Members
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
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)
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
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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
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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
Website: www3.uma.pt/jesus/
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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
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
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
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
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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27/08/2019 12:08
New paper: The loss of a unique palaeobotanical site in Terceira Island within the Azores UNESCO Global Geopark (Portugal)
Available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12371-019-00401-1 or rdcu.be/bPbkl
Reference: Góis-Marques, C.A., Elias, R.B., Steinbauer, M.J., de Nascimento, L., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Menezes de Sequeira, M. & Madeira, J. 2019. The loss of a unique...
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21/02/2019 12:51
New Paper published: Eurya stigmosa (Theaceae), a new and extinct record for the Calabrian stage of Madeira Island (Portugal): 40Ar/39Ar dating, palaeoecological and oceanic island palaeobiogeographical implications.
A new paper describing a new and extinct Theaceae for Madeira Island was recently published in the journal Quaternary Science Review. You can check it out in: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379118309284
This discovery was also reported portuguese...
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18/08/2018 09:22
FloraMac2018 congress, Funchal, Madeira Island (Portugal)
Please visit us at: www.uma.pt/floramac2018
Late Registrations still available.
See you soon in Funchal!
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02/01/2018 21:55
Congress FloraMac 2018 | Funchal | September 12-15
Official website comming soon! First circular:
https://www.facebook.com/FloraMac2018/ or twitter.com/FloraMac2018
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15/01/2016 11:42
New Doctors in Biological Sciences
We are proud to announce that we have two new doctors in our Group:
Zita Ferreira defended successfully her PhD. thesis entitled: “Biosystematics of the genus Andryala L. (Asteraceae)”.
Zita Ferreira thesis committee, from left to right: Miguel Sequeira, Carlos Neto, Jorge Capelo, Enrique...
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02/10/2014 11:42
XVII Congress of European Mycologists
Our Group is co-organizing the XVII Congress of European Mycologists, that will be held in Madeira Island in September 2015. Registration opening soon at www.xviicem.org.
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29/07/2014 13:36
New Paper: Andryala perezii (Asteraceae), a New Species from the Canary Islands
Recently a new species of Andryala was described by our group. The study was published in the journal Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature, entitled "Andryala perezii (Asteraceae), a New Species from the Canary Islands". The comparison of Madeira and Canaries Island plants allowed...
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