The International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants Is Amended Every Six Years at the Nomenclature Section of an International Botanical Congress

9 December 2015

Dear Director/Keeper of the Herbarium:

The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants is amended every six years at the Nomenclature Section of an International Botanical Congress. The last Section was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 2011. At that Section a Special Committee on Institutional Votes was established (see attached article from Taxon 62(3): 648-649. 2013, which contains a brief explanation of Institutional Votes). Sebsebe Demissew (ETH) agreed to serve as Chairman and Vicki Funk (US) as Secretary of the Committee.

The topic of Institutional Votes was discussed in depth at the 2011 Section in Melbourne and since then at several other international meetings (e.g., GPI). It seems that in the past the number of Institutional Votes was based mainly on the size of a collection although there was always an opportunity to ask for further consideration and adjustments were made upon such requests. The Special Committee on Institutional Votes has recommended to the Bureau of Nomenclature and the General Committee that Institutional Votes be allocated based on both the size of the collection and activity of the staff (e.g. numbers of practising taxonomists and taxonomic publications). The goal is to determine how many individuals are actively using nomenclature and are therefore familiar with the Code. We do not see this as a way to reduce votes (unless an herbarium is closed or nearly inaccessible) because some large herbaria with a small staff still actively host numerous visitors and train large numbers of students, etc. But it is an opportunity to increase the number of votes for active herbaria with smaller collections.

The XIX International Botanical Congress (IBC) will take place in Shenzhen, China, 23-29 July, 2017. Just prior to the start of the IBC, from 17-21 July, the Nomenclature Section will meet as usual to consider amendments to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code). The list of Institutional Votes allocated will be drawn up by the Special Committee together with the Bureau of Nomenclature. The list must then be approved by the General Committee in advance of the meeting of the Nomenclature Section. It is, therefore, time to move forward on this issue. Attached you will find four things:

1. A short form about the current size and activity level at your herbarium and a statement requesting that your herbarium be assigned votes or that your vote number be altered. This form should be returned to the Secretary of the Special Committee on Institutional Votes (see email below). If you are satisfied with the number of votes you are assigned you do not have to do anything but if you have any questions you can notify the Chairman or Secretary of the Committee (see emails below). 2. The Taxon article about Institutional Voting. Please read this if you are unfamiliar with how the Nomenclature Section works. 3. An Excel spread sheet that lists the institutions that received a vote at the 2011 Melbourne Nomenclature Section. This list reflects those institutions that have attended a Nomenclature Section in the past - you have to attend a Section to cast Institutional Votes or you have to officially transfer your vote(s) to someone who is attending the Section. Please check the number of votes assigned to your institution. 4. An Index Herbariorum (IH) form (short version). Please Register if your herbarium is not listed in IH; if you are already registered please update the information about your herbarium (these should be sent to NY, the address is on the form). If your institution is already a member, please NOTE that you do not have to fill out the entire form, only the parts that you wish to update. It is recommended that, if possible, you go to the IH website opening page and use the link to the forms along with instructions on how to register or update your entry. http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/IndexHerbariorum.asp

We request that you return the short form (#1) to the Secretary of the Committee no later than 1 February 2016.

Sincerely,

Prof. Sebsebe Demissew (ETH) Chairman of the Special Committee on Institutional Votes National Herbarium, Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management Addis Ababa University P.O. Box 3434 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [email protected]; [email protected]

Dr. Vicki Funk (US) Secretary of the Special Committee on Institutional Votes US National Herbarium, Botany Department Smithsonian Institution, MRC 166 P.O. Box 37012 Washington D.C., USA 20013-7012 [email protected]

TO: The Special Committee on Institutional Votes

FROM (IH Herbarium Abbreviation): ______

DATE:

Please consider our request to increase/decrease (circle one) the number of Institutional Votes we are allocated.

Votes allocated to our herbarium: current number of votes: ____; requested number of votes: ____.

The current estimated number of specimens housed in our herbarium: ______.

The current number of taxonomists employed (or retired and continuing to work) in our herbarium: ______.

The estimated number of postdoctoral fellows, students, para-taxonomists, etc. trained at our herbarium during the last 12-24 months: _____.

The approximate number of taxonomic publications (papers, books, etc.) authored or co- authored by staff at our herbarium in 2013: _____ and 2014: _____.

The estimated number of scientific visitors hosted by our herbarium during 2013: _____ and 2014: _____.

