SECOND CIRCULAR
· Organising Committee
· Scientific Programme Committee
· Letter of Invitation
· Registration Fee
· Provisonal Programme
· Guidelines for Oral & Poster Presentations
· Accommodation
· Excursions and Other Activities
· General Information
· List of Participants by Countries and Institutes
Organising Committee:
Advisors: Mr. Somchai Masathien, Director, Forest and Plant Conservation Research Office
Dr. Chamlong Phengklai, The Forest Herbarium
Chairman: Prof. Thawatchai Santisuk, Editor, Flora of Thailand, The Forest Herbarium
Members: Mr. Thawatchai Wongprasert, Director, The Forest Herbarium
Dr. Kongkanda Chayamarit, The Forest Herbarium
Dr. David A. Simpson, Royal Botanic, Gardens, Kew
Prof. Peter van Welzen, Leiden, The Netherlands
Program Co-ordinator: Dr. Rachun Pooma, The Forest Herbarium
Secretary: Ms. Nannapat Phatharahirantricin, The Forest Herbarium
Logistics: Dr. Voradol Chamchumroon, The Forest Herbarium
Excursion: Mr. Manus Ruadrew, The Forest Herbarium
Address: The 15th Flora of Thailand Meeting Organizing Committee
The Forest Herbarium
Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation
61 Phahonyothin Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 Thailand
Tel & Fax: 0 2579 6666 ext. 1476
Letter of Invitation:
If you require an official letter of invitation, please contact Dr. Rachun Pooma at . Participants from abroad may require a visa to enter Thailand. Please contact the Thai embassy or consulate in your own country for further information.
Scientific Programme Committee:
Prof. John Parnell, Trinity College, Dublin
Prof. Henrik Balslev, Aarhus University
Prof. Pranom Chantharanothai, Khonkaen University
Dr. Mark Newman, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Dr. David Middleton, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Dr. Paul Wilkin, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Dr. Hans-Joachim Esser, Botanische Staatssammlung Muenchen
Dr. Richard Saunders, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Tim Utteridge, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Dr. George W. Staples, Singapore Botanical Gardens
Dr. Somran Suddee, The Forest Herbarium
Dr. Kitichate Sridith, Prince of Songkla University
Dr. Piyakaset Suksathan, Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Chiang Mai
Committee members will select the 3 best oral presentations and posters for awards. The committee will also select papers to publish in the Proceedings, which will be a special issue of the Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) for publication in 2012.
Registration Fee:
There will be no registration fee. Lunch and coffee/tea will be served at no charge during the meeting. Welcome and farewell dinners will be also served at no cost.
Provisional Programme
Day 1, 7 November (Monday)
13.00-17.00 / Arrival and registration14.00-17.00 / Board Meeting
Day 2, 8 November (Tuesday)
8.00-9.00 / Registration9.00-9.20 / Opening Ceremony and welcome address / DNP Director General
9.20-9.40 / Welcome speech / Thawatchai Santisuk, Editor, Flora of Thailand, The Forest Herbarium
Overarching Topics
9.40-10.00 / Is it really worthwhile revising the same flora repeatedly? A case study in Thai Orchidaceae / Henrik Æ. Pedersen, Botanical Garden & Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
10.00-10.20 / Global Plants Initiative and JSTOR Plant Science / Deirdre Ryan, JSTOR/ITHAKA
10.20-10.40 / Collaboration between Chiang Mai and Aarhus Universities / Henrik Balslev, Department of Biological Sciences, Aarhus University
10.40-11.00 / Coffee/tea
Floristic Regions in Thailand and Regional Floras
11.00-11.20 / Floristic regions in Thailand, now and in the future / Peter van Welzen, NCB Naturalis (NHN branch), Leiden University
11.20-11.40 / Flora of Peninsular Malaysia / Richard Cheng Kon Chung, Forest Research Institute Malaysia
11.40-12.00 / Flora of China: Progress and Prospect / Jinshuang Ma, Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
12.00-13.00 / Lunch
Biogeography and Regional Floras
13.00-13.20 / The origin and distribution of Magnolias / Hans Nooteboom, NCB Naturalis (NHN branch), Leiden University
13.21-13.40 / Determinants of palm distribution patterns in Thailand as revealed by species distribution modelling / Jantrararuk Tovaranonte, Ecoinformatic and Biodiversity Group, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University
13.40-14.00 / Biogeography of Banana Species and Subspecies in Thailand / Sasivimon Swangpol, Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University
