Dr Mark Newman
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Dr Mark Newman, Head of Section, Zingiberaceae Researcher
I’m convinced of the urgent need to document life on Earth at a time of very rapid loss of species and habitats, in order to keep as many species as possible for future generations to enjoy. Fieldwork and careful morphological study of herbarium collections continue, taking advantage of technical advances which greatly help to improve the utility and breadth of access of taxonomic results.
Taxonomy
My research examines the taxonomy of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae which, with over 50 genera and over 1,200 species, is by far the largest in the order Zingiberales. The Zingiberaceae are pan-tropical but with much richer diversity in Asia than in Africa or America. The last time they were revised was in 1904.
Current research
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A taxonomic revision of Globba in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam
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Revision of the circumscription of genera in the Zingiberaceae
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A taxonomic revision of the Zingiberaceae of the Solomon Islands, in collaboration with A.D. Poulsen & Osia Gideon
Floristics
Assistant Editor of the Flora of Thailand
I revise and edit taxonomic revisions for the Flora of Thailand, making them ready for publication.
Member of the editorial board, Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet Nam
I work with authors of revision for the Flora of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, and edit their work for publication.
Contact:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
20A Inverleith Row
Edinburgh EH3 5LR
ScotlandTel. +44 (0)131 552 7171
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Mark Newman
Marlina Ardiyani, M.F. Newman & A.D. Poulsen. 2017. A new species of Zingiber (Zingiberaceae) east of Wallace’s Line. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 69: 189–199.
Hugo de Boer, Mark Newman, Axel Dalberg Poulsen, A. Jane Droop, Tomáš Fér, Lê Thị Thu Hiền, Kristýna Hlavatá, Vichith Lamxay, James E. Richardson, Karin Steffen & Jana Leong-Škorničková. 2018. Convergent morphology in Alpinieae (Zingiberaceae): Recircumscribing Amomum as a monophyletic genus. Taxon 67: 6-36.
Monica M. Carlsen, Tomáš Fér, Roswitha Schmickl, Jana Leong-Škorničková, Mark Newman, W. John Kress. 2018. Resolving the rapid plant radiation of early diverging lineages in the tropical Zingiberales: Pushing the limits of genomic data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 128: 55-68.
Oudomphone Insisiengmay, Mark Newman & Thomas Haevermans. 2018. (2581) Proposal to conserve the name Kaempferia rotunda (Zingiberaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 67: 207-208.
Newman, M.F. 2017. Oleaceae part 2, Myxopyreae. Fl. Thailand 13(3): 525–528.
Mark Newman, Kongkanda Chayamarit & Henrik Balslev. 2017. North-South collaboration in writing tropical floras: the Flora of Thailand at a crossroads. Scientia Danica. Series B. Biologica. 6: 177–186.
Rachun Pooma, Manop Poopath & M.F. Newman. 2017. Dipterocarpaceae. Fl. Thailand 13(4): 557–685.
Yoshida, T., Yangzom, R. & Newman, M.F. 2017. Roscoea megalantha (Zingiberaceae), a new species from eastern Bhutan and India. Edinburgh J. Bot. 74(3): 255–263. doi: 10.1017/S0960428617000142
Gesneriaceae
Didymocarpus newmanii B.L.Burtt, Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 29: 92. 2001 (as "newmannii")
Zingiberaceae
Alpinia newmanii N.S.Lý, Nordic J. Bot. 35: 177. 2017
Amomum newmanii M.Sabu & V.P.Thomas, Edinburgh J. Bot. 69: 319. 2012
Curcuma newmanii Škorničk., Gard. Bull. Singapore 65: 170. 2013
Etlingera newmanii S.Sakai & Nagam., Edinburgh J. Bot. 60: 195. 2003
Meistera newmanii (M.Sabu & V.P.Thomas) Škorničk. & M.F.Newman, Taxon 67(1): 26. 2018
Newmania N.S.Lý & Škorničk., Taxon 60(5): 1390. 2011
Newmania cristata Luu, H.Đ.Trần & Škorničk., Phytotaxa 367(2): 146. 2018
Newmania gracilis Škorničk., Q.B.Nguyen & H.Đ.Trần, Phytotaxa 367(2): 148. 2018
Newmania orthostachys N.S.Lý & Škorničk., Taxon 60(5): 1392 (-1394; figs. 4-5, map). 2011
Newmania serpens N.S.Lý & Škorničk., Taxon 60(5): 1390 (-1392; figs. 3, 5, map). 2011
Newmania sessilanthera Luu & Škorničk., Gard. Bull. Singapore 67(2): 351. 2015
Newmania sontraensis H.Đ.Trần, Luu & Škorničk., Phytotaxa 367(2): 151. 2018
Zingiber newmanii Theilade & Mood, Nordic J. Bot. 19(4): 407. 1999
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