Any additional information you think might be useful:

Name and address of person filling out this form (please print)

Return via email to [email protected] or by fax +1-202-786-2563 TAXON 62 (3) • June 2013: 647–649 Plant Systematics World

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Edited by Vicki A. Funk

BarcoDInG P.a.t.h.s.: a neW DataBase true for cryptic taxa or those that are very small in size (Gemeinhol- for PLant & aLGaL tyPe & hIstorIcaL zer & al., 2006; Komárek, 2010; Sciuto & al., 2012; Wolf & al., 2012). sPecImens Our project has just begun and our group is willing to establish collaborations with other research groups, museums, and botanical Molecular techniques have become an integral part of system- gardens involved in similar DNA barcoding studies. Such collab- atic studies. In particular, DNA barcoding is increasingly used as orations would increase the molecular data regarding type and a way to correctly identify taxa in a rapid, repeatable, and reliable historical specimens and make them accessible to everyone. In the manner. For years our research group has been involved in several P.A.T.H.S. database each sample that represents the type strain of a projects related to the identification of plant organisms using the newly described species (supported by publication on ISI journals) DNA barcoding. The necessity of these studies arose from both can be included. In addition, it is possible for collaborators to add purely systematic questions and at the request of private and public unpublished sequences so they are available for comparison with institutions. BLAST, but not visible or downloadable by other users, this would One of the major problems we encountered was the lack of facilitate the rapid sharing of data. However, the sequences have to availability of molecular data from types and historical specimens. be submitted to one of the public databases, like GenBank. Type specimens are fundamental for systematic work, especially The DNA barcoding method, proposed by Hebert & al. (2003), in the comparison of results from systematic and nomenclature relies on the use of standardized DNA regions that represent tags, studies, as stated by the International Code of Nomenclature for or barcodes, to unambiguously and rapidly identify species. Ideally, algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) (McNeill & al. 2012), a barcode marker should have sufficient sequence variation among and specimens from historical collections are useful for understand- species and low intra-specific variation. In addition its amplifica- ing the distribution of taxa in space and time (e.g., to understand tion and sequencing should be as straightforward as possible. This if an allochthonous species represents a recent introduction or was means a single copy locus, obtained with a unique primer pair and already present in a given area, but had been misidentified (Cecere standard PCR amplification and sequencing protocols (Kress & & al., 2011; Wolf & al., 2012). The DNA barcoding method has al- Erickson, 2007; Valentini & al., 2008). For animals the gene region lowed us to study historical specimens of great scientific value, proposed as barcode marker is the gene cox1, while for plant because only a small amount of starting material is required, organisms the overall lower levels of mutation rates neces- thus preserving these irreplaceable sources of information. sitates a multi-locus barcode to maximally discriminate Our group has begun making the sequences of type among species. For cyanobacteria DNA barcoding is just and historical material produced during our research avail- beginning. Based on our own experience and on the liter- able to everyone on a public database, called “Barcoding ature, in the Barcoding P.A.T.H.S. project we use varying P.A.T.H.S.” (Plant & Algal Type & Historical Specimens; barcode markers (Famá & al., 2002; Kress & al., 2005; Saunders, www.barcoding-paths.it). It will be a library of reference se- 2005; Skage & al., 2005; Rubinoff & al., 2006; Hall & al., 2010; quences, easy to update, and against which putative new species or Händeler & al.; 2010; Hamsher & al., 2011). other plant material can be compared. As the acronym P.A.T.H.S The age of herbarium material from which DNA regions have suggests, the biological material that is reported in the project com- been successfully amplified varies according to different studies, as prises water and land plants and algae, interpreted sensu lato to well as the length of the amplified fragments that can be obtained. include not only microalgae and seaweeds, but also cyanobacteria. This last aspect is correlated with the degree of degradation of the Moreover, the initiative focuses only on reference specimens and DNA, which can be caused by the different chemical treatments tra- includes type specimens and historical material. ditionally used in the preservation of the herbarium specimens from This initiative is designed to help solve the problem of mis- insects and other pests (Taylor & Swann, 1994; Brown, 1999). For identifications. This is connected, for example, with a number of these reasons, in the case of older specimens the DNA barcoding superfluous and synonymised species entities recorded for some taxa methods must be changed. For instance, in most cases, sequences (Wolf & al., 2011). Moreover, it is widely known that some sequences are considerably shorter (on average 200–400 bp) than the length available in public databases (GenBank, EMBL, DDBJ) have been prescribed by the DNA Barcoding method (600–800 bp) and/or are obtained from incorrectly identified specimens. This is especially produced using more than one primer pair.

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Instt itu ional Votes for the 2017 The XIX International Botanical Congress (IBC) will take Nomenclature Section place in Shenzhen, China, 23–29 July, 2017. Just prior to the start of the IBC, from 18–22 July, the Nomenclature Section will meet as Nomenclature issues are dealt with by the Bureau of Nomen- usual to consider amendments to the International Code of Nomen- clature when the Nomenclature Section is in session and by the clature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code). A synopsis General Committee when it is not in session. Both of these are of all proposals to amend this Code will be published in Taxon prior specified in the Code. More details on the composition of these and to the meeting. Before each Nomenclature Section a preliminary other bodies can be found in Division III of the International Code guiding mail ballot is distributed and those eligible to vote (see of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) and below) are able to cast their vote on all proposals. in Taxon 60: 1519 (2011) for the current membership of the General There are three ways to vote on proposals to amend the Code: Committee.

