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A visit from Vic Aspland, President of the Cyclamen Society

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Alastair Culham
Visitors from the Cyclamen Society discussing our recent joint research on Cyclamen colchicum

Visitors from the Cyclamen Society discussing our recent joint research on Cyclamen colchicum

We were very pleased to welcome Vic Aspland, President of the Cyclamen Society, to the RNG herbarium today.  Vic and colleagues from the Society had chance to examine the recently mounted herbarium collections of Cyclamen colchicum from the Society expedition in 2013 and to talk to Kalman Konyves who has been conducting some Cyclamen DNA sequencing alongside his PhD on Narcissus sect. Bulbocodii.

Sue Mott taking meticulous care mounting the small and delicate specimens of Cyclamen colchicum collected by the Cyclamen Society in 2013

Sue Mott taking meticulous care mounting the small and delicate specimens of Cyclamen colchicum collected by the Cyclamen Society in 2013

We have been working with the Cyclamen Society very productively for over 10 years now.  They have supported three MSc projects as well as more ad-hoc research.  The work they have sponsored has resulted in a series of articles for the society journal including three from MSc projects and two from PhD and post-doctoral research.  Sponsorship from the society has contributed to the publication of several refereed papers too.  Key Society contributors to this work include Martyn Denney, Chris Clennett, Melvyn Jope and Peter Moore who have co-authored papers with us.

Cyclamen publications:

Yesson, C. and Culham, A. (2011) Biogeography of Cyclamen: an application of phyloclimatic modelling. In: Hodkinson, T., Jones, M., Waldren, S. and Parnell, J. (eds.) Climate change, ecology and systematics. Cambridge University Press, pp. 265-279. ISBN 9780521766098 (Chapter 12)

Ciotir, C., Yesson, C., Culham, A. and Cristea, N. (2011) DNA barcoding of Cyclamen species: another approach to species identification. Cyclamen, 35 (1). pp. 26-29. ISSN 1757-2045

Yesson, C., Toomey, N. H. and Culham, A. (2009) Cyclamen: time, sea and speciation biogeography using a temporally calibrated phylogeny. Journal of Biogeography, 36 (7). pp. 1234-1252. ISSN 0305-0270 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01971.x

Culham, A., Denney, M., Jope, M. and Moore, P. (2009) A new species of Cyclamen from Crete. Cyclamen, 33 (1). pp. 12-15.

Culham, A. and Bota, P. (2009) The taxonomic status of Cyclamen subgenus Psilanthum Schwarz. Cyclamen, 33 (1). pp. 22-25.

Yesson, C. and Culham, A. (2006) A phyloclimatic study of Cyclamen. Bmc Evolutionary Biology, 6 (72). p. 23. ISSN 1471-2148 doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-6-72

Compton, J.A., Clennett, J.C.B. and Culham, A. (2004) Nomenclature in the dock. Overclassification leads to instability: a case study in the horticulturally important genus Cyclamen (Myrsinaceae). Botanical Journal of The Linnean Society, 146 (3). pp. 339-349. ISSN 0024-4074 doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00322.x

Compton, J.A. and Culham, A. (2003) New combinations in Cyclamen subgenus Psilanthum. Journal of The Cyclamen Society, 27. pp. 70-72.

In addition this research has led to five new name combinations (listed in IPNI):

  • Primulaceae Cyclamen confusum (Grey-Wilson) Culham, Jope & P.Moore — Cyclamen 33(1): 14. 2009 [Jun 2009]
  • Primulaceae Cyclamen hederifolium Aiton subsp. crassifolium (Hildebr.) Culham, Denney & P.Moore — Cyclamen 33(1): 14. 2009 [Jun 2009]
  • Primulaceae Cyclamen rhodium Gorer ex O.Schwarz & Lepper f. albiflorum (B.Mathew) J.Compton & Culham — J. Cyclamen Soc. 27(2): 72. 2003 [Dec. 2003]
  • Primulaceae Cyclamen rhodium Gorer ex O.Schwarz & Lepper subsp. peloponnesiacum (Grey-Wilson) J.Compton & Culham — J. Cyclamen Soc. 27(2): 72. 2003 [Dec. 2003]
  • Primulaceae Cyclamen rhodium Gorer ex O.Schwarz & Lepper subsp. vividum (Grey-Wilson) J.Compton & Culham — J. Cyclamen Soc. 27(2): 72. 2003 [Dec. 2003]

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