Pakkapol Thaowetsuwan

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Lecturer at Silpakorn University

Floral diversity of Croton, the second largest genus in Euphorbiaceae, is currently under-explored. Several clades demonstrate an unusual floral morphology, e.g., lower or higher stamen number, bilateral symmetry and reduced ovary, but have never been investigated in a comparative study with typical Croton. This study examined morphology and ontoge...

Mechanical forces acting within the plant body that can mold flower shape throughout develop-ment received little attention. The palette of action of these forces ranges from mechanical pres-sures on organ primordia at the microscopic level up to the twisting of a peduncle that promotes resupination of a flower at the macroscopic level. Here, we ar...

Croton is a mega-diverse genus of more than 1,200 species with great morphological diversity and highly dimorphic flowers. Staminate flowers generally possess petals and a variable number of stamens and lack of an ovary. Pistillate flowers generally lack petals or have filamentous structures instead; stamens are lacking, and the ovary is generally...

Entre el 5 y 12 de octubre del 2018 se llevó a cabo la primera versión del Curso Intensivo de Morfología Floral de la red FLO-RE-S (Bull-Hereñu et al., 2016) en las dependencias de la Reserva Nacional Río Clarillo (CONAF). La ONG Laboratorio Flores (www.laboratorioflores.cl) tuvo a cargo la planificación y ejecución de este evento cuyos preparativo...

The first FLO-RE-S floral morphology course in Chile.

Background and aims: Ophiocaryon is a lesser known genus in Sabiaceae. This study examines flowers of six Ophiocaryon species in comparison with Meliosmaalba, to identify taxonomically informative characters for understanding relationships within the family Sabiaceae, to imply previously unknown pollination mechanisms of Ophiocaryon, and to contri...