Research Staff

Porter P. Lowry II, Ph.D.
Emeritus Researcher (former 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
email: pete.lowry@mobot.org

Missouri Botanical Garden
4344 Shaw Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63110
USA

Paris address:
Institut de Systématique, Évolution et Biodiversité (ISYEB)
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Case Postale 39
57 rue Cuvier
75231 Paris CEDEX 05
France
office phone: 33-1-40-79-33-51
email: Porter.Lowry@mnhn.fr

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

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

Research Emphases Taxonomy of Araliaceae. Floristic treatments: New Caledonia, Madagascar; revisions: Polyscias, genera formerly comprising Schefflera sensu lato, including Astropanax, Cephalopanax, Neocussonia, and Sciodaphyllum (with G. M. Plunkett and others), Meryta (with F. Tronchet), etc. Phylogeny of Araliaceae: relationships within expanded Polyscias and the clades comprising formerly comprising Schefflera sensu lato; analysis of basally branching lineages, relationships within Araliaceae and Apiales (with G. M. Plunkett and others) Taxonomy, phylogeny, and conservation of Diospyros (ebonies) from Madagascar (with A. Linan and H. Rakouth), and more broadly through the Ebenaceae Global Conservation Consortium (also with C. Puglisi and others) Flora of Madagascar: revisions of selected genera; assessments of conservation status (with P. B. Phillipson, A. Randrianasolo, and others)
Selected Publications Rakotonirina, N., M. M. Nowak, P. P. Lowry II, H. N. Rakouth and B. R. Rakouth. 2024. Will Dalbergia species survive climate change? Predicting the potential future distribution of threatened species in Madagascar. Global Ecol. Conserv. 52: e02936 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02936). Farminhão, J., M. Savignac, V. Droissart, P. P. Lowry II, N. Rajaonarivelo, B. Ramandimbisoa, S. Verlynde, A. Todivelo and T. Stévart. 2024. A new threatened orchid species in Madagascar with an extraordinarily long nectar spur expands Darwin’s famously predicted pollination guild. Current Biol. 34: R189–R190 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.012). Rakouth, H.N., R. Randrianaivo, S. Andrianarivelo, D. A. Karatra, M. Nombajanahary, S. Andriamiadana, R. L. Andriamiarisoa, R. Bernard, R. Razakamalala, S. Andriambololonera, B. Rakouth and P. P. Lowry II. 2023. Taxonomic studies of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) from the Malagasy region. IX. Clarification of species limits between D. clusiifolia and D. fuscovelutina, and establishment of a new combination based on a name previously placed in synonymy, Tetraclis baronii H. Perrier. Novon 31: 156–162 (https://doi.org/10.3417/2023848). Waeber, P. O., M. W. Roberts, D. Schuurman, V. Nijman, G. Wittemyer, C. V. Barber, J. L. Innes, P. P. Lowry II and L. Wilmé. 2023. Gaps in CITES policy undermine conservation of threatened species by providing loopholes for illegal trade. BioScience, biad040 (https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad040). Rakotonirina, N., P. B. Phillipson, S. Crameri, N. Wilding, P. P. Lowry II, B. Rakouth and R. Razakamalala. 2023. Taxonomic studies on Malagasy Dalbergia L. f. (Fabaceae). IV. A new species from central and southern Madagascar and a narrowed circumscription for D. emirnensis. Novon 31: 73–87 (https://doi.org/10.3417/2023790). Swenson, U., B. Lepschi, P. P. Lowry II, M. H. Terra-Araujo, K. Santos, S. Nylinder and A. Alves-Araújo. 2023. Reassessment of generic boundaries in Neotropical Chrysophylloideae (Sapotaceae): Eleven reinstated genera and narrowed circumscriptions of Chrysophyllum and Pouteria. Taxon 72: 307–359 (https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12894). Joyce, E. M., M. S. Appelhans, S. Buerki, M. Cheek, J. de Vos, J. R. Pirani, A. R. Zuntini, J. B. Bachelier, M. J. Bayly, M. W. Callmander, M. F. Devecchi, S. K. Pell, M. Groppo, P. P. Lowry II, J. Mitchell, C. M. Siniscalchi, J. Munzinger, H. K. Orel, C. M. Pannell, L. Nauheimer, H. Sauquet, A. Weeks, A. N. Muellner-Riehl, I. Leitch, O. Maurin, F. Forest, K. Nargar, K. R. Thiele, W. J. Baker and D. M. Crayn. 