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Arellano, Ma. Kristelle Joyce S.

3BIO5 Seat#3

The poster that I have chosen is entitled “A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON


DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF Vanoverberghia sepulchrei Merr.
(ZINGIBERACEAE) USING MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL DATA”. The
Vanoverberghia Merr. is a small genus inside Zingiberaceae with two currently accepted
species and one of which is located in the Philipines which is the V. sepulchrei Merr. The
other species is the V. sasakaiana H. Funak & H. Ohashi which can be found only in
Taiwan. They have used two methods after taxon sampling, morphological examination
and molecular analyses. In morphological examination, they examined the recently
collected and herbarium specimen including types in different herbaria then conservation
status follows, where the new species was assessed using the International Union for
Conservation of Nature. The other one is the molecular analyses wherein they worked on
its DNA using different steps and followed by phylogenetic analyses. The two methods
both ended up by the taxonomic treatment.

The researchers study concluded that the population of Vanoverberghia


sepulchrei from the provinces of Antique, Capiz, Quezon, Negros Oriental, and Sorsogon
is new to Science. This study also hypothesized that the occurrence of the new species,
Vanoverberghia rubrobracteata, in the Visayas is due to vicariance.

I chose this poster because I was amazed by how they did the study on gingers.
They really went to different places around the country for them to be able to compare
the different genus. I didn’t expect that there are still species of ginger that are
undiscovered. For me this is the best thesis poster in the biology department because the
study is a big contribution to the country and is something to be proud of as a Filipino. As
a biologist, I saw there effort and dedication on the study that’s why they came up with a
very good research.

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