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1. Mail votes: These ballots are automatically sent to: (1) all members of IAPT, (2) authors of proposals, and (3) members of the permanent nomenclature committees. Although the results of the mail votes are not binding, they are seriously considered by those attending the meeting of the Nomen- clature Section. In particular any proposal receiving 75% or more ‘no’ votes is not discussed by the Section unless formally re-introduced. 2. Personal votes: Anyone registered for the IBC may partici- pate in the Nomenclature Section and will have one vote. There are no proxy votes for personal votes. 3. Institutional votes: Botanical institutions are given votes Voting at the Nomenclature Section at the XVII IBC, Vienna, 2005. (1–7 in number) and prior to the IBC the institutions are noti- fied of their vote(s) by letter. If no one from that institution suggestions but please send a copy of your correspondence to the is attending the meeting their vote(s) can be transferred to secretary of the committee, Vicki Funk, so that all suggestions and someone who is attending. No one person is allowed more comments can be collated and distributed to the full committee. than 15 votes, personal vote included. Any botanical institu- Members may also wish to have informal discussions at various tion can request that it be added to the list of institutional scientific meetings and send a summary to the secretary. All sug- votes or that its allotted number of vote(s) be increased or gestions are welcome. reduced (for a list of institutions and details about the pro- Members of the Special Committee on Institutional Votes: cedure see the IAPT website http://www.iapt-taxon.org/ Sebsebe Demissew (Ethiopia, Convener), Vicki Funk (U.S.A., index_layer.php?page=s_institutional_votes). Secretary), Patrick Brownsey (New Zealand), Christina Flann (Neth- The International Botanical Congress moves around the globe, erlands), Reneé H. Fortunato (Argentina), Kanchi N. Gandhi (U.S.A.), meeting every six years. The main purpose of institutional votes Melissa Glen (South Africa), Pat Herendeen (U.S.A.), Pierre-André is to moderate the influence of the location of the meeting. The Loizeau (Switzerland), David Mabberley (Australia), Valery Malecot assignment of institutional votes (ranging from 1 to 7) is mainly (France), Robert Magill (U.S.A.), Karol Marhold (Slovakia), John historical and the exact reasons are not recorded but probably have McNeill (U.K.), James Miller (U.S.A.), Jefferson Prado (Brazil), something to do with the size, activity, and importance of the her- Willem Prud’homme van Reine (Netherlands), Lulu Rico / Lourdes barium. Over the years a number of our members have expressed Rico-Arce (U.K./Mexico), Krishna Shresthra (Nepal), Peter Stevens dismay at the lack of transparency in assigning institutional votes (U.S.A.), Kevin Thiele (Australia), Carmen Ulloa (U.S.A./Ecuador), and have asked that the criteria used be clearly stated. At the close Zhu-liang Yang (China), Xian-Chun Zhang (China) of the 2011 IBC Nomenclature Section volunteers were asked to sign up for a Special Committee on Institutional Votes. Later others Sebsebe Demissew were added to the list to make sure the committee was representa- National Herbarium, Biology Department, Science Faculty, Addis Ababa tive of our membership (see below). University, P.O. Box 3434, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; [email protected] The Special Committee on Institutional Votes, convened by Vicki Funk Sebsebe Demissew, requests that interested parties send suggestions United States National Herbarium, Department of Botany, NMNH, MRC- for criteria to be considered for the assignment of institutional votes. 166, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, You may certainly contact any member of the committee to discuss U.S.A.; [email protected]

I APT Research Grants in Plant (Chile), Leandro Giacomin (Brasil), Gwynne Lim (U.S.A.), Ruvimbo Systematics – 2013 Mapaya (Zimbabwe), Amornrat Meesawat (Thailand), Lilia Bibiana Moncada (Colombia), Marcela Nicola (Argentina), Clarisse Palma- IAPT takes great pleasure in announcing the recipients of Silva (Brasil), and Alex Sumadijaya (Dan Nicolson IAPT Awardee, the 2013 IAPT Research Improvement Grants for Plant Sys- Indonesia). tematics. The Committee members were: Gonzalo Nieto Feliner IAPT would also like to congratulate the individuals whose (Spain, Chair), Ana M. Crespo de Las Casas (Spain), Siro Masinde proposals reached the quality and requirements to be granted an (Kenya), Alexander Sennikov (Finland), Xian-Chun Zhang (China), award but were not funded because of insufficient funds. Proposals Fernando Zuloaga (Argentina). The Committee wishes to empha- receiving Honorable Mention are as follows (in alphabetical order): size that the selection was very difficult because of the high quality Lakshmi Attigala (Sri Lanka), Juan Pablo Coulleri (Argentina), of so many of the proposals. IAPT received 65 applications for 10 Lorena Endara (U.S.A.), Romina Gazis (Peru) & Rachel Martin grants. This year an eleventh Grant was possible thanks to the Dan (U.S.A.), Kelsey Glennon (South Africa), Josmaily Loriga (Cuba), Nicolson Fund and is presented here for the first time as the Dan Diego Morales (Ecuador), Diego Salariato (Argentina), Marisol Nicolson IAPT Award. Sanchez-García (Mexico), and Keir Wefferling (U.S.A.) The awardees (in alphabetical order) are as follows: Faye Additional information can be found on the IAPT website Adama (Senegal), Tanawat Chaowasku (Thailand), Nicolás García http://www.iapt-taxon.org/index_layer.php?page=s_grants

