Conference report/Botanical Society British Isles No.25 - Current taxonomic research on the British & European flora

2006·12.7 MB·English

CURRENT TAXONOMIC RESEARCH
BRITISH FLORA
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Conference Report No. 25
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Proceedings of a Conference arranged by the Botanical
Society of the British Isles to commemorate the retirement of
Professor Clive Stace from the University of Leicester
• Leicester
13th -14th September 2003
Edited by
John Bailey and Gwynn Ellis
BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF THE BRITISH ISLES
London
2006
Conference Report
© 2006 Botanical Society of the British Isles
ISBN 0 901158 37 2
Camera-ready copy prepared by R.G. Ellis
Cover designed by C. R. Glanville-Ellis
Published by the Botanical Society of the British Isles
c/o Natural History Museum
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FRONTISPIECE
Clive prepares to cut the cake after the conference meal

CONTENTS
Preface. John P. Bailey. 1
What is happening to plant taxonomy? Clive A. Stace. 3
Keys for the future. Richard J. Pankhurst. 5
Population based approaches in the study of Pi l os ell a Hill (Asteraceae): A new view
of its taxonomy. Frantisek Krahulec & Anna KrahulcovA . 15
Taxonomic complexity, conservation and recurrent origins of self-pollination in
Epipactis (Orchidaceae). P.M. Hollingsworth, J. Squirrell,
M.L. Hollingsworth, A.J. Richards & R.M. Bateman. 27
Molecular evolutionary rates shed new light on the relationships of Festuca, Lolium,
Vulpia and related grasses (Loliinae, Pooideae, Poaceae). Pilar Catalan,
Pedro Torrecilla, Jose Angel Lopez Rodriguez & Jochen Muller. 45
What use is sex? Rock sea-lavenders (Limonium binervosum agg.) revisited.
Martin J. Ingrouille.71
How many orchid species are currently native to the British Isles?
Richard M. Bateman. 89
Factors affecting hybridisation from GM oilseed rape in the United Kingdom.
Mike Wilkinson & Joel Allainguillaume. Ill
Endemic vascular plants in the Nordic flora. Bengt Jonsell & Thomas Karlsson ... 123
Evolution in thyme enough? Rapid physiological evolution in response to pollution
in two common British plants. A. John Richards, Helena Winsnes &
Lynn Whitfield.135
Some thoughts about the future of electronic floras. Ruud van der Meijden.149
New field botanists for the future. Franklyn Perring|.153
List of participants.155
Colour Plates 157