Transcript Slide 1
Latitude: Subtropical 26° N Temperature: Cool mo: 26° C Hot mo: 33° C Substrate: Oolitic limestone Rainfall: Wet mo: 230 mm Dry mo: 33 mm Welcome to the John C. Gifford Arboretum University of Miami Bignoniaceae www.bio.miami.edu/arboretum Founded in 1947, the John C. Gifford Arboretum is a living collection of tropical trees. •Family and Order Exhibits each is a lineage of trees with shared evolved characteristics •Gymnosperms & Basal Angiosperms several distinct lineages that retain ancient characteristics •South Florida Natives •What is a Tree? •Maya Cocoa Garden Locate the exhibits on the map to the right and wander the trails to view the plants. You will discover an amazing array of forms, textures and scents: leaves, trunks, flowers, fruits and chemistry, providing food, fiber, medicine, perfume and more, not to mention wood. Enjoy! Gymnosperms & Basal Angiosperms: Arecaceae: the palm family bearers of cones and ancient flowers Fabaceae Sapotaceae & other Ericales Myrtales Moraceae & other Rosales Myrtales: the guava, tropical almond, henna, and princess flower order Basal Angiosperms Euphorbiaceae & other Malpighiales: the spurge family, a part of the passion flower, willow and and fried egg tree order Gymnosperms Fabaceae: the bean, mimosa, and poinciana family eurosids I eurosids II Malvales: Euphorbiaceae & other Malpighiales the hibiscus, kapok, cocoa, baobab, and dipterocarp order rosids What is a Tree? Sapindales: the lychee, mahogany, mango, citrus, and gumbo limbo order eudicots Sapotaceae & other Ericales: asterids A PHYLOGENETIC TREE portrays evolutionary relationships of groups of species. Groups on nearby branches are more closely related. This one was adapted from the “Angiosperm Phylogeny Website” of the Missouri Botanical Garden (2007) to show you how the groups of plants in the John C. Gifford Arboretum are related. Sapindales Moraceae & other Rosales: the fig family, a part of the rose, hemp, and elm order monocots Malvales South Florida Natives Arecaceae the sapodilla family, a part of the ebony, brazil nut, and tea order euasterids I Bignoniaceae: the trumpet tree and jacaranda family Maya Cocoa Garden RENOVATION March 2008 •Master Plan by Geomantic Designs •Exhibits planned and designed by John Cozza •Funding provided by •Institute of Museum and Library Services •Friends of the Gifford Arboretum •University of Miami Institute for Theoretical and Mathematical Ecology University of Miami Coral Gables, FL USA Mathematics Steve Cantrell Chris Cosner Shigui Ruan Biology Don De Angelis Carol Horvitz Marine Science Jerry Ault Don Olson Current lab group • David Matlaga (PhD expected 2008) Demographic and experimental comparative ecology of clonal propagules vs. seedlings of a neotropical herb • Carlos Garcia-Robledo (PhD expected 2009) Demographic, ecological and evolutionary response of specialist and generalist rolled-leaf herbivores to novel exotic host plants in the Zingiberales: field and lab experiments • Lucero Sevillano (PhD expected 2009) Demographic impact of two insects (biocontrol agents) on an invasive exotic tree in the Everglades • John Cozza (PhD expected 2008) Gender plasticity and optimality in a neotroprical Begonia: effects of light, minerals and developmental constraints • Robert McElderry (PhD expected 2013) Not yet defined: something to do with demography, herbivory and rarity in a tropical or subtropical plant connection Lab alumni Graduate degrees Kathleen Lemon (M.S. Dec. 1989) Ricardo Calvo (Ph.D. 1990) Josiane LeCorff (Ph.D. 1992) John Pascarella (Ph.D. 1995) Andrea Freedman (M.S. Dec. 1995) Matthew Slocum (Ph.D. 1997) G. Rob Burgess (M.S. Dec 2002) Rachel King (Ph.D. 2003) Derek Johnson (Ph.D. 2003) Tony Koop (Ph.D. 2003) Douglas Scofield (Ph.D. 2004) Visiting scholars: Luciano Lopes, Brazil, Spring 2007 Eduardo Mendoza, Mexico, 2004-2005 Marco Aurelio Pizo, Brazil, Fall 1997 H. B. Vasistha, India, 1997-1998