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JEAN-CHRISTOPHE PINTAUD
Former researcher
UMR DIADE - Equipe DYNADIV
Career path
Senior Scientist, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD): 2001-present
Post doctoral fellowships: Jodrell Laboratory, Kew Gardens, U.K. and Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Columbia University, USA, 1999-2001
PhD Thesis 1999, Toulouse University, France
Other
Honorary professor of Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru
Publications
International Journals with IF
Setoguchi H, Asakawa Osawa T, Pintaud JC, Jaffré T, Veillon JM (1998) Phylogenetic relationships within Araucariaceae based on rbcL gene sequences. American Journal of Botany 85:1507–1516
Whittier DP, Pintaud JC (1999) Spore germination and early gametophyte development in Stromatopteris. American Fern Journal 89:142–148
Chapin M, Essig F, Pintaud JC (2001) The morphology and histology of the fruits of Pelagodoxa (Arecaceae): taxonomic and biogeographical implications. Systematic Botany 26:779–785
Pintaud JC, Jaffré T, Puig H (2001) Chorology of New Caledonian palms and possible evidence of Pleistocene rain forest refugia. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Sciences de la Vie 324:453–463
Pintaud JC, Jaffré T (2002) Patterns of diversity and endemism of palms on ultramafic rocks in New Caledonia. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Serpentine Ecology. South African Journal of Science 97:548–550
Billotte N, Marseillac N, Brottier P, Noyer JL, Jacquemoud-Collet JP, Moreau C, Couvreur T, Chevallier MH, Pintaud JC, Risterucci AM (2004) Nuclear microsatellite markers for the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.): characterization and utility across the genus Phoenix and in other palm genera. Molecular Ecology Notes 4:256–258
Billotte N, Couvreur T, Marseillac N, Brottier P, Perthuis B, Vallejo M, Noyer JL, Jacquemoud-Collet JP, Risterucci AM, Pintaud JC (2004) A new set of microsatellite markers for the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth); characterization and across-taxa utility within the tribe Cocoeae. Molecular Ecology Notes 4:580–582
Zehdi S, Trifi M, Billotte N, Marrakchi M, Pintaud JC (2004) Genetic diversity of Tunisian date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) revealed by nuclear microsatellite polymorphism. Hereditas 141:278–287
Whittier DP, Pintaud JC, Braggins JE (2005) The gametophyte of Lycopodium deuterodensum – Type II or I. American Fern Journal 95:22–29
Montufar R, Pintaud JC (2006) Variation in species composition, abundance, and microhabitat preferences among western Amazonian terra firme palm communities. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 151:127–140
Asmussen CB, Dransfield J, Deickmann V, Barfod AS, Pintaud JC, Baker WJ (2006) A new subfamily classification of the palm family (Arecaceae): evidence from plastid DNA phylogeny. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 151:15–38
Henderson SA, Billotte N, Pintaud JC (2006) Genetic isolation of Cape Verde Island Phoenix atlantica (Arecaceae) revealed by microsatellite markers. Conservation Genetics 7:213–223
Couvreur TLP, Billotte N, Risterucci AM. Lara C, Vigouroux Y, Ludeña B, Pham JL, Pintaud JC (2006) Close genetic proximity between cultivated and wild Bactris gasipaes Kunth revealed by microsatellite markers in Western Ecuador. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 53:1361–1373
Montufar R, Mariac C, Pham JL, Pintaud JC (2007) Isolation of 23 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the Neotropical palm Oenocarpus bataua Martius (Arecaceae). Molecular Ecology Notes 7:75–78
Couvreur TLP, Hahn WJ, de Granville JJ, Pham JL, Ludeña B, Pintaud JC (2007) Phylogenetic relationships of the cultivated Neotropical palm Bactris gasipaes (Arecaceae) with its wild relatives inferred from chloroplast and nuclear DNA polymorphisms. Systematic Botany 32:519–530
