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New perspectives on trans-oceanic dispersal, guided by a critically endangered group of tropical plants: Hibiscus sect. Lilibiscus
Project summary:
Hibiscus sect. Lilibiscus contains 28 species in East Africa, Madagascar, and three oceanic archipelagos (Mascarenes, Fiji, Hawaii), all arising within 2 million years. This project will complete our sampling by collecting six species from Madagascar to understand how such incredible diversity arose, dispersed, and evolved in such a short time.
First Name:
Brock Mashburn
Highest degree:
Master's of Science in Biology
Year obtained:
2019
Applicant Status:
Current student
USA
Flowering plants
Relevant publications (minimum 1, maximum 4):
Thomson L, Mashburn B. 2022. Pacific Hibiscus (Malvaceae) in sect. Lilibiscus. 1. Hibiscus kokio and Related Species from the Hawaiian Archipelago. Pacific Science 76(2): 157–174. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2984/76.2.5
Hanes M, Mashburn B, Callmander M. 2022. Transfer of the endemic Malagasy species of Kosteletzkya to Hibiscus and Perrierophytum (Malvaceae). Candollea 77: 161–171. In English, English and French abstracts. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15553/c2022v772a4
Thomson L, Braglia L, Mashburn B, Butaud JF, Read S. 2023. Pacific species of Hibiscus sect. Lilibiscus (Malvaceae). 3. Hibiscus mabberleyi L.A.J. Thomson sp. nov. and H. × denisonii Burb. Pacific Science (accepted, in press).
Mashburn B, Jhangeer-Khan R, Bégué A, Tatayah V, Olsen K, Edwards C. 2023. Genetic assessment improves conservation efforts for the critically endangered, oceanic island endemic Hibiscus liliiflorus. Journal of Heredity (accepted, in press).
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Washington University in St. Louis
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