2023. Comprehensive phylogenomic analyses of Sapindales support a Mid-Cretaceous Hothouse origin, with rapid diversification events and heterogeneous paralogy. Front. Pl. Sci. 14 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1063174). Butaud, J.-F., J. Florence, P. P. Lowry II and F. Tronchet. 2023. Une nouvelle espèce de Meryta (Araliaceae) de l’archipel des Tuamotu en Polynésie française. Adansonia, sér. 3, 45: 61–71 (https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2023v45a4). F. O. D. Andrianambinina, P.O. Waeber, D. Schuurman, P. P. Lowry II and L. Wilmé. 2022. Clarification on protected area management efforts in Madagascar during periods of heightened uncertainty and instability. Madag. Cons. Dev. 17: 25–28 (DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/mcd.v17i1.7). Ralimanana, H., A. L. Perrigo, R. J. Smith … P. P. Lowry II … and A. Antonelli. 2022. Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities. Science 378 (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adf1466). Antonelli, A., R. J. Smith, A. L. Perrigo … P. P. Lowry II … and H. Ralimanana. 2022. Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use. Science 378 (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abf0869). Roberts, M. A., D. Schuurman, P. P. Lowry II, A. N. A. Ratsifandrihamanana, S. V. Rafanomezantsoa, P. O. Waeber and L. Wilmé. 2022. CITES must urgently take the steps to save Madagascar’s unique species of rosewood and ebony. Madag. Conserv. Dev. 17: 6–8 (http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/mcd.v17i1.2). Locatelli, E. R., D. E.G. Briggs, A. Leslie, J. Munzinger, P. Grandcolas, P. P. Lowry II, D. J. Cantrill, P. Maurizot, D. Cluzel, N. Folcher, R. Garouste and A. Nel. 2022. Leaves in iron oxide: remarkable preservation of a Neogene flora from New Caledonia. Palaios 37 : 622–632 (https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2022.019). Crameri, S., P. B. Phillipson, N. Rakotonirina, N. Wilding, R. L. Andriamiarisoa, P. P. Lowry II and A. Widmer. 2022. Taxonomic studies on Malagasy Dalbergia L. f. (Fabaceae). III. Two new species from southeastern Madagascar and an emended description of the rosewood species D. maritima R. Vig. Syst. Bot . 47: 397–416 (https://doi.org/10.1600/036364422X16512564801614). Linan, A. G., P. P. Lowry II, A. J. Miller, G. E. Schatz, J.-C. Sevathian and C. E. Edwards. 2022. Interspecific hybridization and island colonization history, not rarity, most strongly affect the genetic diversity in Diospyros, a clade of Mascarene-endemic trees. J. Heredity 113: 336–352 (https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article-abstract/113/3/336/6534455). Texier, N., O. Lachenaud, E. Bidault, A. Boupoya, G. Fadeur, O. Hardy, P. P. Lowry II and T. Stévart. 2022. Characteristics and determinants of endemic plant species in the Gabonese Area of Endemism. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 107: 1–20 (https://doi.org/10.3417/2022694). N. A. Sandratriniaina, R. N. Ramanantsialonina, B. Rakouth, P. P. Lowry II, M. C. Wiemann, J. C. Hermanson, F. Lens and B. H. Ravaomanalina. 2021. Comparative wood anatomy of 15 Malagasy Diospyros species (Ebenaceae). IAWA Journal 43: 116–135 (https://brill.com/view/journals/iawa/43/1-2/article-p116_8.xml). Idárraga-Piedrahíta, Á., J. Jiménez-Montoya, P. P. Lowry II, M. M. Mora and G. M. Plunkett. 2021. Two New Species of Sciodaphyllum (Araliaceae) from the Andes of northwestern Colombia. Novon 29: 211–220 (https://doi.org/10.3417/2021626). Garrouste, R., J. Munzinger, A. Leslie, J. Fisher, N. Folcher, E. Locatelli, W. Foy, T. Chaillon, D. J. Cantrill, P. Maurizot, D. Cluzel, P. P. Lowry II, P. Crane, J.-J. Bahain, P. Voinchet, H. Jourdan, P. Grandcolas and A. Nel. 2021. New fossil discoveries illustrate the diversity of past terrestrial ecosystems in New Caledonia. Sci. Rep. 11: 18388 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97938-5). Linan, A. G., P. P. Lowry II, A. Miller, G. E. Schatz, J.