The Roots of Taxonomy

IAPT Webinar Celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity – May 22, 2025

We are pleased to announce the first IAPT webinar of 2025, organized in celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity! This special session will spotlight the importance of taxonomy, its practice, and the rules that guide botanical nomenclature.

🗓️ Date: Thursday, May 22, 2025 

🕘 Time: 12:00 PM Central Standard Time 

📍 Location: Online via Zoom 

🔗 Sign up through this form to participate! 

📩 Zoom link will be sent to registered participants via email one day before the event.

This session will feature four invited speakers who will each present a 15-minute talk, followed by a Q&A session to foster discussion:

1. Patricia Barberá - Afrotropical Flora: from Taxonomy to Evolution and Conservation

   
   

2. Nick Turland - A very, very short introduction to the nomenclature of algae, fungi, and plants

   
   

3. Laura Clavijo - The practice of taxonomy: An insight from the study of Gesneriaceae

   
   

4. Maria Alice Neves - Mushrooms of Brazil

   
   

🎥 The session will be recorded and made available to IAPT members who are unable to attend live.

Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate taxonomy, connect with colleagues, and exchange ideas across the IAPT community.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Webinar organized by Lúcia Lohmann and Rocío Deanna