The Secretary of ASPT, Michael A. Vincent, has announced that the President-elect is Lynn Clark and that the new Council Members-at-large are Aaron Liston and Lynn Bohs.
Systematic Botany Monographs
Volume 60. Plagiochila (Hepaticae, Plagiochilaceae) in China, M. L. So. 214 pp. May 2001. ISBN 0-912861-60-6. US orders: $28.00; non-US orders: $30.00. For information, contact: Christiane Anderson, University of Michigan Herbarium, North University Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1057; voice: 734-647-2812; fax: 734-647-5719; e-mail: <chra@umich.edu>.
Walter L. Meagher has presented the ASPT with another gift of $500 to be used toward the publication of a volume of Systematic Botany Monographs. His donations have aided in the timely publication of monographs and a pricing structure that keeps the series affordable. The ASPT is most grateful to Walter Meagher for 10 years of generous support of SBM.
ASPT Graduate Research Awards
Mary Ellen Ford, Department of Environmental, Population, and Organismal Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder—A study of the phylogenetic relationships of Populus L. (Salicaceae).
Stefanie Ickert-Bond, Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe—Phylogeny of Ephedra L. based on comparative morphological and nucleotide sequence evidence.
Tanya Sher Khan, Section of Evolution and Ecology, University California-Davis—The phylogeny and historical biogeography of Annaxagorea (Annonaceae) using morphological and molecular data.
Tim Chumley, Plant Biology Program, University Texas at Austin—The biogeography and systematics of Menodora (Oleaceae).
Annemarie Costello, Department of Biology, New York University—Molecular and morphological systematics and the evolution of superior ovaries in the Tetraplasandra group (Araliaceae).
David C. Tank, Department of Botany, University Washington, Seattle—Phylogenetic analysis of subtribe Castillejinae (Orobancaceae- tribe Rhinantheae).
Rachel A. Williams, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State
University, East Lansing— Phylogeny of Pycnanthemum (Lamiaceae) with emphasis on high-level polyploidy in the Virginianum complex.
Laura Boykin, Biology Department, University New Mexico, Albuquerque—Ecology and evolution of Orcuttieae (Poaceae): an endangered vernal pool grass.
Scott V. Heald, L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY—Phylogeny and speciation in Hevea (Euphorbiaceae) based on a combined cladistic analysis.
Damon Little, L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, Ithaca NY—Systematics and evolution of Cupressus and Chamaecyparis (Cupressaceae).
Robin O'Quinn, Department of Botany, Washington State University, Pullman—Phylogeny and evolution of vegetative diversification in Montieae (Portulacaceae).
Geoff Smick, Department of Botany, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco—Taxonomic and phylogenetic analyses of Streblacanthus Kuntze (Acanthaceae).
Benjamin M. Torke, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO—Phylogenetic relationships and diversification in Swartzia (Fabaceae), based on DNA sequence data.
Hyosig Won, Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis—Phylogeny
and biogeography of Gnetum based on morphology and DNA sequences.
Michael J. Moore, Section of Integrative Biology, University Texas at Austin—The roles of edaphic shifts and long-distance dispersal in the evolution of the American desert genus Tiquila (Boraginaceae).
ASPT has received word of the deaths of the following individuals.
DR. DUANE ISELY, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Iowa State
University, passed away on 6 December 2000 in Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. Isely
graduated with honors from the University of Arkansas in 1938, and received his
Master's degree in Botany the following year. In 1942 he was awarded the Ph.D.
in Botany from Cornell University. In 1944, after doing studies on the region's
plants for the Tennessee Valley Authority, he was hired as an extension
associate at Iowa State College. He remained at Iowa State for the remainder of
his career, eventually achieving the title of "Distinguished Professor." Dr.
Isely's career at Iowa State went through several phases of research and
teaching interests. He was initially hired to help operate the fledgling seed
laboratory. He published more than 50 papers and a textbook in the field of
seed technology. He held several offices (including president in 1954) and
committee appointments in the Association of Official Seed Analysts, and
received the Award of Merit in 1965 for his work in that organization. He was
at the same time a weed scientist, publishing nearly 20 books and laboratory
manuals on weeds. However, a gradual transition in his career led to studies
within the legumes (bean family).
Fifty years of work and publications on
legumes culminated in the 1998 publication of Native and Naturalized
Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and
Hawaii)
(1998). This monumental work describes and provides identification keys to more
than 1,200 species. Also, throughout his career, he was interested in the
history of biology. In 1991 a series of his biographical sketches of botanists
was published as 101 Botanists. Dr. Isely was advisor to more than
20 graduate
students in the areas of seed technology and botany. He collected nearly 12,000
specimens for Iowa State's Ada Hayden Herbarium and served as its director from
1986–89. During 1978–87 he was editor of the Iowa State Journal of
Research and
served on the editorial boards of several national professional journals. He
was active in the conservation of natural areas, including the protection of
the Ames High School Prairie/Richard W. Pohl State Preserve. He was a member of
a number of professional organizations, including the American Society of Plant
Taxonomists and the International Association for Plant Taxonomy. — Deborah Q.
Lewis, Curator Ada Hayden Herbarium, Department of Botany, Iowa State
University, Ames, IA 50011-1020; e-mail: dlewis@iastate.edu.
DR. RUPERT CHARLES BARNEBY died Tuesday, 5 December 2000. He was 89
years old. Barneby's association with The New York Botanical Garden spanned
nearly a half century. He arrived as a visiting scholar in the 1950s and
shortly thereafter accepted a staff position as Honorary Curator of Western
Botany. He went on to become a research associate and an editorial consultant
for Brittonia, the garden's scientific journal covering systematic
botany. A self-taught botanist, Barneby rose to become a world expert in Leguminosae and
Menispermaceae. He spent his career at the garden curating and studying the
world's best collection of New World Leguminosae. In 1999, the International
Botanical Congress presented Barneby with its prestigious Millennium Botany
Award for a lifetime of contribution to science. In 1980, he was the winner of
the Henry Allan Gleason Award, an annual award from The New York Botanical
Garden. In 1989, the American Society of Plant Taxonomists awarded Barneby with
the Asa Gray Award for his contributions to systematic botany. In 1991, The
garden honored Barneby by institutionalizing his legacy through the
establishment of the Rupert C. Barneby Fund for Research in Legume Systematics.
The Engler Silver Medal, botanical science's highest honor for publications,
was awarded to Barneby in 1992 for his monographic work Sensitivae
Censitae: A
Revision of the Genus Mimosa Linnaeus (Mimosaceae) in the New
World. Since the
publication of his first botanical paper in 1941, Barneby published more than
6,500 pages of papers, monographs, and journals. Among his most influential
works are: Atlas of North American Astragalus; Daleae
Imagines; Intermountain
Flora, Volume 3, Part B; and Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's
Earring: A Generic
System for the Synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas (3 Volumes).
Barneby was
known for his talent for discovering or rediscovering rare and local species.
In the course of his five decades of research, Barneby described and named over
1,100 different plant species new to science. A botanist is fortunate to have a
new species of plant named in his honor. Barneby had not only 25 different
species named after him, but also 3 genera of plants — Barnebya,
Barnebyella,
and Barnebydendron. Barneby was a member of the American Society of
Plant Taxonomists, the International Association for Plant Taxonomy, and the New
England Botanical Club, and a fellow of the California Academy of Sciences. He
attended Cambridge University where he received his B.A. in history and modern
languages in 1932. He came to the United States in 1937 and established
permanent residency in 1941. In 1978, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of
Science degree from The City University of New York. — Dr. Barbara M. Thiers,
New York Botanical Garden, 200th St. & Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY
10458-5126, e-mail: bthiers@nybg.org; voice: 718-817-8622; fax:
718-562-6780.