14.00-14.20 / Biogeography of Podostemaceae / Masahiro Kato, Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan
14.20-14.40 / Podostemaceae in Laos / Satoshi Koi, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
14.40-15.00 / Coffee/tea
Taxonomy and Systematics 1
15.00-15.20 / Diversity of Basils and Allies (Lamiaceae) in Thailand and elsewhere / Alan Paton, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
15.20-15.40 / Systematics of the genus Gmelina L. in Southeast Asia / Mohammad Harun-Ur Rashid, University of Chittagong
15.40-16.00 / Palaquium Blanco (Sapotaceae) in the Great Mekong Subregion / Pranom Chantaranothai, Department of Biology, faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University
16.00-16.20 / A multiple key to the ferns of Thailand / Stuart Lindsay and David Middleton, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
16.20-16.40 / Fossil Macaranga and Mallotus: what to believe? / Peter van Welzen, NCB Naturalis (NHN branch), Leiden University
16.400-17.30 / Poster session/group photo
18.00-22.00 / Welcome dinner
Day 3, 9 November (Wednesday)
Taxonomy and Systematics 28.30-8.50 / Systematic of the genus Derris Lour. (Fabaceae) and its closely related genera in Thailand / Yotsawat Sirichamorn, NCB Naturalis section Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
8.50-9.10 / Systematics of Mezoneuron – a genus distinct from Caesalpinia? / Ruth Clark, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
9.10-9.30 / Recent changes in the delimitation of genera in the Annonaceae of the Thailand (Provisional title only) / Richard Saunders, The University of Hong Kong
9.30-9.50 / New insights in the relationships between Paraboea, Trisepalum and Phylloboea (Gesneriaceae) / Carmen Puglisi, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
9.50-10.10 / The revision of Ficus subsection Urostigma (Moraceae) / Bhanumas Chantarasuwan, NCB Naturalis section, Nationaal Herbarium, Nederland
10.10-10.30 / A systematic Monograph of the Liverwort Genus Thysananthus (Marchantiophyta: Lejeuneaceae) / Phiangphak Sukkharak, Department of Systematic Botany, University of Göttingen
10.30-10.50 / Coffee/tea
Molecular, Morphological and Chemotaxonomic Studies
10.50-11.10 / A preliminary study on the molecular phylogeny of Balsaminaceae in Thailand / Saroj Ruchisansakun, Department of Plant Science, Mahidol University
11.10-11.30 / Genetic diversity of Azadirachta spp.: suggestion on the nomenclature of Thai neem as Azadirachta siamensis! / Suchitra Chantrakul, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation
11.30-11.50 / Morphological variations of Oberonia Lindl. (Orchidaceae) in Thailand / Kanokon Bunpha, Prince of Songkla University
11.50-12.10 / A chemotaxonomic study of Gomphostemma Wall. ex Benth. and related genera / Bhanubong Bongcheewin, Birkbeck College, University of London
12.10-13.10 / Lunch
Ecology and Conservation
13.10-13.30 / Habitats preferences of Liparis L.C. Rich. (Orchidaceae) in Thailand / Naiyana Tesana, Prince of Songkla University
13.30-13.50 / Plant communities in running streams of peninsular Thailand / Milica Stankovic, Prince of Songkla University
13.50-14.10 / Characterisation and botanical composition of evergreen forest types in Cambodia / Ida Theilade, Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen
14.10-14.30 / Conservation for rare Thai Convolvulaceae / George Staples, Singapore Botanic Gardens
14.30-15.00 / Coffee/tea
The Flora of Thailand: Monocotyledons
15.00-15.20 / Progress on the Flora of Thailand Poaceae / David A. Simpson, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
15.20-15.40 / A revision of Digitaria Haller (Poaceae) in Thailand / Boonchuang Boonsuk, Department of Biology, faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University
15.40-16.00 / Systematics of Eragrostis Wolf (Poaceae) referring to Thailand / Wanwipha Chaisongkram, Khon Kaen University
16.00-16.20 / Zingiberaceae in the Flora of Thailand / Mark Newman, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
16.20-16.40 / Liliaceae sensu lato in Thailand / Minoru N. Tamura, Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
16.40-17.00 / A Revision of Xyridaceae in Thailand / Phongsak Phonsena, Khon Kaen University
17.20-17.40 / Araceae in Thailand / Peter Boyce, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
19.00-21.00 / Thai Biogeography Group Meeting
Free Evening
Day 4, 10 November (Thursday)
One-day excursion to Ban Mae Kham Pong, San Kam Phaeng district in the morning and to Doi San Yao, Khun Jae National Park in the afternoon.
