U.S.-Mexico Research: Systematic and Evolutionary Studies of Mexican Podostemaceae

这一奖项将资助在墨西哥进行的一项为期两年的研究，以阐明新大陆狼毒草科植物--水生开花植物(河草)的最大家族--的模式和进化过程。将对进化多样化的模式和过程进行实地采集计划和实验研究。该收集将为随后的系统和进化研究提供基础，并将是产生分类框架的第一步，以估计多样性、对人类影响的敏感性和潜在的效用，作为水污染的生物指示物。从这些研究中获得的洞察力将对计划对整个家庭的生殖系统进行更广泛的研究具有价值。该项目是加利福尼亚州兰乔圣安娜植物园的C·托马斯·菲尔布里克博士和墨西哥城墨西哥国立自治大学(UNAM)的亚历杭德罗·诺维洛先生合作的研究成果。该项目不仅提供了一个很好的机会来研究生物多样性的繁殖和进化，有时还将提高我们对生物多样性和进化的理解。水生开花植物总体而言。

This award will fund a two year study in Mexico to elucidate the patterns and processes of evolution of New World Podostemaceae, the largest family of aquatic flowering plants (river weeds). Both a field collection program and experimental studies of the patterns and processes of evolutionary diversification will be conducted. The collection will provide the foundation for subsequent systematic and evolutionary studies and will be the first step in the production of a taxonomic framework to estimate the diversity, sensitivity to human impact, and potential utility, as biological indicators of water pollution, of the Podostemaceae. The insight gained from these studies will be valuable in planning broader scale studies of reproductive systems throughout the family. The project is a collaborative research effort between Dr. C. Thomas Philbrick, of the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden, California and Mr. Alejandro Novelo, of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City. The project provides a great opportunity not only to study reproduction and evolution in a biologically diverse and sometimes peculiar group but will also improve our understanding of the biodiversity and evolution of aquatic flowering plants overall.