ROBERT KENNETH GODFREY, 1911–2000. It is an honor to be asked to give a tribute to Dr. Robert K. Godfrey, botanist, known to many as "Bob" or "Dr. Bob," born 29 August 1911, since 6 February 2000 moved on to new landscapes. He was my teacher and is my friend. I learned more practical botany during my graduate tenure under him at Florida State University than during any comparable period since, much of this learning taking place in the field, his favorite teaching medium. He was remarkable there, more than willing to share his experience in a down-to-earth, often humorous, way.
Eighty-eight years of life as diverse and challenging as his are difficult to review in such united space. Some high points include his beginnings and early education in rural western New Jersey, his undergraduate training at Maryville College in eastern Tennessee, the beginning of his graduate studies at North Carolina State College, Raleigh, there gaining knowledge of plants and ecological systems through the tutelage and friendship of Dr. B.W. Wells, there already gaining a reputation for his love of learning plants where they live, and for his careful, succinct writing. His graduate experience was widened by an invitation to come to Harvard, this leading to another Master's, and then by a brief period in the early 1940s as horticulturist/gardener at the Orton Plantation near Wilmington, N.C. World War II came on and Bob enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving out his time as a naval officer with the Pacific Fleet. War over, he returned to Orton, but also to join Ms. Eleanor "Nell" Niernsee of nearby Southport in matrimony. Nell was his life's companion, a beautiful person and able advisor loved by all, waiting for Bob since 1995. Interestingly, Nell was also a veteran of the Pacific War, serving in the South Pacific as a U.S. army nurse.
Botany was so much a part of Bob Godfrey that, encouraged by his former teacher B. W. Wells, he took on a teaching/research job at North Carolina State, at the same time resuming graduate work at Duke University under botanist, teacher, and friend, Dr. Hugo Blomquist, there completing a thesis on Pluchea Compositae), and being awarded the Ph.D. in 1952. His residency at North Carolina State was given additional dimension by a year's foreign service as a U.S.D.A. botanist in Turkey and South Africa, there gathering wild seeds with economic or drug potential. Soon thereafter he received an invitation to join the faculty at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Bob, Nell and (by then) their two daughters moving south in 1954. Thus began a wonderful union between Robert Godfrey and the Florida landscape, a union which provided a boon to all students of botany. Bob was, and remains, a master teacher, since it was important to him to introduce students first to descriptive writing and then to put these same undergraduates and graduates into the field to gain experience with the "real thing."
His own studies on plants, significantly aided by the acceptance and loving tolerance of his family (a true necessity for field biologists), accelerated, and we have several books to show his energies and descriptive prowess, first Trees of Northern Florida, co-authored with Dr. Herman Kurz, later two major works Aquatic and Wetland Plants of the Southeastern United States, Vol. I, Monocots (1975) and Vol. II, Dicots (1981), both co-authored with Dr. Jean Wooten, finally (1988) Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama. These opuses have in common what in the view of many constitute some of the best descriptive work ever published on plants. To me it is of interest that the last three volumes were published after Bob's "retirement." And, in addition to the books were countless other articles on plants, together with service in teaching, administration, even a tour with the National Science Foundation.
There are many definitions for "success." Godfrey to me remains a superior example. He loved his family, he loved his work, he was a true and honest witness. He was interested in all who had an interest in plants, and helpful friend to all who sought true competence. He will be remembered as a scholar who taught much through friendly conversation, and as one who knew how to read a landscape. Some will remember him through study of the tens of thousands of examples of plants he collected, most of them in the herbarium he built at FSU carefully documented, processed, and curated by himself. His caring approach is perhaps one of the best ways to remember him, since he was, after all, a curator, therefore a part of that endangered breed of individuals who know that specimens are indisputable facts that will always provide a necessary confrontation with truth. He will be remembered lovingly by family and friends, each with their own special memories. My own is to think of him. walking through some big, blazing summer or autumnal savanna, this shimmering and varicolored with an abundance of wildflowers, with Bob waving us on, inviting us to see the miracle.
In Bob's memory, "The Robert K. Godfrey Endowment for the Study of Botany" has been established at FSU. The fund is to be used to support field and herbarium studies in botany, specifically to include: 1) support of the FSU Herbarium for enhancement and maintenance of the Collection, such as matching support for part-time curatorial assistance; and 2) sponsorship of independent research in the-field of botany and plant ecology for both students and faculty, such as systematic/taxonomic studies, botanical inventory, rare plant surveys, and studies in plant ecology or plant conservation biology. If needed, the FSU Foundation address is 225 University Center, Building C, Suite 3100, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2660; phone 850 644-6000; fax 850 644-6211).— Robert Kral
Peter H. Raven was presented with the National Medal of Science by President Bill Clinton at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on 1 December 2000. This is the nation's highest science honor. Dr. Raven is Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and also serves as Englemann Professor of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis. He is active in worldwide efforts to raise the visibility of science and to protect the environment. He was a member of President Clinton's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology and is the chairman of the National Geographic Society's Committee for Research and Exploration. He is president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and serves on the academies of science in more than 15 countries. Dr. Raven was also awarded the Lady Liberty Award by the Goals for Americans Foundation in the core area of Nature and the Environment. Dr. Raven served as President of ASPT in 1972.
Dennis W. Stevenson has been appointed Director for the Institute of Systematic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden. Dr. Stevenson specializes in Cycadales, participates in The Plant Genomics Consortium, and is affiliated with Cornell, Columbia, New York, and Yale universities. He succeeds Scott Mori, who remains at NYBG as Nathaniel Lord Britton Curator of Botany.
Wesley E. Higgins has been named to fill the Jessie B. Cox Chair of Tropical
Botany at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida.
The Flora of North America (FNA) has just appointed its first full-time Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. Charles Levine of New York took up this position on May 1. Mr. Levine is an innovative publishing executive with significant global experience in the development and management of content for both digital and print media. He has held senior management positions with Random House, Simon & Schuster, John Wiley, and Macmillan. For many years, Mr. Levine has worked on the forefront of electronic publishing. Harnessing both his technical skills and global background, he has successfully built brand names and lines of publications including books with Scientific American; the J.K. Lasser Tax Institute; the Random House Webster's Dictionaries; and the Insight Travel Guides, among many others. Most recently, Mr. Levine has been part-time vice president of Content and Strategic Development for start-up Etronica.com of Pacific Palisades, California. Mr. Levine began his publishing career in Singapore, after a stint working in India on rural development projects. Having spent over a decade working in Asia, he maintains business contacts in this important, expanding marketplace. Mr. Levine has an M.A. from Indiana University in the History of Philosophy of Science, and graduated with honors from Columbia College, majoring in Physics.
The New York Botanical Garden is pleased to announce that Dr. Colin E. Hughes, currently a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, UK, is the recipient of the Rupert Barneby Award for the year 2001. Dr. Hughes will be studying the systematics of Andean Lupinus as part of a larger monographic study to establish a new infra-generic classification of the genus and investigate a number of more fundamental biogeographic, domestication, and evolutionary questions.
Lindsay P. Woodruff is the new Assistant Curator of the Plant Resources Center of the University of Texas at Austin, having started on 1 October 2000. The Plant Resources Center includes the University of Texas (TEX) and Lundell (LL) herbaria. Lindsay previously worked in the Plant Resources Center while a Master's student studying under Dr. Billie Turner; she left in 1992 to become a Senior Herbarium Assistant at the Missouri Botanical Garden (MO). From 1994 through August 2000 she was the Associate Collections Manager of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) in Ft. Worth, Texas. Now back at TEX/LL, she will oversee all loan activities as well as other aspects of collection management. Her new address is: Plant Resources Center, Biological Laboratories 311, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712; phone: 512 471-9437; fax: 512 232-3402; e-mail: lwoodruff@mail.utexas.edu.
Kim Steiner is now at the Department of Botany, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, where he has filled the new Lindsay Chair of Botany as Associate Curator. He was previously a specialist scientist for the Compton Herbarium at the National Botanical Institute, Kirstenbosch, Claremont, South Africa. Kim will continue his research on the systematics of the Scrophulariaceae and the pollination of oil-secreting flowers by oil-collecting bees. His new address is: Department of Botany, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118-4599; phone: 415 750-7193; fax: 415 750-7186; e-mail: ksteiner@ calacademy.org.
