Analysis on the Variation of Australian Garcinia using Diversity Array Technology (Old ID 23206)
Role
Supervisor
Description
Garcinia (Clusiaceae) is one of the common genera in the tropics, including Australia. The Plant List records 611 species but includes synonyms (The Plant List, 2015). This genus comprises approximately 271 species (Stevens, 2007) but might reach up to 500 spp. (Jones, 1980). A global revision of Garcinia is not yet available and the total number of the species is still unknown. However, the Australian Garcinia has recently been revised resulting in 12 known species of Garcinia that can be found in this region (Cooper, 2013). The distribution of Garcinia in Australia is from the Torres Strait Island to the Kirrama Range, including the entire Wet Tropics bioregion. This grant will support the finding of new information for the Australian Garcinia. The DArT analysis is a new technique applied to Garcinia which will increase and support the previous data that used only one region of the nuclear DNA. This information will give a better understanding of the molecular variation of the Australian Garcinia and help resolve the phylogenetic differences between closely related taxa that otherwise would not be possible.
Date
01 Mar 2017 - 30 Nov 2017
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
Clusiaceae;Garcinia;Phylogeny;Australia;Wet Tropics;Queensland
Funding Body
Wet Tropics Management Authority
Amount
1200
Project Team
Darren Crayn;Sandra Abell