- Nov 23, 2020
Reminder: Small Collections Grant Proposal Deadline 30 November
Small Collections Grants. IAPT provides competitive grants for the improvement and/or maintenance of botanical collections (herbaria) of algae, fungi, and/or plants. Collection improvements include projects involving digitization, processing a specimen backlog, shipping an endangered collection to another herbarium, or other similar tasks. In unique cases we will also consider requests for materials associated with mounting herbarium specimens. Applications are particularly w
- Nov 12, 2020
Renew your IAPT membership (please)
Dear colleagues, November is here again! Last year at this time I was looking forward to 2020 as a year with much promise. IAPT planned to participate in a several exciting international conferences where we would meet new audiences and offer our nomenclature short courses. Unfortunately, 2020 did not turn out that way. I am hoping that 2021 will be better. It is annual membership renewal time at the International Association for Plant Taxonomy. If you are a current member yo
- Nov 4, 2020
Announcing: Engler Medal in Silver
The Engler Medal in Silver awarded to Dr Terry Pennington and Ms Rosemary Wise The Engler Medal in Silver is awarded for an outstanding monograph or other work in systematic botany, mycology or phycology and honors the legacy of Adolf Engler (1844-1930). The 2020 Medal, for a work published in 2017-2018, has been awarded to Terence D. Pennington and Rosemary Wise for The Genus Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae) in America. Published by David Hunt, Milbourne Port. 447 pp. (2017). Thanks