Alison Kelly has joined the Intermountain Herbarium as Collections Manager. Alison completed her M.S. at Utah State University, the title of her thesis being "Predictive Mapping of the of the North Fork John Day Wilderness Area." Since graduating, she has worked for both the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service, becoming involved, among other things with bryophytes, lichens, and databasing of collections. She can be reached by e-mail at ali@biology.usu.edu or herbarium@biology. usu.edu and by phone at 435 797-1584.
Dr. John J. Pipoly III left the Botanical Research Institute of Texas to join the Fairchild Tropical Garden, in Coral Gables, Florida, as Director of Research on 1 September 2000. He will supervise the various research programs of the Garden at the Research Center, which include Caribbean Biodiversity, South Florida Plants and Environments, Palm Biology, and the Systematics Program, its molecular systematics, GIS and developmental/structural labs, the herbaria (FTG and e-FTG: the Virtual Herbarium), and the library. He has been appointed Adjunct Professor in the joint graduate programs the garden has with Florida International University and the University of Miami. He will continue his work on the relationship of the Malesian to the Neotropical flora, tropical tree morphogenesis and architecture, systematics of the Myrsinaceae worldwide and the neotropical tribe Clusieae (Clusiaceae). John welcomes gifts of any of his taxonomic specialty groups. His new e-mail address is: jpipoly@ fairchildgarden.org.
Dr. Cynthia Lane joined the research staff at the Fairchild Tropical Garden as Conservation Ecologist on September 1. Dr. Lane's research interests include conservation and restoration ecology, in particular developing restoration methodology at both site and landscape scales. She has adjunct appointments at the Florida International University and the University of Miami through joint graduate programs the Garden has with each. She may be contacted at clane@ fairchildgarden.org.
Persons in the job market should consult the Newsletter/ Current News section of the ASPT homepage <http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~kenr/ASPT/current.htm> for current job opportunities. Below are very abbreviated listings of job notices that have appeared on that source; complete information needed for applications is not included here. For many positions, the deadlines have passed and the positions may be filled. The listing here is primarily for readers who might be interested in which organizations have had openings in the general area of plant systematics. The date the positions were posted is in square brackets [day/month/year]. Nearly all announcements have been edited to conserve space — be sure to obtain complete descriptions before applying.
Chairperson, Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University: Michigan State University invites applications and nominations for the position of Chairperson for its new Department of Plant Biology. Candidates should be qualified to hold the rank of tenured Full Professor. The department has more than 30 faculty members, strong graduate and undergraduate programs, and a support staff of career professionals. It is built on the concept of integrating all sub-disciplines of plant biology, ranging from evolution and ecology to molecular genetics. It maintains a close working relationship with the adjoining MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory and with other academic units in the biological sciences. Research is conducted in a modern research building, at an on-campus field facility, at the Kellogg Biological Station, and at field sites throughout the world. The department is funded internally by the College of Natural Science and the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station. The new chairperson will have the opportunity to significantly influence the future direction of the new department through the filling of several open positions. The chairperson is expected to provide leadership and to promote a creative environment for instruction and research. Candidates must possess an established record of scholarship, proven leadership and interpersonal skills, and a vision of innovative programs in research and education. Continuation of an active research program is encouraged and supported. Applicants and nominees should submit a complete curriculum vitae and any supplemental material that they deem helpful for a preliminary screening. Every effort will be made to maintain confidentiality until the final slate of candidates is selected. Review of applications will begin 1 October 2001, and will continue until the position is filled. Please send application materials to: Chairperson Search Committee, Department of Plant Biology, 166 Plant Biology Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1312. [Posted 21 June 2001]
Herbarium Curatorial Research Associate Position, University of Mississippi: The Department of Biology is seeking a curatorial research associate (CRA) to assist the curator during a three-year, NSF-funded renovation and computerization of the Pullen Herbarium. The CRA will gain experience in all aspects of modern herbarium curation, including herbarium renovation and installation of a compactor system; database entry and management; GIS/mapping software use; Web page development; managing specimen and accession records; mounting and curating both old and new herbarium specimens, including the processing of backlogged specimens; as well as collecting and learning about the flora of Mississippi and the southeastern coastal plain. Minimum qualifications include a bachelor's degree in botany, biology, or related field. Position requires experience with several kinds of computer programs, including databases and Web page design and maintenance; formal training and/or experience in plant taxonomy and nomenclature; a knowledge of the southeastern flora; and an ability to supervise students conducting data entry and herbarium tasks. Salary is $24,000 per year, plus full benefits as a state employee.
Research Assistant II, The Ohio State University: The molecular systematics lab at Ohio State University seeks a full-time research technician. The successful applicant will be expected to: 1) work independently in the laboratory ; 2) collect, analyze, and summarize data; 3) maintain research materials in the lab; 4) assist in the management and day-to-day operation of the laboratory; and 5) work effectively with graduate and undergraduate students and staff. Qualifications: BA/BS in, botany, biology, zoology or other related field and laboratory experience with PCR methods and nucleotide sequencing; MS degree in molecular systematics or molecular biology preferred. Salary range is $22,000– $26,000 per year. To apply, send a resume and the names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three referees to Dr. Andrea D. Wolfe, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210; e-mail: WOLFE.205@OSU.EDU. [Posted 5 June 2001]
Missouri Botanical Garden Assistant Curator: We seek an Assistant Curator to serve as the in-country coordinator in Vietnam. Selected candidate will coordinate training and research programs with Garden staff and Vietnamese counterparts, conduct botanical inventory and systematic research on Vietnam flora, prepare funding proposals and grants, and prepare and oversee the preparation of scientific papers. Qualifications include a Ph.D. in botany and up to seven years specialized experience in botanical systematics and related activities. Also requires familiarity with herbarium routines and botanical literature, ability to obtain funding, exceptional written communication skills, strong computer skills, and ability to live in Vietnam and conduct fieldwork under difficult conditions. Reading and writing fluency of French strongly preferred. We offer an outstanding benefits package. To apply, send curriculum vitae along with names and addresses of three references to: Missouri Botanical Garden, Human Resource Management, Attn: ACVT, Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 or to jobs@mobot.org. Review of résumés begins immediately. Position is open until filled. [Posted 29 May 2001]
Plant Taxonomist, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point: Nine-month, full-time lecturer position in the Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Teaching includes multiple sessions of course in vascular plant taxonomy and senior seminar in both fall and spring semesters. A national search for a tenure-track assistant professor to fill this position will be advertised fall 2001. Qualifications include broad training in plant biology with emphasis in plant taxonomy. Dissertation and/or publications in plant taxonomy. Ph.D. preferred; ABD acceptable. Starting date: 27 August 27 2001. Salary commensurate with qualifications. (Ph.D. with no post-doctoral teaching experience can expect to make about $28,000). Complete applications must include: (1) curriculum vitae with details of teaching experience, (2) names and contact information for three individuals familiar with your qualifications, and (3) copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts (official copies will be required for hiring). Review of applications will begin 13 June 2001 and continue until position is filled. Address questions to: 715 346-2159; fax: 715 346-3624; email: kbecken@uwsp.edu. All applications, supporting materials and correspondence should be addressed to: Plant Taxonomist Position, Dr. Robert Bell, Chair, Department of Biology, CNR Building, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point WI 54481-3897. [Posted 28 May 2001]
Humboldt-Toiyabe Forest, USDA, Sparks, Nevada: The humboldt-Toiyabe Forest is seeking a botanist. This position will provide botanical expertise; coordinate the forest threatened, endangered, and sensitivie plant program; function as the forest's botanist; participate as a member of the forest's ecology team; provide technical guidance and leadership in vegetative sampling methodologies for ecological classification and monitoring; coordinate with the regional ecologist and other forest service staff to provide expertise in the identification, interpretationa, and application of biological considerations for all plant species found on the forest; serve as an expert on taxonomic status for the approximately 2,500 plant taxa found on the forest; provide training programs in plant identification; provide botanical expertise in evaluting biological evaluations environmental analyses, forest land management plans and other documentsS, ensuring that sensitive, proposed, threatened, and endangered plant species determinations are both accurate and in fullL concurrence with the law and forest service policy. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. Deadline for application is 30 May 2001. See the full position announcement at <http://herbarium.usu.edu/hum boldtToiyabe.htm> for more details and information on application procedures. [Posted 18 May 2001]