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Baku Azerbaijan BARC 1 1 Beltsville United States BAS 1 1 Basel Switzerland BC 2 2 Barcelona Spain BCC see BCN 0 1 Barcelona Spain BCF see BCN 0 2 Barcelona Spain BCN 2 0 Barcelona Spain BEO 1 1 Beograd Serbia BERN 1 1 Bern Switzerland BG 2 2 Bergen Norway BH 3 3 Ithaca United States BHAG 0 0 Bhagalpur India BHU 1 0 Berlin Germany BHUPM 1 1 Berlin Germany BI 1 1 Bari Italy Acronym Votes Votes Melbourne Melbourne Vienna City Country BILAS 1 1 Vilnius Lithuania BIRM 1 1 Birmingham United Kingdom BISH 2 2 Honolulu United States BKF 2 2 Bangkok Thailand BKL 1 1 Brooklyn United States BLAT 1 1 Mumbai India BM 7 7 London, UK United Kingdom BNRH 1 0 Lydenburg South Africa BO 4 4 Bogor Indonesia BOL 2 2 Cape Town South Africa BOLO 1 1 Bologna Italy BONN 1 1 Bonn Germany BP 5 5 Budapest Hungary BPI 3 3 Beltsville United States BR 6 6 Meise Belgium BRA 1 1 Bratislava Slovakia BRG 1 1 Georgetown Guyana BRI 4 4 Brisbane Australia BRIT 3 3 Fort Worth United States BRNM 1 1 Brno Czech Republic BRNU 1 1 Brno Czech Republic BRVU 1 1 Bruxelles Belgium BRY 1 1 Provo United States BSA 1 1 Allahabad India BSI 1 1 Pune India BUCA + BUCM 2 2 Bucureşti Romania BUF 1 1 Buffalo United States BURD 1 1 Burdwan India C 7 7 Copenhagen Denmark CAF 1 1 Beijing People's Republic of China CAHUP 1 1 Los Baños Philippines CAI 2 2 Cairo Egypt CAIM 1 1 Cairo Egypt CAL 5 5 Kolkata India CAME 1 1 Camerino Italy CAN + CANA + CANL + CANM 5 5 Ottawa Canada CANB 6 4 Canberra Australia CANU 1 1 Christchurch New Zealand CAS 4 4 San Francisco United States CAT 1 1 Catania Italy CAY 1 1 Cayenne French Guiana CBG see CANB 0 3 Canberra Australia CBS 4 4 Utrecht Netherlands CCNU 1 1 Wuhan People's Republic of China CDBI 2 2 Chengdu People's Republic of China Acronym Votes Votes Melbourne Melbourne Vienna City Country CFMR 1 1 Madison United States CFSHB 1 0 Coffs Harbour Australia CGE 1 1 Cambridge, UK United Kingdom CGG 1 1 Cambridge, UK United Kingdom CHAPA 1 1 Montecillo Mexico CHIS 1 1 Kishinev Moldova CHR 3 3 Christchurch New Zealand CICY 1 1 Mérida Mexico CIIDIR 1 0 Durango Mexico CL 1 1 Cluj-Napoca Romania CLF 1 1 Clermont-Ferrand France CM 2 2 Pittsburgh United States CMMI 1 1 Beijing People's Republic of China CNS 2 0 Cairns Australia COI 3 3 Coimbra Portugal COL 3 3 Bogotá Colombia COLO 1 1 Boulder United States CONC 1 1 Concepción Chile CONN 1 1 Storrs United States CORD 2 2 Córdoba Argentina CR 1 1 San José Costa Rica CTES 1 1 Corrientes Argentina CUHK 1 1 Hong Kong People's Republic of China CUP 1 1 Ithaca United States DACB 1 1 Dhaka Bangladesh DAO 3 3 Ottawa Canada DAOM 3 3 Ottawa Canada DAR 1 1 Orange Australia DAV 1 1 Davis United States DAVFP 1 1 Victoria Canada DBN 1 1 Dublin Ireland DD 2 2 Dehra Dun India DNA 1 1 Darwin Australia DUKE 2 2 Durham United States E 6 6 Edinburgh United Kingdom EA 2 2 Nairobi Kenya EAP 1 1 Tegucigalpa Honduras EGE 1 1 Izmir Turkey ENCB 3 3 Mexico City Mexico ERE 3 3 Yerevan Armenia ETH 1 1 Addis Ababa Ethiopia F 5 5 Chicago United States FCME 1 1 Mexico City Mexico FCO 1 1 Oviedo Spain FCQ 1 1 Asunción Paraguay FHI 1 1 Ibadan Nigeria Acronym Votes Votes Melbourne Melbourne Vienna City Country FHO 1 1 Oxford, UK United Kingdom FI + FT 4 4 Firenze Italy FLAS 2 2 Gainesville United States FNU 1 1 Fuzhou People's Republic of China FR 1 1 Frankfurt Germany FSU 1 1 Tallahassee United States FTG 2 2 Miami United States FUS 1 1 Shanghai People's Republic of China G 7 7 Genève Switzerland GA 1 1 Athens, USA United States GAT 2 2 Gatersleben Germany GB 4 4 Göteborg Sweden GC 1 1 Legon Ghana GDA 1 1 Granada Spain GENT 1 1 Gent Belgium GH 6 6 Cambridge, USA United States GI 1 1 Giessen Germany GJO 1 1 Graz Austria GMUF 1 