Affiliation entity
Interactions et Evolution Végétale et Fongique (INEVEF)
Researches
Accreditation to supervise research

Contact

E-mail
pete.lowry [at] mobot.org
porter.lowry [at] mnhn.fr
Phone
01 40 79 33 51
Address(es)

57 rue Cuvier
CP39
75005 Paris

Presentation

Presentation

Porter P. Lowry II, Ph.D.

Senior Curator and Director of the Africa & Madagascar Program

Research Associate, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Honorary Research Associate, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis

St. Louis address:
office phone: + 1 (314) 577-9453
fax: + 1 (314) 577-9596
email: [email protected]
Missouri Botanical Garden
4344 Shaw Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63110
USA

Adresse à Paris:
Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB)
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Case Postale 39
57 rue Cuvier
75005 Paris
France
office phone: 33-1-40-79-33-51
email: [email protected]
 

Education
Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, 1986
M.S., University of Illinois, 1982
B.S., University of Illinois, 1978

Interests

  • Systematics of Apiales (Araliaceae, Myodocarpaceae, Pittosporaceae) – taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, morphology, breeding systems
  • Flora and vegetation of Madagascar
  • Flora and vegetation of New Caledonia
  • Application of taxonomic information to conservation planning and management

CV

Curriculum Vitae Porter Prescott Lowry II Format (Pdf) - 1.12 MB

Publications

2025
  • Rodrigues-Vaz Carlos, Lowry Porter & Plunkett Gregory, September 2025 — Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. XIII. Four new globose-capitate species of Sciodaphyllum from the Northern and Eastern Andes of Ecuador.. Four new species of Sciodaphyllum (Araliaceae) are described from Ecuador, S. antisanense, S. bassianum, S. fimbriocalyx, and S… Brittonia , , ISBN: 0007-196X Type: 10.1007/s12228-025-09844-z
    https://hal.science/hal-05398469
  • Patel Nidhi U., Cantrill David J., Crane Peter, Garrouste Romain, Lowry II Porter P., Maurizot Pierre, Munzinger Jérôme & Leslie Andrew B., 2025 — Dacrycarpoides, a new genus of extinct Podocarpaceae (Coniferales) from the early Miocene of New Caledonia. American Journal of Botany vol. 112, n° 5, e70041 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
    ISSN
    0002-9122
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70041
2024
  • Farminhão João, Savignac Marie, Droissart Vincent, Lowry Porter P., Rajaonarivelo Nirina, Ramandimbisoa Brigitte, Verlynde Simon, Todivelo Arsela & Stévart Tariq, March 2024 — A new orchid species expands Darwin’s predicted pollination guild in Madagascar. Current Biology - CB vol. 34, n° 5, R189–R190 tex.hal_id: hal-04523046 tex.hal_local_reference: SYSTE tex.hal_version: v1
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.012
  • Carey Sarah, Aközbek Laramie, Lovell John, Jenkins Jerry, Healey Adam, Shu Shengqiang, Grabowski Paul, Yocca Alan, Stewart Ada, Jones Teresa, Barry Kerrie, Rajasekar Shanmugam, Talag Jayson, Scutt Charlie, Lowry Porter et al., 2024 — ZW sex chromosome structure in Amborella trichopoda. Sex chromosomes have evolved hundreds of times across the flowering plant tree of life; their recent origins in some members of… Nature Plants vol. 10, , p. 1944-1954 ISBN: 2055-026X Type: 10.1038/s41477-024-01858-x
    https://hal.science/hal-04768060
2023
  • Swenson Ulf, Lepschi Brendan, Lowry Porter P., Terra-Araujo Mário Henrique, Santos Karin, Nylinder Stephan & Alves-Araújo Anderson, April 2023 — Reassessment of generic boundaries in Neotropical Chrysophylloideae (Sapotaceae): Eleven reinstated genera and narrowed circumscriptions of Chrysophyllum and Pouteria. Abstract Classifications of the pantropical plant family Sapotaceae based solely on morphology have historically recognized… TAXON vol. 72, n° 2, p. 307-359
    ISSN
    0040-0262, 1996-8175
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tax.12894
  • Joyce EM, Appelhans MS, Buerki S, Cheek M, de Vos JM, Pirani JR, Zuntini AR, Bachelier JB, Bayly MJ, Callmander MW, Devecchi MF, Pell SK, Groppo M, Lowry PP, Mitchell J et al., March 2023 — Phylogenomic analyses of Sapindales support new family relationships, rapid Mid-Cretaceous Hothouse diversification, and heterogeneous histories of gene duplication. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE vol. 14, , p. 1063174 Publisher: Frontiers tex.hal_id: hal-04023210 tex.hal_local_reference: SYSTE tex.hal_version: v1
    ISSN
    1664-462X
    https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1063174
  • Butaud Jean-François, Florence Jacques, Lowry Porter P. & Tronchet Frédéric, March 2023 — A new species of Meryta (Araliaceae) from the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia. Adansonia vol. 45, n° 4, p. 61-71
    ISSN
    1280-8571
    https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2023v45a4
2022
  • Ralimanana Hélène, Perrigo Allison L., Smith Rhian J., Borrell James S., Faurby Søren, Rajaonah Mamy Tiana, Randriamboavonjy Tianjanahary, Vorontsova Maria S., Cooke Robert S. C., Phelps Leanne N., Sayol Ferran, Andela Niels, Andermann Tobias, Andriamanohera Andotiana M., Andriambololonera Sylvie et al., December 2022 — Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities. Science vol. 378, n° 6623, eadf1466 Number: eadf1466 tex.eissn: 1095-9203 tex.orcid-numbers: Baker, William J/0000-0001-6727-1831 Andermann, Tobias/0000-0002-0932-1623 de Lima Ferreira, Paola/0000-0002-6957-4243 Antonelli, Alexandre/0000-0003-1842-9297 Guedes, Thaís B./0000-0003-3318-7193 M
    ISSN
    0036-8075, 1095-9203
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adf1466
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