Herbarium Collections Manager, University of Washington Herbarium (WTU): The Department of Botany at the University of Washington is seeking a collections manager for its herbarium. The position is available 16 July and will be a full-time, 12-month position. Review of applications will begin 15 June, 2001 and will remain open until filled. The collections manager will report to the curator of the herbarium and will be responsible for the day-to-day activities of the herbarium. This includes the collection, preparation, and maintenance of specimens, filling loan requests, re-filing returned loans, and keeping accurate loan records, as well as the maintenance of a small library. The collections manager will be responsible for helping develop a database system for computerization of the collections, preparation of the annual report, supervision of student assistants, visitors, and volunteers, outreach to the greater botanical community through various programs, and research related to the herbarium collections. The opportunity also may arise to contribute to teaching in the Department of Botany. The collections manager should be knowledgeable about a broad range of plant groups and have particular expertise in at least one. Requirements: Training in systematic botany with a M.S. in botany or biology is required. Desirable: Ph.D. and prior experience in collections-based research or management, computer database management, and preparation of grant proposals and reports is preferred. Salary: $33,096 to $38,148 per year plus benefits package. How to apply: Send a cover letter, CV, and two letters of recommendation to: Dr. Richard Olmstead, Department of Botany, Campus Box 355325, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. [Posted 3 May 2001]
Research Technician III, Molecular Systematics, North Carolina State University: The molecular systematic lab at Department of Botany, North Carolina State University seeks a full-time, state-funded, research technician. The successful applicant will be expected to: 1) work independently in the laboratory; 2) collect, analyze, and summarize data; 3) maintain research materials in the lab and greenhouse; 4) conduct on-line library researches; 5) prepare and assist in the preparation of written and electronic materials (e.g., manuscripts, reports, Web page descriptions, research presentations, etc.); 6) assist in training of students and other laboratory personnel; 7) assist in the management and day-to-day operation of the laboratory; 8) work effectively with graduate and undergraduate students and staff. Qualifications: BA/BS in botany, biology, zoology, or other related field and two years laboratory experience in the research field assigned; MS degree in molecular systematics or molecular biology preferred. Require experience with PCR, DNA electrophoresis, restriction site analysis, molecular cloning, DNA sequencing, MicroSoft Office. Experience with phylogenetic and population genetic analyses of molecular data is desired. Grade 66 (based on education and experience, minimum $29,000+. Deadline: Open until filled. Proposed Hire Date: 1 July 2001. To apply, send a resume and the names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three references to Dr. Jenny Xiang, Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7612; phone: 919 515-2728; fax: 919-515-3456; e-mail: jenny_Xiang@ncsu.edu. [Posted 23 April 2001]
Nearly all announcements have been edited to conserve space, be sure to obtain
complete descriptions before applying. Please see notice at top of "Job
Opportunities."
Postdoctoral fellowship, Plant Molecular Systematics and Molecular Evolution, University of Missouri-Columbia: Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship to participate in a study of the molecular evolution of phytochromes in parasitic figworts (Orobanchaceae). The goals of the project are to 1) infer a nuclear phylogeny for the family; 2) describe patterns of nucleotide evolution at individual phytochrome loci from autotrophic, hemi-, and holoparasitic species; and 3) determine whether patterns of phytochrome gene expression vary among species exemplifying each of the three habits. A strong background in systematics and familiarity with molecular techniques is required, and applicants must be able to work independently. The successful candidate will be encouraged to make the greatest contribution in his/her area of special interest. A one-year stipend with benefits is available. Interested applicants should send a CV, a brief statement of research interests and experience, and the names of two references to: Sarah Mathews, University of Missouri, Division of Biological Sciences, 226 Tucker Hall, Columbia, MO 65211; e-mail: Mathewss@missouri.edu.
American Philosophical Society, Research Programs: All information and forms, for all of the society's programs can be downloaded from our Web site <http://www.amphilsoc.org">. Click on "Grants" on the homepage. General information about all programs: Grants are for research only. The society make no grants for study, travel to conferences, workshops, for consultation with other scholars, for permanent equipment, or assistance with publication or translation. Eligibility: Applicants may be residents of the United States, or American citizens resident abroad. Foreign nationals whose research can only be carried out in the United States are eligible. Grants are made to individuals; institutions are not eligible to apply. Specific requirements are given under each listing. Application forms: If forms cannot be downloaded from the Web site, they may be requested by mail; be sure to include: indication of eligibility for the program, nature of the research (e.g. archival, laboratory, fieldwork, etc.), and proposed use of the funds (travel, purchase of microfilm, etc.). Foreign nationals must state the objects of their research, available ONLY in the United States. Applicants are normally expected to have a doctorate, but applications are accepted from persons whose publications display equivalent scholarly achievement. Grants are never made for pre-doctoral study or research. A limited number of awards can be made to persons who have held the doctorate for less than one year. Scope: Proposals may be in all areas of scholarly knowledge except those in which support by government or corporate enterprise is more appropriate. The program does not accept proposals for journalistic writing, for the preparation of textbooks or teaching aids, or the work of creative and performing artists. Maximum award: $6,000 for one year or $12,000 for two years. Deadline: 1 October. Decisions are reached in late January. Questions concerning the eligibility of a project, or the use of funds are accepted at 215-440-3429 for all programs except the Library Resident Research Fellowship. Address: Committee on Research, American Philosophical Society, 104 South 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. The e-mail address for grants inquiries is eroach@amphilsoc.org; include a postal address.
Rupert Barneby Award and Fund: The New York Botanical Garden now invites applications for the Rupert Barneby Award for the year 2002. The award of US$ 1,000.00 is to assist researchers to visit The New York Botanical Garden to study the rich collection of Leguminosae. Anyone interested in applying for the award should submit their curriculum vitae, a detailed letter describing the project for which the award is sought, and the names of two or three referees. Travel to the NYBG should be planned for sometime in the year 2002. The application should be addressed to Dr. James L. Luteyn, Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Blvd., Bronx, NY 10458-5126 USA, and received no later than 1 December 2001. Announcement of the recipient will be made by 15 December.
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Legumes Downunder — The Fourth International Legume Conference, 2–6 July 2001 — The Fourth international Legume Conference will be held July 2–6, 2001 on the campus of Australian National University in canberra, Australia. The scientific program includes symposia on systematics, utilization, infraspecific genetics, land rehabilitationN, symbiosis, phytochemistry, and electronic resources. Field trips throughout Australia are being planned in conjunction with the meeting. Co-organizers are Mike Crisp, Autralian National University; Jim Grimes, RBG, Melbourne; Joe Miller, Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research and David Morrison, University of Technology; Sydney. For further details and to express interest in attending the conference, please check the Web site at
<http://www.science.uts.edu.au/sasb/legumes.html>.
ASPT Annual Meeting — The annual meeting of ASPT will be held inconjunction with Botany 2001: Plants and People, which will be held 12–16 August at the Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico. This meeing will be held in conjuction with the Botanical Society of America and other allied societies. For more information, see the meeting's Web site <http://www.botany2001.org> or at this address: Botany 2001, P.O. Box 75013, Cleveland, OH 44101-2199; fax: 330 963-0319; e-mail: botany2001 @conferon.com.
5th International Flora Malesiana Symposium, 9–14 September 2001 — The International Flora Malesiana Symposia takes place every three years hosted by different institutions involved in the Flora Malesiana Project. They provide the opportunity for Flora Malesiana members to exchange ideas, report research findings and progress, and to workshop issues of progressing and managing the Flora Malesiana Project. The Flora Malesiana symposia continue to provide a catalyst for dramatically increased output of plant biodiversity information. For information about the 2001 conference and associated workshops, consult the Web page at <http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/fm/circular2.htm>.
