The official Portuguese translation of the Shenzhen Code, the current edition of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, authorized by IAPT, was launched on 27 November in São Paulo, Brazil. It is translated by Carlos Bicudo, Jefferson Prado, and Regina Hirai from the Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo. This book provides access to the important rules of the scientific naming of hundreds of thousands of organisms for researchers and students in Port

A tradução oficial em português do Código de Shenzhen, para a Nomenclatura de Algas, Fungos e Plantas, autorizada pela IAPT, foi lançada em 27 de novembro em São Paulo, Brasil. Foi traduzido por Carlos Bicudo, Jefferson Prado e Regina Hirai, do Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo. Este livro fornece acesso às importantes regras de nomeação científica de centenas de milhares de organismos para pesquisadores e estudantes nos países de língua portuguesa. Cópias impressas da trad

IAPT Councillor and irrepressible New Zealand botanist Dr Ilse Breitwieser has been awarded the 2018 Nancy T. Burbidge Medal by the Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) at its 2018 "Mind the Gap" annual conference in Brisbane, Australia. Photo: ASBS President Prof. Darren Crayn with Burbidge Medallist Dr. Ilse Breitwieser The Burbidge Medal is the highest award of ASBS. First presented in 2001, it was established as a way for the Society to honour those who have made