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
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.
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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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