Assembling The Tree of Life, American Museum of Natural History, New York, 20–22 September 2001 — The Tree of Life Symposium will be held at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 20–22 September 2001. It will include three full days of scientific papers summarizing current understanding of phylogenetic relationships of all major groups of organisms. In addition, a series of plenary lectures will address the importance of phylogenetic knowledge for advances in human health, genomics, developmental and comparative biology, as well as the implications of phylogenetic knowledge for understanding humanity's place in nature. The Tree of Life Symposium will bring together dozens of the world's authorities to produce a summary of our current knowledge of life's history that will at once propel the science forward to new understanding and at the same time be accessible to the broad general public. A major objective of the symposium is to bring the Tree of Life into society and the classroom. The period 2001 2002 has been designated the International Biodiversity Observation Year (IBOY) by the international biodiversity science programme, DIVERSITAS. As part of IBOY, a series of signature projects have been identified that will be international in scope, advance knowledge in biodiversity science, and communicate that new understanding to society. One of the flagship IBOY initiatives is Assembling the Tree of Life (ATOL). Sponsors: The Tree of Life Symposium is a product of the International Biodiversity Observation Year of DIVERSITAS. Its major sponsors are the American Museum of Natural History and Yale University. Other support comes from the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), one of the sponsors of Diversitas and IBOY. Participants: The following is a list of scientists who have agreed, at this time, to participate in the symposium; others have been invited. Papers will be multi-authored, thus numerous other leaders in phylogenetics can be expected to attend. Participants in plenary talks or panels: Rita Colwell, Sean Carroll, Terry Tates, Douglas Futuyma, David Hillis, David Wake. Invited speakers: Norman Pace, Sandra Baldauf, W. Ford Doolittle, John Taylor, Michael Donoghue, Andre Adoutte, Ward Wheeler, Jacques Gauthier, Herv Philippe, Rytas Vilgalys, Charles Delwiche, Kathleen Pryor, Pamela Soltis, Timothy Littlewood, Frederick Schram, Mark Siddall, David Lindberg, Jonathan Coddington, Rainer Willmann, Michael Whiting, Andrew Smith, Melanie Stiassny, David Cannatella, Michael S. Y. Lee, Joel Cracraft, Maureen O'Leary, and Bernard Wood. Contact for Information: To place your name on the mailing list for the conference and to receive further details regarding the conference and registration, please send an e-mail with your name and mailing address to <tolsymposium@ amnh.org> or call 212 769-5200.
Fourth International Triticeae Symposium, 10–22 September 2001— The Fourth International Triticeae Symposium will take place in Cordoba, Spain. The goal of the symposium is to promote exchange among the diverse scientists that work on this important tribe. Topics covered include systematics, evolution, biodiversity, biogeography, genetic resources, and utilization. For more information about the symposium and access to registration forms, see<http://herbarium.usu.edu/triticeae/tritsym.htm> or contact Prof. Antonio Martin and Dr. Pilar Hernandez at Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Apdo. 4084, 4084 Cordoba, Spain or gelmamua@uco.es.
XV Mexican Botanical Congress 14–19 October 2001 — The XV Mexican Botanical Congress will be held October 14–19, 2001 in Queretaro, Mexico. The scientific program includes symposia on ecology, systematics, education, and ethobotany. Contributed posters are encouraged. Field trips are being planned. For further details please check the Web site at <http://www.socbot.org.mx/>.
Rhododendrons in Horticulture and Science, Edinburgh, Scotland, Friday 17–Sunday 19 May 2002 — This international conference is being supported and sponsored by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the Royal Horticulture Society. The conference will provide a range of lectures by many internationally renowned speakers covering many aspects of Rhododendrons and related plants. It will aim to provide a mix of horticulture and science that will appeal to a wide audience and will cover cultivation, collection and status in the wild, taxonomy including recent molecular work, problems with pests and diseases, and the use of Rhododendrons in modern gardens. There will be a poster display of recent work and an art exhibition of fine rhododendron paintings, many of which have been painted from the cultivated collections in Edinburgh. For the benefit of international delegates, the conference immediately precedes the Chelsea Flower Show and coincides with The Floriades, a three-month horticultural spectacular in the Netherlands held once every 10 years. Conference participation will be limited to 200. If there is sufficient interest there will be workshops on rhododendron identification hosted by Dr. David Chamberlain and Dr. George Argent on 16 and 20 May and each restricted to 25 persons. A preconference tour to southern gardens and a postconference tour to northern gardens will be arranged, but numbers will probably be limited to 30 persons per tour. To register interest please contact: Dr. G. Argent, Rhodo '02, The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, United Kingdom; e-mail: g.argent@rbge.org.uk; fax: +44 (0)131 552 0382.
André Michaux International Symposium, 15–19 May 2002. Preliminary
Announcement and Solicitation of Interest — SEE ASPT Newsletter 14(3).
The Fern Gazette, a publication of the British Pteridological Society, now has the contents and abstracts for Volume 16 (2000–2001) and Volume 15, parts 6–8 (1998 –1999) available on the Web at <http://www.eBPS.org.uk/gazette.htm>.
The cumulative index to volumes 76–100 of Rhodora is now available. The index is divided into two parts: an index to scientific names and an index to authors and subjects, created directly from the journal issues. Copies of the index to volumes 1–50 and the index to volumes 51–75 are still available. For more information contact Dr. Cathy Paris, Back Issues Manager <cparis@zoo.uvm.edu> or visit the New England Botanical Club Web site <http://www.huh.harvard.edu/nebc/>. To order the index to volumes 76–100 mail this form and payment to: Rhodora, Allen Press, Inc., P.O. Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044-8897. Cost to members of NEBC is $25.00; others $50.00; funds payable at par in United States currency.
Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium— Sets available for postage. The University of Michigan Herbarium is preparing to move to temporary quarters in early 2002. As part of the preparations, we are reducing the backstock of the Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. This periodical has been issued irregularly from 1939–1945 and again from 1966 through the present, covering 22 volumes thus far. Many of the articles deal with systematics of neotropical plants. For more information about the contents of volumes 1–20, see our Web site <http://www.herb.lsa.umich.edu/c ontcat.htm>. From now through 15 April, we will send a set of almost all available back issues (Vols. 1–4, 6–8, 9(2–8), 11–12, 14–17, 19–22; a stack almost 12" high) in return for the following postage and handling charge: US orders ( $10.00), Canada ($22.00 US), Mexico ($27.00 US), Western Europe ($30.00 US), Elsewhere ($32.00 US). We ask that payment (made payable to University of Michigan Herbarium) be included with any order—shipments will not leave MICH until payment is received. Please send any orders to: Linda Williams, University of Michigan Herbarium, 1205 N University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1057 USA.
The new Web site for the British magazine Plant Talk was given in the June 2000 issue of the ASPT Newsletter, Volume 14, Number 2. Due to financial difficulties, Plant Talk ceased publication with the April 2000 issue (Number 21). Fortunately, on 7 December 2000, the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) acquired Plant Talk and has appointed Hugh Synge editor, who will coordinate the existing team in England and the United States. A double issue (No. 22/23, to replace the July and October 2000 issues) is now being urgently prepared for publication in early 2001, to be followed by the four issues (Nos. 24–27) scheduled for that year. A letter from Paul Cox, director of the NTBG, asked for ".. your help, by (1) promptly renewing your subscription to Plant Talk when your renewal notice arrives, (2) encouraging your friends and colleagues to take out subscriptions to Plant Talk, and (3) asking librarians at your local botanical garden, college, university, conservation group or botanical society to subscribe to Plant Talk (brochure enclosed or see our Web site at <http://www.plant-talk.org>. If we can expand the subscriber base, it will allow us to produce even more spectacular issues of Plant Talk. For additional information, please see the previous web site and that for the National Tropical Botanical Garden<http://www.ntbg.org/>. The postal address for the Americas is: Plant Talk , P.O. Box 35481, Palm Coast, FL 32135-4841, USA.