Ledru MP, Ferraz Salatino ML, Ceccantini G, Salatino A, Pinheiro F, Pintaud JC (2007) Regional assessment of the impact of climatic change on the distribution of a tropical conifer in the lowlands of South America. Diversity and Distributions 13:761–771
Montufar R, Laffargues A, Pintaud JC, Hamon S, Avallone S, Dussert S (2010) Oenocarpus bataua Mart. (Arecaceae): Rediscovering a Source of High Oleic Vegetable Oil from Amazonia. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society 87:167–172
Ludeña B, Bayas R, Pintaud JC (2010) Phylogenetic relationships of Andean-Ecuadorian populations of Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann 1830) (Diptera: Tephritidae) inferred from COI and COII gene sequences. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46(3-4):344–350
Other international scientific journals
Pintaud JC, Hodel DR (1998) A revision of Kentiopsis, a genus endemic to New Caledonia. Principes 42(1):32-33, 41-53
Pintaud JC, Hodel DR (1998) Three new species of Burretiokentia. Principes 42(3):152-155, 160-166
Pintaud JC, Jaffré T, Veillon JM (1999) Conservation status of New Caledonia palms. Pacific Conservation Biology 5(1):9-15
Pintaud JC, Setoguchi H (1999) Satakentia revisited. Palms 43(4):194-199
Pintaud JC (2000) An introduction to the palms of New Caledonia. Palms 44(3):132-140
Savolainen V, Fay MF, Albach DC, Backlund A, van der Bank M, Cameron KM, Johnson SA, Lledó L, Pintaud JC, Powell M, Sheanan MC, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Weston P, Whitten WM, Wurdack KJ, Chase MW (2000) Phylogeny of the eudicots: a nearly complete familial analysis based on rbcL gene sequences. Kew Bulletin 55:257-309
Pintaud JC (2002) From Barcelona to Bordighera: Palm Gardens on Mediterranean shores. Palms 46(3):49-153
Pintaud JC, Millán B (2004) Vegetative transformation of inflorescences in Socratea salazarii. Palms 48(2):86-89
Pintaud JC, Millán B (2004) Notes on Chamaedorea in Peru. Palms 48(4):167-174
Pintaud JC (2005) A journey along the Rio Napo. Palms 49(2):85-91
Pintaud JC (2005) Rhopalostylis baueri on Norfolk Island. Palms 49(2):92-96
Zehdi S, Pintaud JC, Billotte N, Ould Mohamed Salem A, Sakka H, Rhouma A, Marrakchi M, Trifi M (2006) Etablissement d’une clé d’identification variétale chez le palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.) par les marqueurs microsatellites. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter 145:11-18
Pintaud JC (2006) The impact of forest disturbance on the palms of New Caledonia. Palms 50(3): 123-135
Pintaud JC, Baker WJ (2008) A revision of the palm genera (Arecaceae) of New Caledonia. Kew Bulletin 63:61-73
Pintaud JC, Anthelme F (2008) Ceroxylon echinulatum in an agroforestry system of northern Peru. Palms 52:96-102
Pintaud JC, Galeano G, Balslev H, Bernal R, Borchsenius F, Ferreira E, de Granville JJ, Mejía K, Millán B, Moraes M, Noblick L, Stauffer FW, Kahn F (2008) The palms of South America: diversity, distribution and evolutionary history. Revista Peruana de Biología 15(supl.1):7-29
Pintaud JC, Millán B, Kahn F (2008) The genus Hexopetion Burret (Arecaceae). Revista Peruana de Biología 15(supl.1):49-54
Pintaud JC (2008) An overview of the taxonomy of Attalea (Arecaceae). Revista Peruana de Biología 15(supl.1):55-63
Galeano G, Sanín MJ, Mejía K, Pintaud JC, Millán B (2008) Novelties in the genus Ceroxylon (Arecaceae) from Peru, with description of a new species. Revista Peruana de Biología 15(supl.1):65-72
Montúfar R, Pintaud JC (2008) Taxonomic status of Oenocarpus bataua (Euterpeae, Arecaceae) inferred from plastid sequences. Revista Peruana de Biología 15(supl.1):73-78
