DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Systematics of Salvia sect. Audibertia, Salvia subg. Calosphace, and Related Meriandreae

该项目整合了分子数据，形态学数据和实地考察，以解决世界上最大的植物属之一（鼠尾草属的圣人）的系谱历史，植物地理学和花的进化。尽管圣人在园艺界非常受欢迎，但人们对该属的进化历史知之甚少。 该项目已经完成了对鼠尾草属所有主要类群和密切相关属的全球调查，并将利用NSF DDIG基金调查新大陆鼠尾草属所有主要谱系的起源和多样化模式。该研究中包括的植物群包含100多种商业园艺植物。这些结果将对园艺产业不可或缺的杂交研究和命名产生重大影响。 由于巨大的园艺利益鼠尾草物种，存在的机会，传播植物系统的知识，非系统的社会。 这项工作是通过鼠尾草研究网络网站（www.botany.wisc.edu/salvia/）进行的。 该网站包括植物分类学、分类、命名、植物区系、数字图像、数据集、联系人等信息，促进鼠尾草研究人员之间的密切合作，并提供一个场所，通过它向园艺家和爱好者传播我们的研究成果。

The project integrates molecular data, morphological data, and fieldwork to address the genealogical history, biogeography, and floral evolution of one of the largest genera of plants in the world (the sages of the genus Salvia). Despite the enormous popularity of sages in the horticultural community, little is known about the evolutionary history of the genus. This project has already completed a global survey of all major groups of Salvia and closely related genera, and will use the NSF DDIG funding to investigate the origins and diversification patterns of all major lineages of Salvia in the New World.The group of plants included in this study contains over 100 species of commercially available horticultural plants. The results will bear significant impact on hybridization studies and nomenclature, integral to the horticultural industry. Due to the enormous horticultural interest in Salvia species, the opportunity exists to disseminate botanical systematic knowledge to the non-systematic community. This is being done through Salvia Research Network website (www.botany.wisc.edu/salvia/). This site includes information on phylogenies, classifications, nomenclature, floristics, digital images, data sets, contacts, etc. that promote close collaboration among Salvia researchers and provide a venue through which to disseminate the results of our research to horticulturists and hobbyists.