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Aida Pupo Correia

Aida Pupo Correia

Biology & Geology Teacher:

Escola Secundária de Jaime Moniz
Largo de Jaime Moniz 
9064-503 Funchal.
E-mail:jaimemoniz@netmadeira.com; 
Telephone: (351-291) 20 22 80 Fax: (351-291) 23 05 44

PhD in Biological Sciences, University of Madeira

Doctoral Thesis Title: Evolution of Vegetation and Natural
Landscape of Madeira Island University of Madeira 
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Miguel Menezes de Sequeira (UMa) and Prof. Dr. José Tadeu Aranha (UTAD)
Email: aidapupo@sapo.pt

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Albano Figueiredo

Albano Figueiredo

Assistant Professor:

Department of Geography - University of Coimbra
Praça da Porta Férrea, 3004 – 530 Coimbra
E-mail: geofiguc@gmail.com 
Telephone: (+351) 239 859900 (ext. 326)

Telephone: (351-291) 20 22 80 Fax: (351-291) 23 05 44

PhD in Geography

Doctoral Thesis Title: Climate change impacts on flora and vegetation at Madeira Island 
University of Madeira 
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. António Campar de Almeida (Dept. of Geography – U. of Coimbra) and Prof. Dr. Miguel Menezes de Sequeira (Center for Life Sciences-University of Madeira) 
E-mail: geofiguc@gmail.com

 

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Artur Gil

Artur Gil

Post-Doctoral Research Scientist

Azorean Biodiversity Group
Department of Biology
University of the Azores
Rua Mãe de Deus 13A
9501-801 Ponta Delgada
Portugal

 

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Carlos A. Góis Marques

 

PhD student, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Departamento de Geologia

Grupo de botânica da Madeira and Invited lecturer

Universidade da Madeira 

9020-105 Funchal -Portugal

More information:

Researchgatewww.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos_A_Gois_Marques

 

 

 

 

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José Manuel Abreu de Jesus

José Manuel Abreu de Jesus

Auxiliar Professor 

University of Madeira

Institutional Address: 
Life Sciences Centre, University of Madeira 
Campus da Penteada, 9000-390, Funchal, Portugal

Email: jesus@staff.uma.pt

 

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Manuela Gouveia

Auxiliar Professor 

University of Madeira,
Life Sciences Centre,
Campus da Penteada, 9000-390, Funchal, Portugal
E-mail: mgouveia@uma.pt

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Maria Zita Ferreira

Maria Zita Ferreira

Biology and Geology teacher

Escola Secundária Jaime Moniz
Largo de Jaime Moniz 9064-503 Funchal.
E-mail: jaimemoniz@netmadeira.com; 
Telephone: (351-291) 20 22 80; Fax: (351-291) 23 05 44

PhD in Biological Sciences, University of Madeira

Thesis: Biosystematics of the Genus Andryala L. 
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Miguel Sequeira (University of Madeira), Dr. Inés Álvarez Fernández (Royal Botanical Garden, Madrid, Dr. Judith Fehrer (Institute of Botany, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic) 
E-mail: mzitaferreira@sapo.pt

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Michael M.S. Benedito

Michael M.S. Benedito

Kew Diploma in Horticulture 
RBG, Kew 
Richmond, Surrey 
TW9 3LU 
www.kew.org 
michael.benedito@gmail.com

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Miguel Pinto da Silva Menezes de Sequeira

Miguel Pinto da Silva Menezes de Sequeira

Auxiliar Professor

University of Madeira
Institutional Address: 
Life Sciences Centre, University of Madeira 
Campus da Penteada, 9000-390, Funchal, Portugal
E-mail: sequeira@uma.pt

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News

29/03/2024 09:17

New paper: The conservation impact of botanical drones: Documenting and collecting rare plants from vertical cliffs and other hard-to-reach areas

    Reference: Nyberg, B., Bairos, C., Brimhall, M., Deans, S.M., Hanser, S., Heintzman, S., Hillmann Kitalong, A., Menezes de Sequeira, M., Nobert, N., Rønsted, N., Soaladaob, N., Wood, K.R., & Williams, A.M. 2024. The conservation impact of botanical drones: Documenting and...

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22/07/2023 16:45

New paper: Contribution to the flora of the Selvagens archipelago (Portugal) (I)

Abstract: Plant specimens obtained by the authors from several expeditions to the Selvagens Islands (2004-2021), complemented by the study of herbarium specimens, led to the identification of several new species records for the Selvagens archipelago, namely the taxa currently considered as Canary...

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19/05/2023 16:13

Madeira: an Atlantic garden of rarities | 25th and 26th May 2023, University of Madeira, Funchal, Portugal

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04/03/2023 15:26

New Paper: 1,3 Ma Flower and seed fossils Erica from Madeira Island

  Description and systematic affinity of flower and seed fossils of Erica sect. Chlorocodon (Ericaceae) from the early Pleistocene of Madeira Island, Portugal   Góis-Marques, C.A., de Nascimento, L., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Madeira, J., & Menezes de Sequeira, M. in press....

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28/01/2023 16:14

New Paper: Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Andryala glandulosa subsp. cheiranthifolia (Cichorieae, Asteraceae) from Madeira Island, Portugal

New paper by Mª Zita Ferreira (GBM), Inés Álvarez Fernández (RJBM) & Miguel Menezes de Sequeira (GBM). Andryala subglabrata (DC) M.Z.Ferreira, Alv.Fern. & M.Seq., stat. & comb. nov. & Andryala glandulosa L. Abstract: Currently two subspecies of Andryala glandulosa...

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08/11/2022 17:44

Celebrating Richard Thomas Lowe’s 220th birthday

O Grupo de Botânica da Madeira (Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, Universidade da Madeira) organizará de 2 a 4 de Dezembro 2022 um evento comemorativo dos 220 anos do nascimento de Richard Thomas Lowe. Este simpósio inicia-se com uma visita à Holy Trinity Church, no Funchal, e termina no dia 4 com a...

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29/01/2021 09:37

New Paper: Goats eat emblematic but Critically Endangered species that was only described in 2007

Population decline in the Critically Endangered Musschia isambertoi (Campanulaceae) endemic to Desertas Islands (Madeira Archipelago) calls for urgent conservation management Abstract: Macaronesian islands display a high degree of plant endemicity and correspond to some of the most threatened...

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01/02/2020 13:08

New paper in TAXON describes the oldest known carrot and the first evidence of Insular Woodiness

Tracing insular woodiness in giant Daucus (s.l.) fruit fossils from the Early Pleistocene of Madeira Island (Portugal) Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/tax.12175 Abstract: Plants on oceanic islands can evolve insular syndromes such as secondary woodiness, a generalized trend...

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17/11/2019 17:37

New Paper dealing with charcoalified wood from Faial Island

  New paper is out: Góis-Marques, C.A., Rubiales, J., de Nascimento, L., Menezes de Sequeira, M., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Madeira, J., 2020. Oceanic Island forests buried by Holocene (Meghalayan) explosive eruptions: palaeobiodiversity in pre-anthropic volcanic charcoal from Faial...

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20/09/2019 14:46

New paper: Nomenclature and Typification of Names in the Ibero–North African Andryala arenaria (Asteraceae) and Taxonomic Implications

A new paper was published by our group, by Zita Ferreira, Inés Álvarez and Miguel Menezes de Sequeira, available here: novon.mobot.org/index.php/novon/article/view/297 Title: Nomenclature and Typification of Names in the Ibero–North African Andryala arenaria (Asteraceae) and Taxonomic...

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