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NSF-PEET project in Systematic
Bryology
Missouri Botanical Garden
Abstracts of PEET products
and student projects
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DATABASING |
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PILOTRICHELLA REVISION |
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PILOTRICHELLA MOLECULAR
WORK |
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PEET STUDENTS
AND STUDENT PROJECTS |
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MEETINGS AND
PAPERS |
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SCIENTIFIC
OUTREACH |
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ABSTRACTS |
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DATABASING |
Databasing has been done using the Missouri Botanical Garden TROPICOS W3MOST database. All specimens examined during this study can be accessed on-line through this database. |
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PILOTRICHELLA REVISION |
The Pilotrichella revision is being undertaken by Drs. Bruce Allen and Steve Chruchill. The students are involved with databasing the specimens and assisting in the work. They have developed their own reseach projects as part of the NSF initiative. |
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PILOTRICHELLA MOLECULAR WORK |
The molecular phylogenetic element of this project was done in collaboration with the Shaw Lab at Duke University, North Carolina. Link to: summary of molecular work. |
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PEET STUDENTS and STUDENT
PROJECTS |
All three students developed their own research projects. The groups or individual genera studied by the students are from a wide range of families within the mosses. Each individual has developed expertise in their particular genus or family of interest. |
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Christina successfully defended her Masters thesis in July of 2000. Her thesis was titled a revision of the moss genus Streptopogon (Pottiaceae). (Link to overview of Streptopogon). She is currently working as an Environmental Scientist for HDR Engineering, Inc. FL, on a Wetlands conservation project. |
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Zacharia has completed a revision of Floribundaria
(Meteoriaceae). He is working on a revision of the Diphysciaceae,
including the phylogenetic relationships of the Diphysciaceae (Musci:
Bryopsida) based on chloroplast genes and inferences on evolution of
peristome structure. |
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Michelle has completed revsions of Rhynchostegiopsis (Leucomiaceae), Macrodictyum (Dicranaceae), Eucamptodontopsis and Schliephackea (Dicranaceae) all in review. She is working on a synopsis of the genus Holomitrium, a morphological cladistic analysis of Holomitrium and its allies; and a molecualr phylogenetic analysis of this genus. |
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MEETINGS AND PAPERS |
The students have attended national and international conferences, and presented their research work. These conferences include ABLS meetings in Montreal, San Juan, Carbondale and Portland; and the MOSS 2000 conference in Switzerland. Link to: abstracts of papers: |
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SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH |
Missouri Botanical Garden has hosted visits from national and international bryologists as part of the NSF-PEET project (Drs. Jon Shaw (NC), Richard Zander (NY), Catherine Rausch (France), Jesus Munoz (Spain); and Molly McMullen (NC), Teresa Folrentin Pena (Paraguay), Juan David Parra (Colombia). Students have also visited national and international herbaria for their research (BBS, BM, DUKE, F, G, LPB, NY, PC, US). |