Program - South American Compositae Meeting

5th December
8h45 Opening session
9h00 Asterales composition and Compositae diversification
José R. Pirani, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil PDF
9h30 Baccharis Systematics (Astereae)
Gustavo Heiden, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil PDF
10h00 New morphological characters help understanding basal clades in Compositae
Nádia Roque, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil PDF
10h30 Coffee Break
11h00 Subfamily Barnadesioideae
Estrella Urtubey, Instituto de Botánica Darwinion, Argentina PDF
11h30 The tribe Gochnatieae: one of the basal clades of Compositae
Gisela Sancho, Museo de la Plata, Argentina
12h00 Lunch
13h30 An overview of the biogeography and relationships of the New World Vernonieae
Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA PDF
14h00 Towards a phylogenetic classification of Lychnophorinae (Vernonieae)
Benoît Loeuille, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil PDF
14h30 Status of knowledge and prospects of study of the Senecioneae in South America
Aristônio M.Teles, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil PDF
15h00 Systematics of the South American Gnaphalieae
Susana E. Freire, Instituto de Botánica Darwinion, Argentina PDF
15h30 Coffee Break
16h00 The Heliantheae Cassini - Today in an alliance
Mara MAgenta, Universidade Santa Cecília, Brazil PDF
16h30 Four short presentations by graduate students PDF PDF
6th December
09h00 Espeletiinae: biogeographic and evolutionary significance, ongoing issues and problems
Mauricio Diazgranados, Saint Louis University, USA
09h30 Taxonomic studies on the tribe Eupatorieae in Brazil
Jimi N. Nakajima, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil PDF
10h00 Status of knowledge and prospects of study of the Eupatorieae - Gyptidinae in South America
Silvana C. Ferreira, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil PDF
10h30 Coffee Break
11h00 Status of knowledge and prospects of anatomic studies in the Compositae in South America
Beatriz Appezzato-da-Glória, Escola Superior de Agricultura ‘Luiz de Queiroz', Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
11h30 Chromosome evolution and cytotaxonomy of South American species of tribe Vernonieae
Massimiliano Dematteis, Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste, Argentina PDF
12h00 Lunch
13h30 How the Compositae conquered the world
Vicki Funk, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA
14h30 State of the art and future perspectives in phytochemical studies of South American Compositae
Fernando Costa, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
15h00 The importance of palynology for the taxonomy of Compositae
Vania Gonçalves-Esteves, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil PDF
15h30 Coffee Break
16h00 Four short presentations by graduate students PDF PDF PDF
17h40 Book Launch: "As arnicas endêmicas das serras do Brasil. Uma visão sobre a biologia e a química das espécies de Lychnophora (Asteraceae)", by João Semir, Alex R. Rezende, Marcelo Monge and Norberto P. Lopes
7th December
9h00 Hybridization in Compositae
Edward E. Schilling, University of Tennessee, USA PDF
9h30 Biogeography and conservation of South American Compositae
Andrés Moreira Muñoz, Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile PDF
10h00 Phytophagous insects on flower heads of Neotropical Compositae – a synopsis in search of general trends
Thomas M. Lewinsohn, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil PDF
10h30 Coffee Break
11h00 Phylogenetic diversity and distribution patterns of the Compositae family in the high Andes of South America
Rosa A. Scherson, Universidad de Chile, Chile PDF
11h30

Compositae of Uruguay
J.Maurício Bonifacino, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

12h00 Lunch
14h00 Workshop ‘Digital Daisy’ - discussion on the implementation of web based tools to increase the knowledge and sharing of information on the family Compositae worldwide
15h00 Video: ‘Seven decades through the lens of José Cuatrecasas’
Autor: Mauricio Diazgranados, Saint Louis University, USA
15h30 Coffee Break
16h00 Workshop 'Floras in South America' - discussion on the state of knowledge of the floras of Compositae in South America PDF PDF PDF
17h00 Closing session
8-9th December
Field trip to the Campos do Jordão State Park. Upon reservation with Benoît Loeuille.

Organizing committee: José Rubens Pirani, Sterling C. Keeley, Benoît Loeuille, Gustavo Heiden, Fátima de Souza Buturi and João Semir


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