Loy Krathong Festival, night sightseeing will be organised, especially for foreign participants.
Day 5, 11 November (Friday)
The Flora of Thailand: Dicotyledons 18.30-8.50 / Taxonomic notes and novelties in the genus Polygonum s.l. (Polygonaceae) from Thailand / Chortip Kantachot, Ubon Ratchathani University
8.50-9.10 / Taxonomic Studies in Thai Paraboea, Phyllobpea and Trisepalum / Pramote Triboun, Bangkok Herbarium
9.10-9.30 / The Hedyotis-Oldenlandia Complex (Rubiaceae) in Thailand / Khanit Wangwasit, Khon Kaen University
9.30-9.50 / Note on Casearia, Hydnocarpus and Ryparosa (all formerly Flacourtiaceae) in Thailand / Bob Harwood, Darwin, Northern Australia
9.50-10.10 / Diversity of Miliusa, Marsypopetalum, Trivalvaria, Neo-uvaria, and two new genera (Annonaceae) in Thailand / Tanawat Chaowasku, NCB Naturalis, section NHN, Leiden University, the Netherlands
10.10-10.30 / Taxonomic Note on Thai Artabotrys R.Br. (Anonnaceae) / Wichan Eiadthong, Department of Forest Biology, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University
10.30-10.50 / Coffee/tea
The Flora of Thailand: Dicotyledons 2
10.50-11.10 / The Gesneriaceae in Thailand / David Middleton, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
11.10-11.30 / Thai Vitaceae updated / Anna Trias Blasi, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
11.30-11.50 / Balsaminaceae of Thailand / Piyakaset Suksathan, Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden
11.50-12.10 / An outline of Campanulaceae in Thailand / Brigitta Duyfjes, NCB Naturalis (NHN branch), Leiden University
12.10-13.10 / Lunch
The Flora of Thailand: Dicotyledons 3
13.10-13.30 / Pittosporaceae and Dichapetalaceae of Thailand / Paul J. Grote, Suranaree University of Technology
13.30-13.50 / Justicia L. (Acanthaceae) in Thailand / Kanokorn Ruengsawang, Khon Kaen University
13.50-14.10 / A preliminary study of the genus Psychotria L. (Rubiaceae) in Thailand / Voradol Chamchumroon, Forest Herbarium
14.10-14.30 / Two Magnolia new to the Flora of Thailand / Piya Chalermglin, Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research
14.30-15.00 / Coffee/tea
The Flora of Thailand: Dicotyledons 4
15.00-15.20 / A preliminary study of the genus Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Thailand / Chatchai Ngernsaengsaruay, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University
15.20-15.40 / Taxonomic study of Nelsonioideae (Acanthaceae) in Thailand / Thiamhathai Choopan, Suranaree University of Technology
15.40-16.00 / Census of Piperaceae in Thailand / Chalermpol Suwanphakdee, Khon Kaen University
16.00-16.20 / The genus Begonia L. (Begoniaceae) of Thailand / Thamarat Phutthai, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University
16.20-16.40 / Board report
16.40-17.00 / Closing and awards for oral presentations and posters
18.00-22.00 / Closing dinner
Guidelines for Oral & Poster Presentations:
Oral presentations will be in English and 20 minutes will be allowed for each presentation including questions and discussion. Poster presentations should be 120 cm high and 80 cm wide. Display boards and tapes will be provided at the meeting. Poster presenters should stand by their posters during the poster sessions to answer questions and for discussion.
