ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="Mon, 06 Jan 1990 00:00:01 GMT"> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1250" http-equiv=Content-Type> <TITLE>Department of Taxonomy of Vascular Plants</TITLE> <base target="main1"> <STYLE> A:link{TEXT-DECORATION:none} A:active{TEXT-DECORATION:none} A:visited{TEXT-DECORATION:none} A:hover{COLOR:#cc0066;TEXT-DECORATION:none} </STYLE> </head> <body link=#527D49 vlink=#527D49 alink=#527D49 topmargin=5 background=../bcg2.gif> <p> <blockquote> <p align="center"><font color="#333366" size="2" face="Verdana"> <font color="#709B63" size="4"> <a name=cyanus>Taxonomic revision of the <i>Cyanus triumfettii </i>(<i>Asteraceae</i>) in the Carpathians and Pannonia</a> </a></font></strong></p> <div align=center>&nbsp;</div> <font face=verdana size=2 color="#333366"><strong>Principal investigator: <a href="http://www.ibot.sav.sk/Iva/index.html">Iva Hodálová</a> </strong> <P align="left"><strong> <FONT face=verdana size=2>Co-investigators: </strong> <a href="http://www.ibot.sav/KatkaO/index.html">K. Olaavská</a>, M. Peniaateková, <a href="http://www.ibot.sav/Maros/index.html">M. Perný</a>, <br> <strong>Duration: 2008 - 2010</strong><br> <stong>Financial suport:</strong> Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Sciences (VEGA, Vedecká grantová agentúra Ministerstva akolstva SR a Slovenskej akadémie vied), Slovak Republic (VEGA-2/0053/08)</font></p> <p align="left"> <p> <font size=2 face=verdana> The aim of the project is to evaluate complex taxonomic relationships in the <i>Cyanus triumfettii </i>group in the Carpathians and Pannonia. Treatment of the taxa from this group is highly controversial in national floras and identification keys from this area. The taxonomic revision will be based on evaluation of morphological and karyological variation of populations from the studied area, including the localities of the nomenclatural types. Results of these analyses will be compared with AFLP data, which we intend to use also for inferring evolutionary relationships among the studied taxa. The project will include determination of reproduction modes and reproductive isolation among the taxa, as well as evaluation of their ecological differentiation. Synthesis of the data will result in the taxonomic classification of populations from the <i>C. triumfettii </i>group in the Carpathians and Pannonia, including preparation of an identification key and delimitation of distribution areas of the taxa. </p> </blockquote> <hr> </BODY> </HTML>