The Bee Course is a 10-day workshop offered for conservation biologists, pollination ecologists, and other biologists who want to gain greater knowledge of the systematics and biology of bees. The main purpose of the course is to provide participants with sufficient knowledge and experience to use effectively The Bee Genera of North and Central America by Michener, McGinley, and Danforth 1994. This book provides well-illustrated keys to all genera of bees found in that geographic region and information about their morphology, distribution, and classification. Persons equipped with the information from this course will be capable of using Charles Michener's magnum opus, Bees of the World, published in 2000 by Johns Hopkins University Press. This new book deals with the classification, evolution, and distribution of bees on a worldwide basis and, for the first time, presents keys to genera, subgenera, and higher taxa for the entire globe. The course objectives are presented in the course announcement, which can be accessed at <http://www.geocities.com/beecourse>. Also available is the application form for the 2001 course,which will be held at the Southwestern research Station, Portal, Arizona, 17—27 August 2001.
Information provided by L. J. Davenport, Book Review Editor. The selection of reviewers and books to be reviewed in Systematic Botany are left to the discretion of the Book Review Editor. Members of ASPT who are interested in serving as a reviewer should contact Larry Davenport at <ljdavenp@samford.edu>.
BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW, June 2001
Investigations into the Systematic Botany and Phylogenetic Relationships of Takhtajania perrieri (Capuron) Baranova and J.F. Leroy (Winteraceae). Twelve papers by numerous authors. 2000. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Volume 87, Number 3. ISSN 0026-6493. $35.00. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Biodiversity and Sustainable Conservation by Har Darshan Kumar. 1999. 409 pp. ISBN 1-57808-076-2. $79.50 (hbk). Science Publishers, PO Box 699, Enfield, NH 03748.
Biodiversity of Cyanoprocaryotes, Algae and Fungi of Israel: Cyanoprocaryotes and Algae of Continental Israel by Eviatar Nevo and Solomon P. Wasser (eds.). 2000. 629 pp. ISBN 3-940144-23-5. DM 290 (hbk). Koeltz Scientific Books, Herrnwaldstr. 6, D-61462, Königstein, Germany.
Biological Thermodynamics by Donald T. Haynie. 2001. 379 pp. ISBN 0-521-79549-4. $35.95 (pbk). Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211.
Blumea Supplement 12: Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Biogeography of Baccaurea, Distichirhops, and Nothobaccaurea (Euphorbiaceae) by Raoul Haegens. 2000. 218 pp. ISBN 90-71236-46-3. NLG 100.00 (pbk). Nationaal Herbarium Nederland.
Bryophyte Biology by A. Jonathan Shaw and Bernard Goffinet (eds). 2000. 476 pp. ISBN 0-521-66794-1. $35.95 (pbk). Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211.
The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms by Michael Hickey and Clive King. 2000. 208 pp. ISBN 0-521-79401-3. $29.95 (pbk). Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211.
Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Guaramacal National Park, Portuguesa and Trujillo States, Venezuela by Laurence J. Dorr, Basil Stergios, Alan R. Smita, and Nidia L. Cuello A. 2000. 155 pp. ISSN 0097-1618. Free while supply lasts. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium Volume 40, Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Categorical Glossary for the Flora of North America Project by Robert W. Kiger and Duncan M. Porter. 2001. 165 pp. ISBN 0-913196-70-3. $5.00. Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890.
Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources In Vitro, Volume 2: Applications and Limitations by M. K. Razdan and E. C. Cocking. 2000. 315 pp. ISBN 1-57808-055-X. $88.00 (hbk). Science Publishers, PO Box 699, Enfield, NH 03748.
Detection and Isolation of Soil Fungi by Pierre Davet and Francis Rouxel. 2000. 188 pp. ISBN 1-57808-125-4. $49.50 (pbk). Science Publishers, PO Box 699, Enfield, NH 03748.
Diatoms of Europe Volume 1: The Genus Pinnularia by K. Krammer. 2000. 703 pp. ISBN 3-904144-24-3. DM 380 (hbk). Koeltz Scientific Book, Herrnwaldstrasse 6, D-61462, Königstein, Germany.
Ecology and Biogeography of Pinus by David M. Richardson (ed.). 1998. 527 pp. ISBN 0-521-78910-9. $54.95 (pbk). Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211.
Emanuel D. Rudolph's Studies in the History of North American Botany by Ronald L. Stuckey and William R. Burk (eds.). 2000. xxx + 376 pp. ISBN 1-889878-05-07. $45.00 (pbk). Sida, Botanical Miscellany, No. 19. Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 509 Pecan Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102-4060.
Enduring Perfection: Paintings by Damodar Lal Gurjar; Catalogue of an Exhibition, 26 April-31 July 2001 by James J. White and Lugene B. Bruno. 2001. 44 pp. ISBN 0-913196-71-1. $10.00 (pbk). Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890.
Enfoques Contemporáneos para el Estudio de la Biodiversidad by Héctor M. Hernández, Alfonso N. García Aldrete, Fernando Álvarez, and Miguel Ulloa. 2001. 413 pp. ISBN 968-36-8305-3. Price unknown (pbk). Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México, D. F.
The European Garden Flora: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass, Volume 6; Dicotyledons (Part IV), Loganiaceae to Compositae by numerous editors. 2000. 739 pp. ISBN 0-521-42097-0. $175.00 (hbk). Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211.
Flora de la República de Cuba Fascículo 5: Flacourtiaceae, Haemodoraceae, Haloragaceae, Marcgraviaceae, Mayacaceae, Najadaceae, Plantaginaceae, Podostemaceae, Ruppiaceae, y Xyridaceae by numerous authors. 2000. Each treatment separately paged. ISBN 3-904144-28-6. DM 98. Koeltz Scientific Books, Herrnwaldstr.6, D-61462, Königstein, Germany.
Flora of Australia Volume 17A: Proteaceae 2; Grevillea by Annette J. G. Wilson (ed.). 2000. 544 pp. ISBN 0-643-05970-9. $69.95 (pbk). CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.
Flora of China Volume 24: Flagellariaceae-Marantaceae by Wu Zhengyi and Peter H. Raven (co-chairs of editorial committee). 2000. 431 pp. ISBN 0-915279-83-5. $85.00 (hbk). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Flora of China Illustrations Volume 18: Scrophulariaceae-Gesneriaceae by Wu Zhengyi and Peter H. Raven (co-chairs of editorial committee). 2000. 423 pp. ISBN 0-915279-84-3. $95.00 (hbk). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Flora of Mount Rainier National Park by David Biek. 2000. 506 pp. ISBN 0-87071-470-8. $29.95 (pbk). Oregon State University Press, Corvallis.
Flora of the USSR Volume 29: Compositae, Tribe Cichorieae by E. G. Bobrov and N. N. Tzvelev (eds.). 2000. 795 pp. ISBN 1-886106-46-0. $148.00 (hbk). Science Publishers, PO Box 699, Enfield, NH 03748.
Flora Neotropica Monograph 78: Cladoniaceae by Teuvo Ahti. 2000. 362 pp. ISBN 0-89327-431-3. Price unknown (hbk). New York Botanical Garden Press.
Flora of New Zealand Volume 5: Grasses by E. Edgar and H. E. Connor. 2000. 650 pp. ISBN 0-478-09331-4. $55.00 (hbk). Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand.
Flora of Steens Mountain by Donald H. Mansfield. 2000. 410 pp. ISBN 0-87071-471-6. $29.95 (pbk). Oregon State University Press, Corvallis.
Floristics in the New Millennium: Proceedings of the Flora of the Southeast US Symposium by Barney L. Liscomb, John J. Pipoly III, and Roger W. Sanders (eds.). 2000. x + 136 pp. ISBN 1-889878-04-9. $20.00 (pbk). Sida, Botanical Miscellany, No. 18. Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 509 Pecan Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102-4060.
