John A.n. Parnell
Professor
Botany,
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
I teach biodiversity to first year (Junior Fresman Biology) students (BY1102) and a variety of courses on conservation (BO4103), biodiversity (BO3111) and plant identification (BO3108) to Junior and Senior Sophistor students (3rd and 4th year). Additionally, I coordinate and teach a module on systematics in the MSc in Biodiversity and conservation. Finally, I participate in and lead some of the Departmental Field courses including that to Wicklow (BO3108) and that to Gran Canaria (BO3121).
Research Interest
My research is in higher plant systematics, especially plant taxonomy, biogeography and floristics. My research group is the only one in the State working on these topics and one of very few working on tropical plant systematics worldwide. Most of our tropical work is associated with the Flora of Thailand project. Thailand has proven to be singularly rich in plant life with many species new to science waiting to be found. We have studied a number of plant families in detail, including the Apocynaceae, Araliaceae, Buxaceae, Clusiaceae, Hypericaceae, Lamiaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Myrtaceae, Orobanchaceae, Plantaginaceae, Polygalaceae, Santalaceae and Vitaceae. I combine my systematics research with being curator of the internationally important TCD herbarium and associated library; an unique, valuable and important component of the State’s heritage.
Publications
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Van Welzen, P.F., Madern, A., Raes, N., Parnell, J.A.N., Simpson, D.A., Byrne, C., Curtis, T., Macklin, J., Trias-Blasi, A., Prajaksood, A., Bygrave, P., Dransfield, S., Kirkup, D.W., Moat, J., Wilkin, P., Couch, C., Boyce. P.C., Chayamarit, K., Chantaranothai, P., Esser, H-J., Jebb, M.H.P., Larsen, K., Larsen, S.S., Nielsen, I., Meade, C., Middleton, D.J., Pendry, C.A., Musaya, A.M., Pattharahirantricin, N., Pooma, R., Suddee, S., Staples, G., Sungkaew, S. & Teerawatananon, A. (2011). The current and future status of Floristic Provinces in Thailand. Pp.219-247 in Land use, climate change and Biodiversity Modeling. Perspectives and applications. Eds. Y. Trisurat, R.P. Shrestha, & R. Alkemade. Information Science Reference, Hershey. 489pp.
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Kuang Soh, W. & Parnell, J. (2011). Comparative leaf anatomy and phylogeny of Syzygium Gaertn. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 297: 1-32.
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Parnell, J. (2011). Lentibulariaceae. Pp. 16-45 in Flora of Thailand, 11(1). Eds. Santisuk, T., Larsen, K., Newman, M., Chayamarit, K., Balslev, H., Phengkhlai, C., Pedersen, H., Parnell, J., Middleton, D., Newman, M., Simpson, D.A., van Welzen, P.C., Esser, H.-J., Hul, S. & Kato M. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Conservation Department.
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Hodkinson, T., Jones, M.B., Waldren, S. & Parnell, J.A.N. (2011). Climate Change, Ecology and Systematics. Systematics Association Special Volume Series 78. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 524 pages. (Editor).
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Parnell, J. & Curtis, T. (2012). Webbs An Irish Flora. Cork University Press, Cork. 504 + LVI pp.
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Trias-Blasi, A., Parnell, J.A.N. & Hodkinson, T.R. (2012). Multi-gene region phylogenetic analysis of the grape family (Vitaceae). Systematic Botany, 37: 941-950.
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Parnell, J., Rich, T. McVeigh, A., Lim, A., Quigley, S., Morris, D. & Wong, Z. (2013). The effect of preservation methods on plant morphology. Taxon, 62: 1259-1265.
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Parnell, J.A.N., Pedersen, H.AE., Hodkinson, T.R., Balslev, H., Van Welzen, P., Simpson, D., Middleton, D., Esser, H-J., Pooma, R., Utteridge, T.& Staples, G. (2013). Hybrids and the Flora of Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin, 41: 1-9.
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Parnell, J. (2013). The biogeography of the Isthmus of Kra region: a review. Nordic Journal of Botany, 31: 1-15.
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Trias-Blasi, A., Chayamarit, K., Teerawatananon, A., Parnell, J.A.N. (2014). A taxonomic revision of Pterisanthes (Vitaceae) in Thailand and a new Thai record for Pterisanthes cissioides. Phytotaxa, 159: 95-104.