Vargas VH, Pintaud JC (2008) Caracterization of a parapatric contact zone between Astrocaryum macrocalyx and Astrocaryum urostachys at the boundary of the Marañón-Pastaza flood plain and the Iquitos arch. Revista Peruana de Biología 15(supl.1):79-83
Vegas C, Millán B, Pintaud JC, Kahn F (2008) Anatomy of fruit and perianth in Peruvian species of the genus Astrocaryum (Arecaceae): description and taxonomical importance. Revista Peruana de Biología 15(supl.1):85-96
Pintaud JC, Ludeña B (2008) Andean palms in Ecuadorean cities. Palms 52:165-173
Pintaud JC, Millán B, Kahn F (2010) Neotypification of Ceroxylon weberbaueri. Revista Peruana de Biología 17(2):163- 166
Proceedings
Pintaud JC, Jaffré T, Veillon JM, Albano PO (1997) Palm communities as a key to forest types and soils on ultramafic rocks in southern New Caledonia. In: Jaffré T, Reeves RD & Becquer T (eds.). The ecology of ultramafic and metalliferous areas. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Serpentine Ecology, pp. 171-172. Documents scientifiques et techniques, III2, volume special
Jaffré T, Veillon JM, Pintaud JC (1997) Comparaison de la diversité floristique des forêts denses humides sur roches ultramafiques et sur substrats différents en Nouvelle-Calédonie. In Jaffré T, Reeves RD & Becquer T: Ecologie des milieux sur roches ultramafiques et sur sols métallifères. Documents scientifiques et techniques, III2, volume spécial, ORSTOM Nouméa, pp. 163-170
Dumas M, Pintaud JC (1999) Ecology and propagation of rare Pacific palms. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on ornamental palms and other Monocots from the tropics. Tenerife, 1997. Acta Horticulturae 486:115-122
Pintaud JC (1999) A cladistic analysis of the Archontophoenicinae (Palmae, Areceae) based on morphological and anatomical characters. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 83:279-284
Vallejo M, Vegas C, Pintaud JC (2004) Comparative study of the distribution of Astrocaryum macrocalyx Burret and Astrocaryum urostachys Burret in function of the topography, drainage and architecture of the forest in western Amazonia (Ecuador and Peru). Lyonia 7(1):99-106
Pintaud JC, Couvreur T, Lara C, Billotte N, Ludeña B, Pham JL (2006) Structure et dynamique de la diversité génétique dans un complexe sauvage-cultivé tropical : le cas du palmier sud-américain Bactris gasipaes. Les Actes du BRG 6:355-370
Pintaud JC, Couvreur TLP, Lara C, Ludeña B, Pham JL (2008) Reciprocal introgression between wild and cultivated peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth, Arecaceae) in western Ecuador. pp. 296-308 In: Maxted N, Ford-Lloyd BV, Kell SP, Iriondo JM, Dulloo ME and Turok J (Eds.). Crop wild relatives conservation and use. CAB International, UK
Pintaud JC, Zehdi S, Couvreur T, Barrow S, Henderson S, Aberlenc-Bertosii F, Tregear J, Billotte N (2010) Species delimitation in the genus Phoenix (Arecaceae) based on SSR markers, with emphasis on the identity of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.). pp. 267-286 In: Seberg O, Petersen G, Barfod A and Davis J (Eds.). Diversity, phylogeny, and evolution in the Monocotyledons. Aarhus University Press, Denmark
Pintaud JC (2010) Modèle de domestication et structure de l’agrobiodiversité du dattier. pp. 107-112 In: Aberlenc-Bertossi (Ed.). Biotechnologies du palmier dattier. IRD Editions, France
Castellana R, Littardi C, Pintaud JC (2010) Présentation du projet PHOENIX et des recherches en cours. pp. 79-94 In: Aberlenc-Bertossi (Ed.). Biotechnologies du palmier dattier. IRD Editions, France
Zehdi S, Rhouma S, Chérif E, Billotte N, Trifi M, Pintaud JC (2010) Génotypage d’une collection tunisienne de palmiers dattier par les marqueurs microsatellites. pp. 113-118. In: Aberlenc-Bertossi (Ed.). Biotechnologies du palmier dattier. IRD Editions, France
