Yu Ito (botanist)

Yu Ito is an aquatic botanist who has been worked at several universities and/or institutes, such as the University of Tokyo (PhD: 2006-2010), University of West Hungary (PostDoc: 2010-2011), University of Saskatchewan (PostDoc: 2011-2012), Aarhus University (PostDoc: 2012), University of Canterbury (PostDoc: 2013-2014), and Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (2015-).

Dr. Ito is an expert on the family Ruppiaceae, and in 2010 published a worldwide molecular phylogeny of the family,^[1] proposing a new taxonomic classification of three species and one species complex. The R. maritima complex defined there is now updated to include in total eight entities.^[2] Now the systematics of the genus is largely changed by the discovery of a new and the most basal species from Western Cape, South Africa (Ruppia bicarpa Y.Ito et. Muasya).^[3]

Among the other contributions of him to science include botanical surveys of aquatic plants in Myanmar and Thailand.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Colleagues

Norio Tanaka (Tsukuba Botanical Garden, National Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan)
Tetsuo Ohi-Toma (the University of Tokyo, Japan)
Jin Murata (the University of Tokyo, Japan)
Nobuyuki Tanaka (Makino Botanical Garden, Japan)
Anna Skriptsova (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
J. Hugo Cota-Sanchez (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Anders S. Barfod (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Changkyun Kim (Gachon University, South Korea)
Robert B. Kaul (University of Nebraska, USA)
Dirk C. Albach (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Okihito Yano (Okayama University of Science, Japan)
Jan-Adriaan Viljoen (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
A. Muthama Muasya (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Pablo Garcia-Murillo (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)

Professional Services

Subject Editor (Biodiversity Data Journal: Plantae)
Subject Editor (Phytokeys: Alismatales)

Publications

Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka, P. García-Murillo, A.M. Muasya (in press) A new delimitation of the Afro-Eurasian plant genus Althenia to include its Australasian relative, Lepilaena (Potamogetonaceae) – evidence from DNA and morphological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution xxx: xxx-xxx. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.008
Ito, Y., O. Yano, Nr. Tanaka, J. Viljen, A.M. Muasya (2016) Phylogeny of Isolepis (Cyperaceae) revisited: Non-monophyletic nature of I. fluitans sensu lato and resurrection of I. lenticularis. Plant Systematics and Evolution 302: 231-238. doi: 10.1007/s00606-015-1253-7
Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka, C. Kim, R.B. Kaul, D.C. Albach (2016) Phylogeny of Sparganium (Typhaceae) revisited: Non-monophyletic nature of S. emersum sensu lato and resurrection of S. acaule. Plant Systematics and Evolution 302: 129-135. doi: 10.1007/s00606-015-1245-7
Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, Nr. Tanaka, J. Murata, A.M. Muasya (2015) Phylogeny of Ruppia (Ruppiaceae) revisited: Molecular and morphological evidence for a new species from Western Cape, South Africa. Systematic Botany 40: 942-949. doi: 10.1600/036364415X689988
Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka (2015) Potamogetonaceae. 130-134. In Wild Flowers of Japan (In Japanese).
Ito, Y. (2015) Ruppiaceae. 135-136. In Wild Flowers of Japan (In Japanese).
Ito, Y., Nb. Tanaka (2014) Chromosome studies in the aquatic monocots of Myanmar: A brief review with additional records. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1069. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1069
Ito, Y. T. Ohi-Toma, A. V. Skriptsova, M. Sasagawa, N. Tanaka, J. Murata (2014) Ruppia megacarpa (Ruppiaceae): a new species to the floras of Japan, Korea, and Russia. Botanica Pacifica 3: 49-52.
Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka, R. Pooma, Nb. Tanaka (2014) DNA barcoding reveals a new record of Potamogeton distinctus (Potamogetonaceae) and its natural hybrids, P. distinctus × P. nodosus and P. distinctus × P. wrightii (P. ×malainoides) from Myanmar. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1073. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1073
Ito, Y., J. H. Cota-Sanchez (2014) Distribution and conservation status of Sparganium (Typhaceae) in the Canadian Prairie Provinces. Great Plains Research 24: 119-125. doi: 10.1353/gpr.2014.0019
Ito, Y. (2014) Ruppiaceae. In: Santisuk & Larsen (eds.) Flora of Thailand 11(4): 608-609.
Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, Nb. Tanaka, Nr. Tanaka, J. Murata (2014) New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (8) Blyxa aubertii var. echinosperma, Lemna trisulca, and Najas tenuis. APG: Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 65: 53-61.
Ito, Y., A. S. Barfod (2014) An updated checklist of aquatic plants of Myanmar and Thailand. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1019. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1019
Ito, Y. (2013) New records of aquatic plants for the flora of Thailand: Nechamandra alternifolia and Potamogeton octandrus. Thai Forest Bulletin 41: 140-144. link
Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, J. Murata, Nr. Tanaka (2013) Comprehensive phylogenetic analyses of the Ruppia maritima complex focusing on taxa from the Mediterranean. Journal of Plant Research 126: 753-762. doi: 10.1007/s10265-013-0570-6
Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka (2013) Additional Potamogeton hybrids from China: Evidence from a comparison of plastid trnT–trnF and nuclear ITS phylogenies. APG: Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 64: 1–14. link
Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka (2011) Hybridisation in a tropical seagrass genus, Halodule (Cymodoceaceae), inferred from plastid and nuclear DNA phylogenies. Telopea 13: 219-231. link
Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, J. Murata, Nr. Tanaka (2010) Hybridization and polyploidy of an aquatic plant, Ruppia (Ruppiaceae), inferred from plastid and nuclear DNA phylogenies American Journal of Botany 97: 1156-1167. doi: 10.3732/ajb.0900168
Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, Nb. Tanaka, J. Murata (2009) New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (3) Caldesia parnassifolia, Nechamandra alternifolia, Potamogeton maackianus and P. octandrus. Journal of Japanese Botany 84: 321-329.
Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka, K. Uehara (2007) Inferring the origin of Potamogeton ×inbaensis (Potamogetonaceae) using nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. Journal of Japanese Botany 82: 20-28.

References

↑ Ito Y., T. Ohi-Toma, J. Murata & Nr. Tanaka (2010) Hybridization and polyploidy of an aquatic plant, Ruppia (Ruppiaceae), inferred from plastid and nuclear DNA phylogenies American Journal of Botany 97: 1156-1167
↑ Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, J. Murata & Nr. Tanaka (2013) Comprehensive phylogenetic analyses of the Ruppia maritima complex focusing on taxa from the Mediterranean. Journal of Plant Research 126: 753-762
↑ Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, J. Murata, Nr. Tanaka, & M.A. Muasya (2015) Phylogeny of Ruppia (Ruppiaceae) revisited: Molecular and Morphological Evidence for a New Species from Western Cape, South Africa. Systematic Botany 40: xxx-xxx
↑ Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, Nb. Tanaka, and J. Murata (2009) New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (3) Caldesia parnassifolia, Nechamandra alternifolia, Potamogeton maackianus and P. octandrus. Journal of Japanese Botany 84: 321-329
↑ Ito, Y. (2013) New records of aquatic plants for the flora of Thailand: Nechamandra alternifolia and Potamogeton octandrus. Thai Forest Bulletin 41: 140-144
↑ Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka, R. Pooma, and Nb. Tanaka (2014) DNA barcoding reveals a new record of Potamogeton distinctus (Potamogetonaceae) and its natural hybrids, P. distinctus × P. nodosus and P. distinctus × P. wrightii (P. ×malainoides) from Myanmar. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1073. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1073

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