Dissertation Research: Systematics of Aralia (Araliaceae)
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Graduate student Ms. Jun Wen, under the faculty guidance of                Dr. Tod Stuessy of Ohio State University, will prepare a modern                 taxonomic treatment of the estimated 35 species of the flowering                plant genus Aralia.  The species occur throughout North America                 and in eastern Asia, and present an interesting problem in                      historical biogeography.  New data on morphology and anatomy will               be acquired from herbarium specimens and from new collections to                be made in China; field work has already been completed in Mexico               and in the United States by the student.  In addition, chromosome               analyses and floral-morphological data will be used to test                     relationships with associated genera such as Pentapanax and                     Sciadodendron.  A revised taxonomy of the genus, providing                      consistent delimitation of all species and reliable                             identification keys, mapping geographic distributions, and                      summarizing knowledge of ecology and of reproductive biology,                   will help further understanding of a widespread pattern of                      disjunct plant distribution in the northern hemisphere.
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{'Code': '1127', 'Text': 'Evolutionary Processes'}
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