thailand: notes on its taxonomy, distribution and habitat.
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Teerawatananon, Atchara, Sungkaew, Sarawood, Marod, Dokrak, and Hodkinson, Trevor R.
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BAMBOO ,PLANT classification ,PLANT habitats ,PHYTOGEOGRAPHY ,PLANT morphology - Abstract
A taxonomic review of the genus Pseudostachyum Munro in Thailand is presented including a description of its morphology, geographic distribution and habitat. An illustrated description of the newly recorded species P. polymorphum Munro, discovered in Thailand, is provided and a doubtful species, P. wakha Brandis ex Camus, is reduced to a synonym of P. polymorphum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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13. The origins and diversification of C4 grasses and savanna-adapted ungulates.
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BOUCHENAK-KHELLADI, YANIS, ANTHONY VERBOOM, G., HODKINSON, TREVOR R., SALAMIN, NICOLAS, FRANCOIS, OLIVIER, NÍ CHONGHAILE, GRAINNE, and SAVOLAINEN, VINCENT
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GRASSES ,SAVANNAS ,BIOTIC communities ,UNGULATE behavior ,ANIMAL feeding behavior ,GRAZING ,ANIMAL-plant relationships ,PHYLOGENY ,CARBON dioxide & the environment ,PHOTOSYNTHESIS ,RANGELANDS - Abstract
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4 grasses constitute the main component of savannas and are pervasive in other dry tropical ecosystems where they serve as the main diet for grazing animals. Among potential factors driving C4 evolution of grasses, the interaction between grasses and grazers has not been investigated. To evaluate if increased grazing pressure may have selected for higher leaf silica production as the grasses diverged, we reconstructed the phylogeny of all 800 genera of the grass family with both molecular (combined multiplastid DNA regions) and morphological characters. Using molecular clocks, we also calculated the age and number of origins of C4 clades and found that shifts from C3 to C4 photosynthesis occurred at least 12 times starting 30.9 million years ago and found evidence that the most severe drop in atmospheric carbon dioxide in the late Oligocene (between 33 and 30 million years ago) matches the first origin of C4 photosynthesis in Chloridoideae. By combining fossil and phylogenetic data for ungulates and implementing a randomization procedure, our results showed that the appearance of C4 grass clades and ungulate adaptations to C4 -dominated habitats match significantly in time. An increase of leaf epidermal density of silica bodies was found to correspond to postulated shifts in diversification rates in the late Miocene [24 significant shifts in diversification ( P<0.05) were detected between 23 and 3.7 million years ago]. For aristidoid and chloridoid grasses, increased grazing pressure may have selected for a higher leaf epidermal silica production in the late Miocene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2009
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14. PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS NI CYPERACEAE SUBFAMILY MAPANIOIDEAE INFERRED FROM POLLEN AND PLASTID DNA SEQUENCE DATA.
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Simpson, David A., Furness, Carol A., Hodkinson, Trevor R., Muasya, A. Muthama, and Chase, Mark W.
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CYPERACEAE ,PLANT phylogeny ,PLASTIDS ,DNA - Abstract
Cyperaceae are the third largest monocotyledon family, with considerable economic and conservation importance. In subfamily Mapanioideae there is particular specialization of the inflorescence into units termed spicoids. The structural homology of the spicoid is difficult to interpret, making determination of intrafamilial relationships problematic. To address this, pollen from eight species in Mapanioideae was investigated using light microscopy and scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Pollen development was also examined to identify the type of pollen present in these species. We also analyzed DNA sequence data using the trnL-F and rps16 regions from 25 genera and 35 species of Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, and Thurniaceae. Two types of pollen, Mapania-type and pseudomonad, were identified. Analysis of combined DNA and pollen data resolved a clade sister to the rest of Cyperaceae, corresponding to Mapanioideae. Within this, two further clades were resolved. One comprised taxa assigned to tribe Hypolytreae, which had Mapania-type pollen. The other comprised taxa mainly assigned to tribe Chrysitricheae, but included two taxa from Hypolytreae, Capitularina and Exocarya. All taxa in this clade had pseudomonad pollen. Thus new groupings within the subfamily have been discovered based on the specialization of some taxa in terms of their pollination biology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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15. THE USE OF DNA SEQUENCING (ITS AND TRNL-F), AFLP, AND FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION TO STUDY ALLOPOLYPLOID MISCANTHUS (POACEAE).
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Hodkinson, Trevor R., Chase, Mark W., Takahashi, Chigusa, Leitch, Ilia J., Bennett, Michael D., and Renvoize, Stephen A.
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PLANT clones , *NUCLEOTIDE sequence , *IN situ hybridization , *PLANT genetics - Abstract
Presents information on a study which investigated the origin of two clones of Miscanthus using DNA sequencing and amplified fragment length polymorphism. Information on Miscanthus as a biomass source; Role of fluorescent in situ hybridization and genomic in situ hybridization in investigating genome organization.
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- 2002
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