Generic Conspectus of the Tribe Astereae (Asteraceae) in North America, Central America, the Antilles, and Hawaii by Guy Neson. 2000. 100 pp. ISBN 1-889878-06-5. $25.00 (pbk). Sida, Botanical Miscellany, No. 20. Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 509 Pecan Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102-4060.
Gifts of Winter: Catalogue of an Exhibition, 30 October 2000-28 February 2001, Featuring Artworks Created Especially for the Exhibition by Richard Carroll and Charles Pitcher by James J. White and Lugene B. Bruno. 2000. 72 pp. ISBN 9-913196-69-X. $16.00 (pbk). Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890.
Gleason's Plants of Michigan: A Field Guide by Richard K. Rabeler. 1998. 398 pp. ISBN 0-9663251-0-9. $24.95 (pbk). Oakleaf Press, 920 Vesper Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48103-3015.
Grasses: Systematics and Evolution by Surrey W. L. Jacobs and Joy Everett (eds.). 2000. 406 pp. ISBN 0-643-06438-9. $150.00 (hbk). CSIRO Publishing, PO Box 1139, Collingwood 3066, Victoria, Australia.
Green Plants: Their Origin and Diversity, ed. 2 by Peter R. Bell and Alan R. Hemsley (eds.). 2000. 348 pp. ISBN 0-521-64673-1. $31.95 (pbk). Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211.
Homology and Systematics: Coding Characters for Phylogenetic Analysis by Robert Scotland and R. Toby Pennington (eds.). 2000. 217 pp. ISBN 0-748-40920-3. $65.00 (hbk). Taylor & Francis Books, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE; or 325 Chestnut Street, 8th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Icones pleurothallidinarum XX: Systematics of Jostia, Andinia, Barbosella, Bardrodria, and Pleurothallis (Subgenera Antilla, Effusia and Restrepiodia) with Addenda to Lepanthes, Masdevallia and Pleurothallis by Carlyle A. Luer. 2000. 140 pp. ISBN 0-915279-09-6. $51.95 (pbk). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Index of Mosses, 1996-1998 by Marshall R. Crosby (ed.). 2000. 65 pp. ISBN 0-915279-10-X. $19.95 (pbk). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Index to Plant Chromosome Numbers, 1996-1997 by Peter Goldblatt and Dale E. Johnson (eds.). 2000. 188 pp. ISBN 0-915279-88-6. $35.00 (pbk). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Monocots: Systematics and Evolution by Karen L. Wilson and David A. Morrison (eds.). 2000. 738 pp. ISBN 0-643-06437-0. $170.00 (hbk). CSIRO Publishing, PO Box 1139, Collingwood 3066, Victoria, Australia.
The Origin, Expansion, and Demise of Plant Species by Donald A. Levin. Oxford University Series in Ecology and Evolution. 2000. 230 pp. ISBN 0-19-512729-3. $35.00 (pbk). Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
Photosynthesis: A Comprehensive Treatise by A. S. Raghavendra (ed.). 2000. 376 pp. ISBN 0-521-78444-1. $47.95 (pbk). Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211.
Phylogenetic Analysis of Morphological Data by John J. Wiens (ed.). 2000. 220 pp. ISBN 1-56098-816-9. $26.95 (pbk). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
Plant Systematics by Gurcharan Singh. 1999. 258 pp. ISBN 1-57808-077-0. $39.50
(pbk). Science Publishers, PO Box 699, Enfield, NH 03748.
Plants of Central Asia; Plant Collections from China and Mongolia Volume 3: Sedges-Rushes by V. I. Grubov (ed.). 2000. 149 pp. ISBN 1-57808-114-9. $79.00
(hbk). Science Publishers, PO Box 699, Enfield, NH 03748.
Seagrass Ecology by Marten A. Hemminga and Carlos M. Duarte. 2000. 298 pp. ISBN 0-521-66184-6. $80.00 (hbk). Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211.
A World Synopsis of the Genus Grimmia (Musci, Grimmiaceae) by Jesús Muñoz and Francisco Pando. Monographs in Systematic Botany Volume 84. 2000. 133 pp. ISBN 0-915279-92-4. $22.00 (pbk). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Maclade 4: Aanalysis of Phylogeny and Character Evolution by David R. Maddison and Wayne P. Maddison. 2001. CD-ROM. ISBN 0-87893-470-7. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers. P.O. Box 407, Sunderland, MA 01375-0407. Two distinct versions are available. The full version may be purchased on an individual basis ($125.00; upgrade pricing available) or as a site license for simultaneous use on multiple computers ($500.00 for up to 10 users). A Classroom Version is available ($400.00 for up to 10 users) that allows instructors to place restrictions on those elements of each file that can be edited by students. For more information, see <http://www.sinauer.com>.
There are many links on other Web sites (start with <http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/tfp/tfplinks. html>) to pages that have information applicable to plant taxonomy. On this current page, we will add new sites as they come to our attention. If you have a new or revised Web site that may be of interest to the membership of ASPT, please send the URL address to the editor of the Newsletter. This section is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all sites useful to plant taxonomists.
The Missouri Botanical Garden Library is proud to present its Rare Book Digitization Project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The goal of the project is to digitize and preserve beautifully illustrated and botanically significant books in our private holdings in order to make them available to an international audience. This project will result in a large database of botanical and gardening books available to scholars, gardeners, and book enthusiasts through this Web site. Eight volumes are currently on-line at <http://ridgwaydb.mobot.org/mobot/rarebooks/>. You can browse through the books or search for a specific illustration by scientific name. Full-text searching will be added as the project progresses. The available volumes are: Émile Desvaux, Gramineae Chilenses, 1853; Aylmer Bourke Lambert, A Description of the Genus Cinchona,1797; Charles Antoine Lemaire, Iconographie descriptive des cactées,1841–1847; Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erläuterndem Texte, 1883–1914; Nicolaas Meerburgh, Afbeeldingen van zeldaame gewassen, 1775; Nicolaas Meerburgh, Plantarum selectarum icones pictae, 1798; Jean Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire, Traité des arbrisseaux et des arbustes cultivés en France et en pleine, 1825; James Edward Smith, Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae, 1790–93. Comments about the site may be directed to James Solomon at <jim.solomon@mobot.org> or Chris Freeland <freeland@mobot.mobot.org>.
18th Century Herbarium on-line. The Natural History Museum, London UK, has launched a new Web site dedicated to an important 18th century botanical collection, The George Clifford Herbarium
<http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/databases/clifford/index.html>. This new site, which is accompanied by background information on the collector and his significance, enables scientists, historians and the general public to view collections that are normally restricted in access due to their age, importance, and fragility. The collection contains a high proportion of historically and nomenclaturally important specimens particularly regarding their close association with Carl Linnaeus and the Hortus Cliffortianus. Accompanying databases allow the specimen images to be readily correlated with this work and more recent identifications. This new site complements three other NHM on-line botanical collections: Clayton Herbarium <http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/clayton>; Sloane Jamaican Collections <http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/databases/sloane/index.htm>; and Hermann Sri Lankan Collections <http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/databases/hermann/index.htm>. Other historical collections will be available later in the year.
The Archives and Manuscripts Collections of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library at
the New York Botanical Garden maintains a collection of items, artifacts, and papers resulting from the research of botanical explorers and researchers associated with the institution. The holdings of these collections have been summarized on newly released Finding Guides, which are available on the Web at <http://www.nybg.org/bsci/libr/List1.htm>. The guides provide an index to the materials in the collection and were created to aid the researcher in locating material within the collections. The guides also provide personal and professional biographical notes of many of the men and women who have contributed to the history of botanical exploration and the evolution of the modern conservation movement. The catalogue of the LuEsther Mertz Library is available on-line at <http://librisc.nybg.org/screens/opacmenu.html>.
