The Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG), the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), and the Universidad Estatal Amazónica (UEA) are pleased to announce a 3-week training program in Tropical Field Botany in Ecuador for highly motivated early graduate students from universities in the United States who are interested in pursuing a career in Plant Systematics. Scientists from MBG, NYBG, and UEA will offer a broad introduction to the topics of tropical field botany and plant taxonomy through a variety of experiences, including classroom lectures, discussion sessions, and fieldwork. Drawing from the instructors’ personal research experiences, students will learn about the tools and methods used to underst

The revision of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) follows meetings of the IUBS International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants to agree any changes to the Code. The next meeting will occur following the International Symposium on the Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants to be held in Singapore in 25 February – 1 March 2019. The current Cultivated Plant Code (the ninth edition, published by the ISHS in 2016) can be found on the ISHS website (https://www.ishs.org/scripta-horticulturae/international-code-nomenclature-cultivated-plants-ninth-edition ). Proposals to amend the Code should be sent direct to the Commission Chairman, ICNCP, c/o The Royal

La versión española del Código Internacional de Nomenclatura para algas, hongos y plantas (Código de Shenzhen) ha sido preparada por Werner Greuter y Rosa Rankin Rodríguez, con la ayuda de Luis Alberto Parra Sánchez, Juan Bautista Martínez Laborde, Alina Freire Fierro y Renée Hersilia Fortunato. La obra ha sido publicada por la Fundación Herbario Greuter, Berlin, en agosto de 2018, y está disponible como PDF en la página web de la IAPT (https://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/Shenzhen/Spanish/Spanish.pdf). Se esperan futuras traducciones del Código a otros idiomas, las cuales serán anunciadas y se harán accesibles tan pronto como estén concluidas. IAPT manifiesta su sincero agradecimiento al equip

It’s time to start thinking about symposia and colloquia for Botany 2019, the largest annual botany meeting in the US, to be held July 27-31 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Participating societies will be the American Bryological and Lichenological Society, American Fern Society, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Botanical Society of America, International Association for Plant Taxonomy, and Society for Herbarium Curators. The theme of this year’s conference is “Sky Islands and Desert Seas” and we would encourage you to think about this in your proposals. Proposals that incorporate the indigenous people and history of the area, and/or that forge ties with our Latin American colleagues, are al

The Council of IAPT has supported a proposal, also supported by the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), and American Society of Naturalists (ASN), to avoid holding conferences in states within the US that have “enacted a law that (1) has the effect of voiding or repealing existing state or local protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression; (2) authorizes or requires discrimination against same-sex couples or their families or on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression; or (3) creates an exemption to anti-discrimination laws in order to permit discrimin

The Rupert Barneby Award of The New York Botanical Garden, named in honor of the late NYBG scientist and renowned legume expert, consists of US$2000 granted annually to assist researchers to visit The New York Botanical Garden to study the rich herbarium collection of Leguminosae. Graduate students and early career professionals with research in systematics and/or legume diversity are given special consideration. Projects that will result in the improved curation of the collection are desirable. Anyone interested in applying for the award should submit their: 1) curriculum vitae; 2) a proposal describing the project for which the award is sought; 3) contact information for two individuals wh

We are excited to provide news about our journal, Taxon. After a thorough review of proposals from four publishers, we are pleased to announce that we have selected John Wiley & Sons as our partner in publishing Taxon beginning next year. We are excited to join Wiley because of the technological expertise offered by this leading global publisher. Wiley publishes many professional society journals and thus they are familiar with the needs of organizations like IAPT. With Wiley’s help Taxon will be able to take advantage of the latest innovations in publishing scientific journals, especially with respect to online content and digital features. We look forward to offering our readers and author

Congratulations to IAPT member and Council Member Lena Struwe, Rutgers University, on receiving the Charles Edwin Bessey Teaching Award from the Botanical Society of America at the Botany 2018 conference in Rochester, Minnesota (USA). The Bessey award recognizes outstanding contributions made to botanical instruction and celebrates individuals whose work has improved the quality of botanical education at a regional, national, or international level. The Bessey Award is given annually in honor of one of the great developers of botanical education. Dr. Bessey served first as professor of botany and horticulture, and later as dean at the University of Nebraska. Lena Struwe is well known as an i