Terral JF, Newton C, Ivorra S, Tengberg M, Tito C, Pintaud JC (2010) De la diversité actuelle aux vestiges archéologiques du palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera L.). Developpement de descripteurs géométriques des graines de dattes. pp. 127-138 In: Aberlenc-Bertossi (Ed.). Biotechnologies du palmier dattier. IRD Editions, France
Caro-Riaño H, Castellana R, Pintaud JC, Littardi C (2010) Evaluation des différences de forme entre palmes “juives” et “chrétiennes” à Bordighera (Italie). Une approche de morphométrie géométrique. pp. 139-150 In: Aberlenc-Bertossi (Ed.). Biotechnologies du palmier dattier. IRD Editions, France
Books
Hodel DR, Pintaud JC (1998) The Palms of New Caledonia / Les Palmiers de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. 115 p
Castellana R, Littardi C, Pintaud JC, Vezzanio P (2010) Projet Phoenix/Progetto Phoenix. TheBookEdition
Book chapter
Pintaud JC (1998) Key to the genera of Archontophoenicinae. In: Dransfield J & Uhl NW Palmae, in Kubitzki K (ed.): Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. Alismatanae and Commelinanae. The families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Vol IV, p. 360. Springer Verlag, Berlin
National scientific journals
Salanon R, Gandioli JF, Kulesza V, Pintaud JC (1994) La flore littorale des Alpes Maritimes : évolution depuis le 19ème siècle et bilan actuel. Biocosme mésogéen 11(3-4):53-329
Pintaud JC, Kahn F (2002) Endémisme et spéciation radiative chez les palmiers de forêt dense humide : les Iguanurinae de Nouvelle-Calédonie et le genre Astrocaryum en Amazonie. Biosystema 20:81-87
Bayas R, Pintaud JC, Ludeña B (2003) Identificación molecular de poblaciones andinas de Anastrepha fraterculus (Mosca de la fruta), Diptera : Tephritidae, en el Ecuador. Revista de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador 71:101-115
Pintaud JC, Gluchy D, Ludeña B (2003) Diversidad genética y filogenia molecular del genero Astrocaryum (Arecaceae). Revista de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador 71:249-259
Ludeña B, Escobar JC, Pintaud JC (2005) Elementos Alu en el análisis filogenético molecular del infraorden Platyrrhini, Primates. Revista Ecuatoriana de Medicina y Ciencias Biológicas 27:47-51
Mora M, Pintaud JC, Ludeña B (2007) Evolución del complejo mayor de histocompatibilidad en monos del Nuevo Mundo (Platyrrhini). Revista de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador 80:5-20
Articles of scientific divulgement
Pintaud JC (1995) Les palmiers de Nouvelle-Calédonie, leurs utilisations sur le Territoire et leurs potentialités de culture en région méditerranéenne. Le Palmier 11:10-13
Pintaud JC (1995) Oncothecaceae & Paracryphiaceae. The world of Plants 78:170-172, Asahi Shinbun Press, Tokyo (traduit en japonais)
Pintaud JC (1996) Découverte d’un palmier inconnu. Le Palmier 14:8-11
Pintaud JC (1996) Les palmiers. In: Serre P ed. L'île nature p.10. ASNNC, Nouméa
Pintaud JC (1999) La saga des palmiers de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Hommes et Plantes 29:54-63, CCVS, Paris
Pintaud JC (2002) From Barcelona to Bordighera : palm gardens on Mediterranean shores. Palms 46(3):149-153
Pintaud JC (2002) Les variétés de Livistona chinensis… et autres curiosités japonaises. Le Palmier 30:9-13
Pintaud JC, Ludeña B (2003) Dinámica de la diversidad genética de especies de palmeras en Ecuador. Nuestra Ciencia 5:10-13
Pintaud JC (2004) Las palmeras ornamentales del Ecuador. Nuestra Ciencia 6:36-40
Pintaud JC (2005) Sur les rives du Rio Napo. La Garance voyageuse 69:21-26
Hodel DR, Pintaud JC (2005) The origin and distribution of New Caledonia palms. The Palm Journal 180:4-11
Hodel DR, Pintaud JC (2008) Name changes in New Caledonia palms. The Palm Journal 188:46-48
Pintaud JC, Hodel DR (2009) A reassessment of Basselinia gracilis, a rare palm from northeastern New Caledonia. The Palm Journal 190:32–37