The New York Botanical Garden has completed the electronic cataloging of its
87,861 vascular plant types. These records are available for searching at the garden's Web site <http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/vasc/> . A brief history of the project, and some interesting statistics about the vascular plant type held by NYBG are now available at <http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/vasc/complete.html>. Imaging of the vascular plant types <http://www.nybg.org/bsci/herbarium_imaging/>continues; currently approximately 15,000 images are linked to catalog records, and additional images are added continually. In an effort to meet our obligation to protect populations of endangered species from over-collection, some of our specimen data (such as specific locality information) have been removed from those on-line records for endangered species. These data are made available to researchers on request. We are aware that making our herbarium specimen data available involves striking a delicate balance between access to data that are important to research and the potentially reckless posting of sensitive information. To that end, we remove portions of records for species listed in the United States Federal Endangered Plant Species list and in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. These two lists, however, are not comprehensive. If you are aware of other species that are better protected by limiting access to specific locality data, please contact us, and we will update our database accordingly. — Dr. Barbara M. Thiers, New York Botanical Garden, 200th St. & Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10458-5126; e-mail: bthiers@nybg.org; voice: 718 817-8622; fax: 718 562-6780.
Natural Selection is a gateway to quality, evaluated Internet resources in the natural world—subject coverage includes botany, zoology, palaeontology, ecology, and environmental science. The service aims to help anyone with a purposeful interest in these subjects—from school children to senior researchers—locate quality, relevant Internet resources quickly and reliably. The resources described and linked to by Natural Selection are selected, evaluated, and reviewed by a team of information professionals with subject expertise, based mainly at The Natural History Museum in London. Other current contributors are experts at the Universities of Oxford and Reading. The URL is<http://nature.ac.uk/> .
Digital Flowers is courseware developed for the introductory plant systematics course at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, co-taught by Stephen
R. Downie and Kenneth R. Robertson. The courseware includes text and photographic images for the 35 plant families covered in the course as well as units on vegetative, floral, and fruit morphology. Included are many macro photographs showing longitudinal and cross sections of flowers and fruits. This is a project very much in progress; many of the images are being replaced by better scans or better photographs, and more examples are being added. Digital Flowers can be accessed at this generic URL <http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/digitalflowers/>. For more information, contact Ken Robertson at <krrobert@uiuc.edu>.
The TEX, LL herbaria of the University of Texas at Austin has started producing
digital images with the aim of complementing the label information contained in our Mexican Vascular Plant Database project. The pilot study started with the family Lauraceae for which all available specimens in the collection will be photographed. For most families there will be two images/species. The rationale for producing these images is to accelerate data capture by Mexican colleagues at CONABIO, as well as enhancing the value of our collection and database. The next family to be imaged will be the Asteraceae and subsequently, the type collection. The images can be viewed at <http://solandra.botany.utexa.edu/mexdat/Images.htm>; and in a few months these images will be also available through REMIB queries.
The Illustrated Flora of the Páramo of Chingaza (La Flora Ilustrada del Páramo de Chingaza) is available on the Web at <http://wwwprof.uniandes.edu.co/~samadrin/FIC/>.
A Web site has been created in association with the new publication: Webster, G.L., and R.M. Rhode. 2001. Plant Diversity of an Andean Cloud Forest: Inventory of the Vascular Plants of Maquipucuna, Ecuador. University of California Publications in Botany, 82. Berkeley, CA. [ISBN 0-520-09830-7] The Web site is at <<http://herbarium.ucdavis.edu/maqui/>> and is entitled "Inventory of the Vascular Plants of Maquipucuna, Ecuador." It contains an overview of the floristic project and florula, associated links, sample images, and updated and corrected checklists. For more information, contact <herbarium@ucdavis.edu>.
A new Web site on the Polygalaceae is at <http://www.joethejuggler.com/Polygalaceae>. The Web site, especially the literature item, has been developed with the collaboration of other researchers who also work on the family. The Web site is not totally finished, so it will be constantly updated. Therefore, any comments or suggestions to improve it are welcome. For more information, contact M. em C. Alina Freire-Fierro, Research Associate, Missouri Botanical Garden and Herbario Nacional del Ecuador QCNE, Quito, Ecuador. E-mail: alina.freire@mobot.org or aff@joethejuggler. com.
An update of the Angiosperm Families package is available at <http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/>. This version incorporates some 500 additional taxon images. These comprise high-resolution colour scans of hand-coloured engravings, mostly from vols. 1–12 of John Curtis' British Entomology (1824–1834); plus 35 from vol. 2 of William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, and a few from the Naturalist's Miscellany of Shaw and Nodder
(1789–1813).
World Taxonomist Database. Have you ever been looking for a
colleague's address for a quick reference on his/her latest publication? Or wanted to send an announcement to a group of specialists to inform them about a special workshop or symposium? In many cases you will find your way, but sometimes it is hard to trace a fellow taxonomist. For users of taxonomic expertise it is nearly impossible to find a specialist. To our most recent estimates there are presently only about 5000 experienced taxonomists in the world. Wouldn't it be nice to have a central point on the Internet where you could find the basic information about your colleagues? With the World Taxonomist Database, ETI offers you an online taxonomists directory service. The URL is <http://www.eti.uva.nl/Database/Database.html>.
Earlier this year the National Science Foundation funded a workshop
at Yale University to assess the need for an increased research effort to assemble a much more complete picture of the Tree of Life (TOL), and to make recommendations on how that effort might be undertaken over the next decade. We are pleased to announce the posting of the final report of that workshop on the Web. The report can be downloaded (in PDF format) from: <http://research.amnh.org/biodiversity/>. Two more TOL workshops are planned this fall. One at the University of California, Davis, will explore issues in phyloinformatics, and a second at the University of Texas, Austin, will address data gathering and analysis. We believe this initiative will significantly advance our understanding of life's history and therefore will be of immense benefit to all biological sciences and to society as a whole.
NCSC, the herbarium of North Carolina State University, is pleased
to announce its new Web site <http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/botany/ncsc/index.htm>. The new site presents information regarding our services, use and loan policies, collection (including types), staff, and opportunities, as well as links to related sites. We provide complete label information, as well as images, for all 28 taxa of our small type collection. Links to other herbaria with on-line type collections are also provided.
Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago by S. G. Aiken, M. J. Dallwitz, L. L. Consaul, C. L. McJannet, L. J. Gillespie, R. L. Boles, G. W. Argus, J. M. Gillett, P. J. Scott, R. Elven, M. C. LeBlanc, and A. E. Zamluk. This project is working to produce the flora of the vascular plants of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the DELTA electronic database format that will allow illustrated, interactive identification of the approximately 400 taxa of flowering plants on the Arctic Islands. Floristic data are being gathered by Susan Aiken (editor) and many contributors. Design of database structures and procedures, and maintenance of the databases on the Web, are being done by M. J. Dallwitz. The Poaceae treatment was first released in 1995, that of the Saxifragaceae in 1997, the Salicaceae, Cyperaceae, and Fabaceae in 1999, and the Juncaceae, Liliaceae, Ranunculaceae in 2000. Treatments for the Brassicaceae, Pteriodophytes, and smaller families such as Betulaceae, Campanulaceae, Gentianaceae, Papaveraceae, Plantaginaceae, and Primulaceae, are developing. The information recorded includes place of valid publication, synonymy (usually limited to names that have been associated with the Canadian Arctic), common names, vegetative and floral morphological characters (many more than present floras of the area), distribution (sometimes including information about the northernmost record of the taxon), and habitat. There are notes on ecology, indigenous knowledge, economic uses, and other miscellaneous information. The database is illustrated with maps for each taxon, colour photographs and line drawings of characters useful for identification, and colour photographs and line drawings of the taxa and their habitats. The geographical scope of this study includes all of the Nunavut, the islands of the Northwest Territories, and the islands of Nunavut north of 55°N in northern Hudson Bay (including Southampton Island, White and Caribou Islands, Coats Island, Bencas Island, Digges and Mansel Islands) and Akpotok Island in Ungava Bay. The Web site is <http://www.mun.ca/biology/delta/arcticf/www/intro.htm>.
This is the end of ASPT Newsletter Volume 15(1), June 2001
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