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Elly Vaes
Elly Vaes
PhD Student
General Botany Track
Mentor: Don Drake
Incoming Class of 2007
Contact Information
Phone: (808) 222-9030
Fax: (808) 956-3923
Email: vaes@hawaii.edu
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
3190 Maile Way, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96822
Affiliations
Botany
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Dissertation Title:
To be announced
Research Interests:
- structural and functional evolution of internal seed morphology
- ecology and evolution of UV patterns in flowers of the native Hawaiian flora
- comparative ontogeny of the flower and the seed
- the role of heterochrony in the evolution of plant reproductive systems
- evolutionary trends in flowers, seeds and fruits
- evolutionary phenomena on islands
- biogeography of Pacific Island plants
Awards:
- Bentham-Moxon Trust Grant (Nov 2005)
- Bentham-Moxon Trust Grant (Jan 2006)
Publications:
- Vaes E., Vrijdaghs A., Smets E.F. & S. Dessein (2006). Elaborate petals in Australian Spermacoce
(Rubiaceae) species: morphology, ontogeny and function. Annals of Botany 98(6): 1167-1178.
- Daws M.I., Davies J., Vaes E., van Gelder R. & H.W. Pritchard (2007). Two-hundred-year seed survival of Leucospermum
and two other woody species from the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. Seed Science Research 17: 73-79.
- Illustrations & selected photographs in: Kesseler R. & W. Stuppy (2006) - Seeds. Time capsules of life.
Papadakis Publisher, London.
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