Welcome to The Convolvulaceae Network
Welcome to The Convolvulaceae Network
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The Convolvulaceae Network is an international community of researchers with a shared interest in all aspects of the Convolvulaceae family and more!
Our latest paper in Taxon!
Check out the link to access the article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tax.70095
What we do
What we do
We regularly host meetings and discussions to connect scientists, promote knowledge exchange, and support collaboration across disciplines, institutions, and generations of researchers.
Check out March's talk below
Next seminar
Next seminar
Dr. Agnes Dellinger, University of Vienna, Austria
I investigate how biotic and abiotic processes shape plant diversification, with a particular focus on how plant-pollinator interactions drive trait evolution and change across varying environmental contexts. For many questions, I use the pantropical plant family Melastomataceae, encompassing buzz-pollination by bees as well as pollinator shifts to vertebrates and generalist insect assemblages, as a model. Besides the large-scale documentation and analysis of plant-pollinator interactions and flower traits, I also employ experimental approaches to more deeply understand the biomechanical functioning of buzz pollination, and recently started exploring how flowers and fruits, pollination and dispersal are related.
Flowers and fruits form the two major phases of angiosperm reproduction and represent a developmental continuum. Yet, we understand very little about their evolutionary and ecological correlates. Using flower color as a model, we investigated how flower and fruit colors evolve (i.e., in a correlated or random manner) and how they are distributed across large-scale ecogeographic gradients. In my talk, I will touch upon the evolutionary linkage between fowers and fruits and how color may serve as a protectant from abiotic climatic stressors, taking a look beyond the commonly studied function of color as signal to animal mutualists.
SAVE THE DATE!!
SAVE THE DATE!!
Convolvulaceae Meeting
Mexico City October 25-29, 2027
The 1st Standalone Meeting on Convolvulaceae will take place in vibrant Mexico City in October 2027, bringing together researchers, students, and enthusiasts of the morning glory family from around the world. This unique gathering will be a space to learn, teach, exchange ideas, and strengthen collaborations, while reconnecting with old friends and welcoming new ones into our growing network. Participants will have the opportunity to visit the National Herbarium of Mexico (MEXU)—the largest in Latin America, housing over 1.6 million specimens—and experience firsthand one of the most important botanical collections in the world. And as a special cultural highlight, the meeting will be held just before Mexico’s most iconic celebration, Día de Muertos, offering an unforgettable blend of science, tradition, and community.
Plant of the month
Plant of the month
Recently, researchers from our group detected what appears to be a recent invasion of *Ipomoea obscura* in South America. This species is native to tropical Africa and Asia, and is considered invasive in Australia and Central America.
The new population was found in the state of Maranhão, along Brazil’s northern coast. 🇧🇷
Researchers are now seeking additional records of this species across the country to better understand its invasive potential and the risks it may pose to local biodiversity.
📸How about keeping an eye out to see if you spot this species in your area? - To confirm an identification, feel free to reach out to one of the authors through the profile @lasi.ufrpe
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