Abstracts for both oral and poster presentations should be submitted before 31 July 2011.
Accommodation:
The Chiang Mai Orchid Hotel website: http://www.chiangmaiorchid.com> has been selected for the meeting and is offering special discounted room rates (breakfast included) for participants of the 15th Flora of Thailand Meeting. Wireless internet connection is free and available in all rooms. All rates are in Thai Baht.
1000 THB per night (Single, Superior room)
1100 THB per night (double, Superior room)
1200 THB night (Single, Deluxe room)
1400 THB per night (double, Deluxe room)
For reservations, please fill in a hotel reservation form and return it to Dr. Rachun Pooma by email at . Participants can also arrange their own accommodation.
Excursions and Other Activities:
A full day botanical excursion is offered free of charge on the 10th Novembe(Loy Krathong Festival Day), to Ban Mae Kham Pong, San Kam Phaeng district in the morning and to Doi San Yao, Khun Jae National Park in the afternoon. To reserve a place, please fill in an excursion form and return it to Dr. Rachun Pooma by email at . Participants can also arrange their own city tour.
Morning trip: Ban Mae Kampong is situated in Mae On district, about 50 kilometers east of Chiang Mai and is one of the most well known community-based ecotourism sites in Chiang Mai. The village is located in the deep valley in mountainous area of Doi Mon Lan and the weather is relatively cool all year round. There are many attractions for nature tours such as Mae Kam Pong and Tarn Thong waterfalls. The route will pass through rural areas from Chiang Mai to San Kam Phaeng and to Mae On, ranging from 350-1100 m elevation. Habitat ranges from mixed deciduous to dry evergreen and lower montane forests, with a diverse range of species along the waterfall and mountain trails. Lunch will be provided.
Afternoon trip: Doi San Yao is located in Khun Jae National Park and situated on the boundary ridge between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. The main vegetation is lower montane pine-oak forest where a rare three-angled oak, Trigonobalanus doichangensis (A. Camus) Forman, and a recent described species, Aquilaria rugosa K. Le-Cong & Kessler, one of the most precious agarwood trees can be found in the upper elevation. A short walk along a nature trail is recommended.
Trigonobalanus doichangensis (A. Camus) Forman /Lower montane oak forest, on ridges; mountain rangein Mae Takrai NP can be seen in the background
Herbarium visit
Arrangements can be made for those who would like to visit the herbaria in Chiang Mai listed below. Please fill in a herbarium visit form and return it to Dr. Rachun Pooma by email at .
· Chiang Mai University, Biology Department Herbarium (Pharmacy Department Herbarium will also be possible)
· Queen Sirikit Botanic Gardens Herbarium
Loy Krathong Festival
Loy Krathong, also known as “Yi Peng” in Chiang Mai, takes place on the full moon night of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar, which this year is on the 10th November. Traditionally, a krathong is made and decorated with banana leaves, flowers, candles and incense sticks and is floated on a river, canal or a pond during the night. The festival is for pays respect to the spirit of the waters, floating away bad luck. In Chiang Mai, many sky lanterns (khom loi) are also launched. here are also fireworks, colourful parades of large krathongs and beauty contest (Nang Noppamas) during the festival celebrations, especially along the Ping River.
floating Krathong /Khom Lois being lunched
General Information:
Climate
The climate in Chiang Mai is tropical with high humidity. In November, the night temperatures start to cool and rain becomes less likely. A light jacket may be necessary.
Transportation
Participants should inform Dr. Rachun Pooma by email at . of their arrival time and flight number at Chiang Mai Airport. Transportation will be arranged from Chiang Mai Airport to the Meeting hotel (Chiang Mai Orchid Hotel). Participants travelling to Chiang Mai other than by air will need to arrange their own transportation to the hotel.