-C. Sevathian and C. E. Edwards. 2021. RAD-sequencing reveals patterns of diversification and hybridization, and the accumulation of reproductive isolation in a clade of partially sympatric, tropical island trees. Mol. Ecol. 30: 4520–4537. (https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15736). Schatz, G. E., P. P. Lowry II and H. N. Rakouth. 2021. Taxonomic studies of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) from the Malagasy region. VIII. New species from the humid littoral forests of eastern Madagascar. Novon 29: 159–187 (https://doi.org/10.3417/2021678). Neill, D. A., P. P. Lowry II, G. M. Plunkett, M. M. Mora, E. Merino, M. Asanza and L. Jost. 2021. Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. IX. Four new species of Sciodaphyllum P. Browne from the Cordillera Abitagua, eastern Andes of Ecuador. Novon 29: 118–131 (https://doi.org/10.3417/2021663). Senterre, B., P. P. Lowry II, E. Bidault and T. Stévart. 2021. Ecosystemology: a new approach toward a taxonomy of ecosystems. Ecol. Complexity 47: 100945 (early on-line) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2021.100945). Wilding, N., P. B. Phillipson, S. Crameri, S. Andriambololonera, R. L. Andriamiarisoa, S. A. F. Andrianarivelo, R. Bernard, N. Rakotonirina, C. Rakotovao, R. Randrianaivo, R. Razakamalala and P. P. Lowry II. 2021. Taxonomic studies on Malagasy Dalbergia L.f. (Fabaceae). I. Two new species from northern Madagascar, and an emended description for D. manongarivensis. Candollea 76: 237–249 (http://dx.doi.org/10.15553/c2021v762a4). Schatz, G. E., P. P. Lowry II, H. N. Rakouth and R. Randrianaivo. 2021. Taxonomic studies of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) from the Malagasy region. VI. New species of large trees from Madagascar. Candollea 76: 201–236 (http://dx.doi.org/10.15553/c2021v762a3). Buerki, S., M. W. Callmander, P. Acevedo-Rodriguez, P. P. Lowry II, J. Munzinger, P. Bailey, O. Maurin, G. Brewer, N. Epitawalage, W. J. Baker and F. Forest. 2021. An updated infra-familial classification of Sapindaceae based on targeted enrichment data. Amer. J. Bot. 108: 1234–1251 (https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1693). Zotz, G., F. Almeda, A. Bautista, A. Eskov, D. Giraldo-Cañas, B. Hammel, R. Harrison, N. Köster, T. Krömer, P. P. Lowry II, R. C. Moran , G. M. Plunkett and T. Weichgrebe. 2021. Hemiepiphytes revisited. Persp. Plant Ecol., Evol. Syst. 51, 125625 (early on-line) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2021.125620). Linan, A. G., P. P. Lowry II and G. E. Schatz. 2021. Taxonomic studies of Diospyros (Ebenaceae) from the Malagasy region. VII. Revision of Diospyros section Forbesia in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 106: 72–110 (https://doi.org/10.3417/2021644). Texier, N. G. Dauby, E. Bidault, P. P. Lowry II, D. Ikabanga and T. Stévart. 2021. An efficient method for defining plant species under High Conservation Value (HCV) criterion 1 based on the IUCN Red List criteria: a case study using species endemic to Gabon. J. Nature Conserv. 62 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126027). Rodrigues-Vaz, C. G. M. Plunkett and P. P. Lowry II. 2021. Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. VIII. Three new species of Sciodaphyllum P. Browne (Araliaceae) with globose capitate inflorescences from Ecuador and Peru. Brittonia 73: 262–273 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-021-09661-0). Plunkett, G. M., P. P. Lowry II and D. A. Neill. 2021. Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. VII. Two new genera, Cephalopanax and Frodinia, to accommodate the remaining species of Neotropical Schefflera. Brittonia 73: 251–261 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-021-09660-1). Buerki, S., J. Munzinger, P. P. Lowry II and M. W. Callmander. 2020. Two new genera of Sapindaceae (Cupanieae) from the southern Pacific: Lepidocupania and Neoarytera. Candollea 75: 269–284 (http://dx.doi.org/10.15553/c2020v752a9). Schatz, G. E., P. P. Lowry II and P. B. Phillipson. 