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The Astereae Working Group is an international group of botanists
who are interested in collaborative studies of the phylogeny, biology,
and biogeography of the Astereae Tribe of the Asteraceae. The Astereae
is one of the largest tribes of the Asteraceae including over 200
genera and 3000 species. The tribe is worldwide in distribution
with large numbers of taxa in North America, South America, Asia,
Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa. An immediate goal of
the working group is to complete a molecular phylogenetic analysis
of the tribe. The phylogeny can then be used to analyze morphological
and ecological variation and evolution, biogeographic relationships
including tribal origin and subsequent radiation, generic delimitation,
and subtribal classification. All interested scientists are welcome
to join and participate in the group. If you would like to be included
on the membership list, please send relevant information to Tim
Lowrey (tlowrey@unm.edu), and in the subject heading type "Astereae
membership".
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