U.S.-BRAZIL RESEARCH PLANNING VISIT: PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS OF XYRIDACEAE (POALES)---TOWARDS A MONOGRAPH OF THE YELLOW-EYED GRASSES

拟议中的美国-巴西计划访问将允许美国PIS的Lisa Campbell博士和Damon Little(纽约植物园)与来自巴西圣保罗植物研究所的巴西合作者Maria Das Gracas Lapa Wanderley博士计划一个关于Xyridaceae系统学的跨学科合作研究项目。木兰科是开花植物的一个小科，在世界许多地区的湿地中很常见。它们从来没有被彻底研究过；目前的知识是基于零散的和局部的研究。面对面的会议将提供一个有效沟通有关数据收集和分析、研究费用和预期结果传播责任的细节的场所。这次规划访问的目的是提出一项研究，根据进化关系和合理的分类法进行分类。这些对于有意义的木犀科生物学和生态学研究是必不可少的。此外，深入了解这一谱系的多样性将是制定保护优先事项的关键。

The proposed U.S.-Brazil planning visit will allow the U.S. PIs Drs. Lisa Campbell and Damon Little (New York Botanical Garden) to plan an interdisciplinary, collaborative research program on the systematics of Xyridaceae with Brazilian collaborator Dr. Maria Das Gracas Lapa Wanderley from the Instituto de Botanica de Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Xyridaceae are a small family of flowering plants, common in wetlands in many parts of the world. They have never been studied thoroughly; current knowledge is based on fragmentary and local studies. Meeting in person will provide a venue for effectively communicating details regarding responsibilities for data gathering and analysis, research expenses, and dissemination of anticipated results. The planning visit aims to propose research that will produce a classification based on evolutionary relationships and on sound taxonomy. These are essential for meaningful studies on the biology and ecology of Xyridaceae. Furthermore insight into the diversity of this lineage will be critical in formulating conservation priorities.