1 Fairfax United States GOET 1 1 Göttingen Germany GRA 1 1 Grahamstown South Africa GUADA 1 1 Guadalajara Mexico GUAM 1 1 Mangilao Guam GZU 2 2 Graz Austria H 7 7 Helsinki Finland HAC 2 2 Habana Cuba HAJB 3 3 Habana Cuba HAL 2 2 Halle Germany HAS 1 1 Porto Alegre Brazil HAST 1 1 Taipei Taiwan HB 1 1 Rio de Janeiro Brazil HBG 3 3 Hamburg Germany HBI 1 1 Wuhan People's Republic of China HCIO 1 1 New Delhi India HGAS 1 1 Guiyang People's Republic of China HIB 1 1 Wuhan People's Republic of China HIRO 2 2 Hiroshima Japan HITBC 1 1 Xishuangbanna People's Republic of China HMAS 5 5 Beijing People's Republic of China HN 2 2 Hanoi Vietnam HNNU 1 1 Changsha People's Republic of China HNU 1 1 Hanoi Vietnam HNWP 2 2 Xining People's Republic of China HO 1 1 Hobart Australia HSC 1 1 Arcata United States HSNU 1 1 Shanghai People's Republic of China Acronym Votes Votes Melbourne Melbourne Vienna City Country HUA 1 1 Medellín Colombia HUB 2 0 Beytepe Turkey HUJ 2 2 Jerusalem Israel HUT 1 1 Trujillo Peru HWA 1 1 Chongqing People's Republic of China HZU 1 1 Hangzhou People's Republic of China I 1 1 Iaşi Romania IAN 1 1 Belem Brazil IB 1 1 Innsbruck Austria IBE deleted 0 1 Mississippi State United States IBGE 1 1 Brasilia Brazil IBK 2 2 Guilin People's Republic of China IBSC 4 4 Guangzhou People's Republic of China IBUG 2 2 Zapopan Mexico ICEL 1 1 Reykjavik Iceland ICN 1 1 Porto Alegre Brazil ID 1 1 Moscow, USA United States IEB 1 1 Pátzcuaro Mexico IFP 2 2 Shenyang People's Republic of China IJ 1 1 Kingston Jamaica ILL 1 1 Urbana United States ILLS 1 1 Champaign United States IMI 4 4 Egham United Kingdom IMS see NY 0 1 Morehead City United States INB 1 1 Santo Domingo Costa Rica IND 1 1 Bloomington United States INPA 1 1 Manaus Brazil IRAN 2 2 Tehran Iran ISC 2 2 Ames United States ISL 1 1 Islamabad Pakistan ISTE 2 1 Istanbul Turkey ISTF 1 1 Istanbul Turkey J 1 1 Johannesburg South Africa JACA 1 1 Jaca Spain JBSD 1 1 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic JCT 1 0 Townsville Australia JE 3 3 Jena Germany K 7 7 Kew United Kingdom KANA 1 1 Kanazawa Japan KANU 1 1 Lawrence United States KATH 1 1 Kathmandu Nepal KEP 1 1 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia KLU 1 1 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia KMG 1 0 Kimberley South Africa KOR 1 1 Kórnik Poland KPBG 1 0 West Perth Australia Acronym Votes Votes Melbourne Melbourne Vienna City Country KR 1 1 Karlsruhe Germany KRA 2 2 Kraków Poland KRAM 3 3 Kraków Poland KSC 1 1 Manhattan United States KUH 2 2 Karachi Pakistan KUN 5 5 Kunming People's Republic of China KW 5 5 Kiev Ukraine KYO 2 2 Kyoto Japan L 7 7 Leiden Netherlands LA 1 1 Los Angeles United States LAE 1 1 Lae Papua New Guinea LAF 1 1 Lafayette United States LAM see RSA 0 1 Los Angeles United States LATV 1 1 Salaspils Latvia LAU 1 1 Lausanne Switzerland LBG 1 1 Lushan People's Republic of China LBL 1 1 Lublin Poland LD 6 6 Lund Sweden LDS 1 1 Leeds United Kingdom LE 7 7 Saint Petersburg Russia LECB 1 1 Saint Petersburg Russia LG 2 2 Liège Belgium LI 1 1 Linz Austria LIL 3 3 San Miguel Tucumán Argentina LISC 2 2 Lisboa Portugal LISE 1 1 Oeiras Portugal LISI 1 1 Lisboa Portugal LISU 2 2 Lisboa Portugal LIV 2 2 Liverpool United Kingdom LJU 1 1 Ljubljana Slovenia LMA 1 1 Maputo Mozambique LMU 1 0 Maputo Mozambique LOD 1 1 Łódź Poland LP 1 1 La Plata Argentina LPB 1 1 La Paz Bolivia LPS 1 1 La Plata Argentina LSU + LSUM 2 2 Baton Rouge United States LTB 1 0 Bundoora Australia LTR 1 1 Leicester United Kingdom LUX 1 1 Luxembourg Luxembourg LW 1 1 Lviv Ukraine LWG 2 2 Lucknow India LYD 1 0 Lydenburg South Africa LZ 1 1 Leipzig Germany M 5 5 München Germany MA 4 4 Madrid Spain Acronym Votes Votes Melbourne Melbourne Vienna City Country