Lamiaceae team: Key Accomplishments & Plans

Lamiaceae

Publication of accounts of Verbenaceae and Lamiaceae in Kubitzki’s Families and Genera of Flowering Plants by Harley (2004). This will serve as a baseline for further study of the families for many years to come.
Publication of a benchmark multidisciplinary paper on the phylogeny and evolution of tribe Ocimeae (Basils and allies) (2004) and a review of the ethnobotanical uses of Plectranthus mapping uses to the phylogeny is in press
1,280 use reports on Lamiaceae including the potential of Salvia to alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and memory disorders
Establishment of a Salvia border illustrating the diversity of this much used genus
Major revisions of Lavandula by Upson and Andrews (2004), Stachytarpheta (2005) and South East Asian Ocimeae (2004) including 200 species-level conservation assessments
Six PhD students supervised by team members awarded degrees in the period (see Annex 1)
Three papers published on floral anatomy in Lamiales (2004, 2005) and one higher impact paper published on phylogenetics of Lamiales (2005, CIF 10.257)

Publication of a phylogeny of Plectranthus based on increased sampling and further DNA regions and the use of this to investigate the distribution of phytochemicals and pollination mechanisms
Publication of an overview phylogeny of subfamily Viticoideae to serve as a basis for more in-depth work
Publication of a phylogeny of Salvia subgenus Calosphace and a study of the distribution and activity of phytochemicals in Salvia
Review of the species level checklist of Lamiaceae and Verbenaceae and the submission of this to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) via the Catalogue of Life partnership
Completion of the accounts of Lamiaceae for Flora of Tropical East Africa and Flora Zambesiaca including conservation assessments for the species included
A revision of Teijsmanniodendron (40 species) and various other genera for the Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak