Peter Matthews

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National Museum of Ethnology

Japan

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Peter Matthews is a Professor at the National Museum of Ethnology in Japan. His research focuses on traditional papermaking, evolutionary biology, and the cultivation of taro (Colocasia esculenta). Recent publications include studies on the chloroplast capture in taro, the identification of new species in the Colocasia genus, and the cultural significance of barkcloth in Melanesia.

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Freek T. Bakker

Assistant professor, following 2 years of postdoc

Wageningen University & Research

NETHERLANDS

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Paul Augustinus

Associate Professor

University of Auckland

NEW ZEALAND

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Thegn N. Ladefoged

University of Auckland

NEW ZEALAND

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Matthew Prebble

Senior Lecturer

University of Canterbury

NEW ZEALAND

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Michel E. Ghanem

University of Montpellier

FRANCE

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Articles (7)

Exploration of Traditional Papermaking by Potential Application of DNA Research

Chloroplast capture and range extension after hybridization in taro (Colocasia esculenta)

Colocasia spongifolia sp. nov. (Araceae) in southern China and central Vietnam

Barkcloth from the Solomon Islands in the George Brown Collection. In From Field to Museum—Studies from Melanesia in Honour of Robin Torrence, ed. Jim Specht, Val Attenbrow, and Jim Allen

Perception gaps that may explain the status of taro (Colocasia esculenta) as an “orphan crop”

Reply to Barber: Marginal evidence for taro production in northern New Zealand between 1200 and 1500 CE

Evolutionary origins of taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Southeast Asia

Collaborators (5)

Freek T. Bakker

Paul Augustinus

Thegn N. Ladefoged

Matthew Prebble

Michel E. Ghanem

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