MAF 1 1 Madrid Spain MAG 1 1 Magadan Russia MAK 2 2 Tokyo Japan MAL 1 1 Zomba Malawi MANCH 1 1 Manchester United Kingdom MARSSJ 1 1 Marseille France MARY 1 1 College Park United States MASS 1 1 Amherst United States MBM 1 1 Curitiba Brazil MEL 6 4 Melbourne Australia MELU 2 1 Melbourne Australia MEXU 5 5 Mexico City Mexico MG 1 1 Belém Brazil MGC 1 1 Málaga Spain MH 2 2 Coimbatore India MHA 2 2 Moscow, Russia Russia MHU 1 1 Kampala Uganda MICH 4 4 Ann Arbor United States MIL 1 1 Milwaukee United States MIN 2 2 Saint Paul United States MJG 1 1 Mainz Germany MO 7 7 Saint Louis United States MONTU 1 1 Missoula United States MOR 1 1 Lisle United States MPU 2 2 Montpellier France MSB 1 1 München Germany MSC 2 2 East Lansing United States MSK 1 1 Minsk Belarus MSM 1 1 Mayaguez Puerto Rico MT 2 2 Montreal Canada MTMG 1 1 Montreal Canada MU 1 1 Oxford, USA United States MUB 1 1 Murcia Spain MUCL 1 1 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium MVM 1 1 Montevideo Uruguay MW 2 2 Moscow, Russia Russia MY 1 1 Maracay Venezuela N 1 1 Nanjing People's Republic of China NA 1 1 Washington United States NAI 1 1 Nairobi Kenya NAP 1 1 Napoli Italy NAS 2 2 Nanjing People's Republic of China NBG 2 2 Cape Town South Africa NCSC 1 1 Raleigh United States NCU 2 2 Chapel Hill United States NE 1 0 Armidale Australia Acronym Votes Votes Melbourne Melbourne Vienna City Country NEFI 1 1 Harbin People's Republic of China NEU 1 1 Neuchâtel Switzerland NF 1 1 Nanjing People's Republic of China NH 1 0 Durban South Africa NICH 2 2 Nichinan Japan NMW 1 1 Cardiff United Kingdom NO 1 1 New Orleans United States NRRL 2 2 Peoria United States NS 1 1 Novosibirsk Russia NSK 1 1 Novosibirsk Russia NSW 6 6 Sydney Australia NT 1 0 Alice Springs Australia NTUF 1 1 Taipei Taiwan NU 1 0 Scottsville South Africa NWTC 1 1 Lanzhou People's Republic of China NY 7 7 New York United States NYS 1 1 Albany United States NZFRI 1 0 Rotorua New Zealand O 5 5 Oslo Norway OAC 1 1 Guelph Canada OKL 1 1 Norman United States OLD 1 0 Oldenburg Germany OS 2 2 Columbus United States OSC 1 1 Corvallis United States OULU 1 1 Oulu Finland OWU 1 1 Delaware United States OXF 1 1 Oxford, UK United Kingdom P 4 4 Paris France PAC 1 1 University Park United States PACA 1 1 São Leoopoldo Brazil PAD 2 2 Padova Italy PAL 3 3 Palermo Italy PAV 2 2 Pavia Italy PC 2 2 Paris France PDA 1 1 Peradeniya Sri Lanka PDD 1 1 Auckland New Zealand PE 7 7 Beijing People's Republic of China PERTH 3 3 Perth Australia PERU 1 1 Perugia Italy PH 2 2 Philadelphia United States PI 2 2 Pisa Italy PMA 1 1 Panama Panama PNH 1 1 Manila Philippines PO 1 1 Porto Portugal PORT 1 1 Mesa de Cavacas Venezuela POZ + POZG 2 2 Poznan Poland Acronym Votes Votes Melbourne Melbourne Vienna City Country PR + PRM 2 2 Praha Czech Republic PRC 3 3 Praha Czech Republic PRE 6 4 Pretoria South Africa PREM 2 2 Pretoria South Africa PRU 1 1 Pretoria South Africa PTBG 1 1 Kalaheo United States PUC 1 1 Potchefstroom South Africa PYU 1 1 Kunming People's Republic of China QCA 1 1 Quito Ecuador QCNE 1 1 Quito Ecuador QFA 1 1 Quebec Canada R 2 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil RAB 1 1 Rabat Morocco RAW 1 1 Islamabad Pakistan RB 5 5 Rio de Janeiro Brazil REG 2 2 Regensburg Germany RHT 1 1 Tiruchirapalli India RIG 1 1 Riga Latvia RM 1 1 Laramie United States RNG 2 2 Reading United Kingdom RO 1 1 Roma Italy RSA 2 2 Claremont United States RUBL 1 1 Jaipur India S 6 6 Stockholm Sweden SAN 1 1 Sandakan Malaysia SAP 1 1 Sapporo Japan SAR 1 1 Kuching Malaysia SARA 1 1 Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina SASK 1 1 Saskatoon Canada SAV 1 1 Bratislava Slovakia SBBG 1 1 Santa Barbara United States SBT 1 1 Stockholm Sweden SD 1 1 San Diego United