2020. Taxonomic studies of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) from the Malagasy region. V. Synoptic revision of the Bernieriana group in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Candollea 75: 203–218 (http://dx.doi.org/10.15553/c2020v752a5). Swenson, U., P. P. Lowry II, B. Cronholm and S. Nylinder. 2020. Resolving the relationships of the enigmatic Sapotaceae genera Beauvisagea Pierre and Boerlagella Pierre ex Cogn., and the position of Planchonella suboppositifolia H. J. Lam. Taxon 69: 998–1015 (https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12313). Lowry II, P. P. and G. M. Plunkett. 2020. Resurrection of the genus Heptapleurum Gaertn. for the Asian clade of species previously included in Schefflera J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. (Araliaceae). Novon 28: 143–170 (https://doi.org/10.3417/2020612). Schatz, G. E. and P. P. Lowry II. 2020. Taxonomic studies of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) from the Malagasy region. IV. Synoptic revision of the Squamosa group in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Adansonia, sér. 3, 42: 201–218 (https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2020v42a10). Vorontsova, M. S., P. P. Lowry II, L. Wilmé, A. Rasolohery, R. Govaerts, S. Ficinski and A. M. Humphreys. 2020. Data inequality in plant diversity knowledge and unrecorded plant extinctions: an example from the grasses of Madagascar. Plants, People, Planet 2020; 00:1–16 (https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10123). Lowry II, P. P., M. W. Callmander and R. Spichiger. 2020. Polysciadis (Araliaceae) species nova e Madagascaria in honorem Luciani Bernardii, felsinei nominata. Candollea 75: 107–114 (http://dx.doi.org/10.15553/c2020v751a11). Mora, M. M., P. P. Lowry II, G. M. Plunkett, Á. Idárraga-Piedrahíta, J. Jiménez-Montoya and P. H. Raven. 2020. Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. V. Sciodaphyllum zarucchii (Araliaceae), a new species from Antioquia, Colombia, honoring James L. Zarucchi (1952-2019). Novon 28: 94–99 (https://doi.org/10.3417/2020540). Mora, M. M., P. P. Lowry II and G. M. Plunkett. 2020. Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. IV. Three new species of Sciodaphyllum P. Browne from the eastern Andes of Central Peru. Novon 28: 75–84 (https://doi.org/10.3417/2020410). Munzinger, J., P. P. Lowry II, M. W. Callmander and S. Buerki. 2020. A new micro-endemic species of Alectryon (Sapindaceae) from Koghis Forest, New Caledonia. Syst. Bot. 45: 156–162 (https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aspt/sb/pre-prints/content-19000566). Plunkett, G. M., P. P. Lowry II, P. Fiaschi, D. G. Frodin and A. N. Nicolas. 2020. Phylogeny, biogeography, and morphological evolution among and within the Neotropical and Asian clades of Schefflera (Araliaceae). Taxon 68: 1278–1313 (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/tax.12177). Fiaschi, P., P. P. Lowry II and G. M. Plunkett. 2020. Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. III. Resurrection of the New World genus Didymopanax Decne. & Planch., previously included in Schefflera J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. (Araliaceae). Brittonia 72 16–22 (https://www.doi.org/10.1007/s12228-019-09604-w). Lowry, P. P., II, G. M. Plunkett and D. A. Neill. 2019. Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. II. Resurrection of the Neotropical genus Crepinella Marchal for a clade of New World species previously included in Schefflera J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. (Araliaceae). Novon 27: 253–261 (https://doi.org/10.3417/2019510). Lowry, P. P., II, G. M. Plunkett, M. M. Mora, A. Cano, P. Fiaschi, D. G. Frodin, R. E. Gereau, Á. Idárraga-Piedrahíta, J. Jiménez-Montoya, J. M. Mendoza F., O. Rivera-Diaz and C. Rodrigues-Vaz. 2019. Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. I. Resurrection of the genus Sciodaphyllum P. Browne to accommodate most New World species previously included in Schefflera J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. Brittonia 71 (early on-line: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-019-09593-w). Stévart, T. S., G. Dauby, P. P. Lowry II, A. Blach-Overgaard, V. Droissart, D. J. Harris, B. A. Mackinder, G. E. Schatz, B. Sonké, M. S. M. Sosef, J-C. Svenning, J. J. Wieringa and T. L. P. Couvreur. 2019. A third of the tropical African flora is potentially threatened with extinction. Sci. Adv. 5 (11), eaax9444 (https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax9444). Lowry, P. P. II, G. E. Schatz, C. Birkinshaw and P. Antilahimena. 2019. Melanophylla dianeae (Torricelliaceae), a new, critically endangered species from a remnant forest fragment in east-central Madagascar. Novon 27: 205–210 (https://doi.org/10.3417/2019490). Pillon, Y., D. A. González, H. Randriambanona, P. P. Lowry II, T. Jaffré and S. Merlot. 2019. Parallel ecological filtering of ultramafic soils in three distant island floras. J. Biogeogr. 46: 2457–2465 (https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13677). Linan, A. G., G. E. Schatz, P. P. Lowry II, A. Miller and C. E. Edwards. 2019. Ebony and the Mascarenes: the evolutionary relationships and biogeography of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) in the western Indian Ocean. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 190: 359–373 (https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz034). Lowry, P. P., II and G. M. Plunkett. 2018 (publ. 2019). Myodocarpaceae. Pp.527–532 in: J. W. Kadereit and V. Bittrich (eds.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. 15. Apiales, Gentianales (except Rubiaceae). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Plunkett, G. M., Q.-Y. Xiang, P. P. Lowry II and G. E. Schatz. 2018 (publ. 2019). Torricelliaceae. Pp. 549–556 in: J. W. Kadereit and V. Bittrich (eds.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. 15. Apiales, Gentianales (except Rubiaceae). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Plunkett, G. M., J. Wen, P. P. Lowry II, A. D. Mitchell, M. J. Henwood and P. Fiaschi. 2018 (publ. 2019). Araliaceae. Pp. 413–446 in: J. W. Kadereit and V. Bittrich (eds.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. 15. Apiales, Gentianales (except Rubiaceae). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. Waeber, P. O., D. Schuurman, B. Ramamonjisoa, M. Langrand, C. V. Barber, J. L. Innes, P. P. Lowry II and L. Wilmé. 2018. Uplisting of Malagasy precious woods critical for their survival. Biol. Conserv. 135: 89–92 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.04.007). Lowry, P. P., II, P. B. Phillipson, L. Andriamahefarivo, G. E. Schatz, F. Rajaonary and S. Andriambololonera. 2018. Flora. Pp. 243–255 in S. M. Goodman, M. J. Raherilalao and S. Wohlhauser (eds.), The terrestrial protected areas of Madagascar: Their history, description, and biota. Association Vahatra, Antananarivo. Schatz, G. E. and P. P. Lowry II. 2018. Taxonomic Studies of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) from the Malagasy Region. III. New Species from the Island of Nosy Mangabe in the Bay of Antongil. Novon 26: 272–286. Schatz, G. E. and P. P. Lowry II. 2018. Novitates neocaledonicae. IX. Taxonomic notes on New Caledonian Diospyros (Ebenaceae) with new synonymy and the description of two new species. Candollea 73: 91–100 (https://doi.org/10.15553/c2018v731a8). Simo-Droissart, M. G. M. Plunkett, V. Droissart, M. B. Edwards, J. N. M. Farminhão, V. Jecmenica, T. D’haijère, P. P. Lowry II, B. Sonké, C. Micheneau, B. S. Carlsward, L. Azandi, S. Verlynde, O. J. Hardy, F. Martos, B. Bytebier, E. Fischer and T. Stévart. 2018. New phylogenetic insights toward developing a natural generic classification of African angraecoid orchids (Vandeae, Orchidaceae). Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 126: 241–249 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.021). Randrianasolo, A., P. B. Phillipson, P. P. Lowry II & M. Möller. 2018. 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