States SEV 2 2 Sevilla Spain SFSU 1 1 San Francisco United States SGO 1 1 Santiago Chile SHIN 1 1 Matsumoto Japan SHM 1 1 Shanghai People's Republic of China SI 3 3 San Isidro Argentina SING 2 2 Singapore Singapore SIU 1 1 Carbondale United States SLO 2 2 Bratislava Slovakia SM 1 1 Chongqing People's Republic of China SNU 2 2 Seoul South Korea SOA 1 1 Plovdiv Bulgaria SOM 3 3 Sofia Bulgaria Acronym Votes Votes Melbourne Melbourne Vienna City Country SP 4 4 São Paulo Brazil SPF 2 2 São Paulo Brazil SRGH 2 2 Harare Zimbabwe SS 1 1 Sassari Italy STA 1 1 Saint Andrews United Kingdom STE see NBG 0 1 Stellenbosch South Africa STU 2 2 Stuttgart Germany SUNIV see S 0 2 Stockholm Sweden SUVA 1 1 Suva Fiji SVER 1 1 Yekaterinburg Russia SWFC 1 1 Kunming People's Republic of China SYD 1 0 Sydney Australia SYS 1 1 Guangzhou People's Republic of China SZ 1 1 Chengdu People's Republic of China TAA 2 2 Tartu Estonia TAD deleted 0 1 Dushanbe Tajikistan TAES 1 1 College Station United States TAI 1 1 Taipei Taiwan TAIF 1 1 Taipei Taiwan TAN 1 1 Antananarivo Madagascar TARI 1 1 Tehran Iran TASH 2 2 Tashkent Uzbekistan TAU 1 1 Thessaloniki Greece TBI 2 2 Tbilisi Georgia TCD 1 1 Dublin Ireland TELA 1 1 Tel Aviv Israel TENN 1 1 Knoxville United States TEX 4 4 Austin United States TFC 1 1 La Laguna Spain TI 4 4 Tokyo Japan TK 1 1 Tomsk Russia TKB 1 1 Tsukuba Japan TL 1 1 Toulouse France TMI 1 1 Tottori Japan TNS 5 5 Tokyo Japan TO 1 1 Torino Italy TRH 2 2 Trondheim Norway TRIN 1 1 Saint Augustine Trinidad and Tobago TRN 1 1 Toru_ Poland TRT 1 1 Toronto Canada TRTC 1 1 Toronto Canada TSB 2 2 Trieste Italy TU 2 2 Tartu Estonia TUB 1 1 Tübingen Germany TUR 2 2 Turku Finland TUS 1 1 Sendai Japan Acronym Votes Votes Melbourne Melbourne Vienna City Country U 1 3 Utrecht Netherlands UAC 1 1 Calgary Canada UAMH 1 1 Edmonton Canada UAMIZ 1 1 Mexico City Mexico UB 1 1 Brasilia Brazil UBA 1 1 Ulan Bator Mongolia UBC 2 2 Vancouver Canada UC 5 5 Berkeley United States UCJ 1 1 Abidjan Ivory Coast UCR 1 1 Riverside United States UDW 1 0 Durban South Africa UEC 2 2 Campinas Brazil UKMB 1 1 Bangi Malaysia ULT 1 1 Tripoli Libya UME 2 2 Umeå Sweden UNL 1 1 Monterey Mexico UNM 1 1 Albuquerque United States UPA 2 2 Patras Greece UPS 4 4 Uppsala Sweden UPSV see UPS 0 1 Uppsala Sweden URM 1 1 Recife Brazil US 7 7 Washington United States USF 1 1 Tampa United States USM 2 2 Lima Peru UT 1 1 Salt Lake City United States UTC 1 1 Logan United States UWO 1 1 London, Canada Canada UWSP 1 1 Stevens Point United States V 1 1 Victoria Canada VAL 2 0 Valencia Spain VBI 1 1 Vácrátót Hungary VEN 2 2 Caracas Venezuela VF see VAL 0 1 Valencia Spain VLA 1 1 Vladivostok Russia VPI 1 1 Blacksburg United States VT 1 1 Burlington United States W 3 3 Wien Austria WA 3 3 Warszawa Poland WAG 4 4 Wageningen Netherlands WAT 1 1 Waterloo Canada WELT 1 1 Wellington New Zealand WELTU 1 1 Wellington New Zealand WH 1 1 Wuhan People's Republic of China WIND 1 1 Windhoek Namibia WIR 1 1 Saint Petersburg Russia WIS 2 2 Madison United States Acronym Votes Votes Melbourne Melbourne Vienna City Country WRSL 1 1 Wrocław Poland WS 1 1 Pullman United States WSP 1 1 Pullman United States WSY 1 1 Wisley United Kingdom WTU 2 2 Seattle United States WU 5 5 Wien Austria WUK 2 2 Yangling People's Republic of China WVA 1 1 Morgantown United States XAL 2 2 Xalapa Mexico XJA 1 1 Urumqi People's Republic of China XJBI 1 1 Urumqi People's Republic of China XJU 1 1 Urumqi People's Republic of China YA 1 1 Yaounde Cameroon YU 1 1 New Haven United States YUKU 1 1 Kunming People's Republic of China Z + ZT 3 3 Zürich Switzerland ZA 1 1 Zagreb Croatia ZT see Z + ZT 0 1 Zürich Switzerland ZULU 1 0 Kwa-Dlangezwa South Africa Index Herbariorum Registration Form

(type entries in white boxes. See :IH Questionnaire 2009 example.doc for example of entries. When complete, send as email attachment to [email protected])

Part 1. Institutional Details

Name of Institution: Herbarium Code: Postal Address: If the herbarium does not have a Herbarium formal name, Name: enter ‘Herbarium”. Postal Enter postal code, city, state, address: country, in the sequence that is customary in your country. Postcode, Do not abbreviate any words. state, country

Correspondent(s): Enter the name of the person(s) to Name Area of Responsibility whom parcels should be addressed.

Enter other details about correspondents under “Staff Details”

Alternative name for city: Alternative name for country: Herbarium website URL: Phone number: Country number Extension Primary phone number(s) for code herbarium

Fax number: [ Primary email address for herbarium: Cites permit number: Total number of specimens: Number of type specimens: Year of foundation

(herbarium, not institution): Status (e.g., private institution, state university, government, etc)

Important Collectors First Second Initial Surname If there are more important Initial (optional) collectors than space in the table, add rows to the table, or append these at the end of the document.

Publications/Journals:

Include only those owned and published by your institution

Incorporated Herbaria: Name-- name of institution or Name Description Number Year herbarium code for that institution.

Description-- type of specimens incorporated, if known.

Number-- number of specimens incorporated, if known.

Year--year incorporated, if known.

Exchange: Wanted: Available:

Physical Address : Street address For use by potential visitors Postcode, city, to your herbarium, and for state, country mapping its location.

Associated Botanical Garden Name: or Arboretum: Address:

Notes:

Include here any additional relevant nformation about your herbarium

Part 2. Staff Details

(10 copies of this page are included here – copy as many more as needed for your staff)

Name First:

Middle:

Surname:

Birth year:

Job Title:

Role in herbarium:

Category Yes No Please indicate role with an “x” in the appropriate box. Highest Ranking Scientific Officer Indicate as many categories as Correspondent apply to the staff member Curator Paid staff member Volunteer Emeritus

Phone number:

Email address:

Research specialty:

Discipline (e.g., taxonomy, Discipline: molecular systematics, ecology, etc.) Plant groups:

Plant groups (please give Geographical names of families and genera, area of specialty: where applicable Other:

Alternative Address

Use if staff member works Institution: primarily at a different location Postal address: Post code, city, state, country