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 sebseb.demissew@gmail.com; sebsebe.demissew@aau.edu.et

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 funkv@si.edu

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 funkv@si.edu or by fax +1-202-786-2563

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BarcoDInG P.a.t.h.s.: a neW DataBase for PLant & aLGaL tyPe & hIstorIcaL sPecImens

Molecular techniques have become an integral part of system-atic studies. In particular, DNA barcoding is increasingly used as a way to correctly identify taxa in a rapid, repeatable, and reliable manner. For years our research group has been involved in several projects related to the identification of plant organisms using the DNA barcoding. The necessity of these studies arose from both purely systematic questions and at the request of private and public institutions.

One of the major problems we encountered was the lack of availability of molecular data from types and historical specimens. Type specimens are fundamental for systematic work, especially in the comparison of results from systematic and nomenclature studies, as stated by the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) (McNeill & al. 2012), and specimens from historical collections are useful for understand-ing the distribution of taxa in space and time (e.g., to understand if an allochthonous species represents a recent introduction or was already present in a given area, but had been misidentified (Cecere & al., 2011; Wolf & al., 2012). The DNA barcoding method has al-lowed us to study historical specimens of great scientific value, because only a small amount of starting material is required, thus preserving these irreplaceable sources of information.

Our group has begun making the sequences of type and historical material produced during our research avail-able to everyone on a public database, called “Barcoding P.A.T.H.S.” (Plant & Algal Type & Historical Specimens; www.barcoding-paths.it). It will be a library of reference se-quences, easy to update, and against which putative new species or other plant material can be compared. As the acronym P.A.T.H.S suggests, the biological material that is reported in the project com-prises water and land plants and algae, interpreted sensu lato to include not only microalgae and seaweeds, but also cyanobacteria. Moreover, the initiative focuses only on reference specimens and includes type specimens and historical material.

This initiative is designed to help solve the problem of mis-identifications. This is connected, for example, with a number of superfluous and synonymised species entities recorded for some taxa (Wolf & al., 2011). Moreover, it is widely known that some sequences available in public databases (GenBank, EMBL, DDBJ) have been obtained from incorrectly identified specimens. This is especially

true for cryptic taxa or those that are very small in size (Gemeinhol-zer & al., 2006; Komárek, 2010; Sciuto & al., 2012; Wolf & al., 2012).

Our project has just begun and our group is willing to establish collaborations with other research groups, museums, and botanical gardens involved in similar DNA barcoding studies. Such collab-orations would increase the molecular data regarding type and historical specimens and make them accessible to everyone. In the P.A.T.H.S. database each sample that represents the type strain of a newly described species (supported by publication on ISI journals) can be included. In addition, it is possible for collaborators to add unpublished sequences so they are available for comparison with BLAST, but not visible or downloadable by other users, this would facilitate the rapid sharing of data. However, the sequences have to be submitted to one of the public databases, like GenBank.

The DNA barcoding method, proposed by Hebert & al. (2003), relies on the use of standardized DNA regions that represent tags, or barcodes, to unambiguously and rapidly identify species. Ideally, a barcode marker should have sufficient sequence variation among species and low intra-specific variation. In addition its amplifica-tion and sequencing should be as straightforward as possible. This means a single copy locus, obtained with a unique primer pair and standard PCR amplification and sequencing protocols (Kress & Erickson, 2007; Valentini & al., 2008). For animals the gene region

proposed as barcode marker is the gene cox1, while for plant organisms the overall lower levels of mutation rates neces-sitates a multi-locus barcode to maximally discriminate among species. For cyanobacteria DNA barcoding is just beginning. Based on our own experience and on the liter-ature, in the Barcoding P.A.T.H.S. project we use varying

barcode markers (Famá & al., 2002; Kress & al., 2005; Saunders, 2005; Skage & al., 2005; Rubinoff & al., 2006; Hall & al., 2010; Händeler & al.; 2010; Hamsher & al., 2011).

The age of herbarium material from which DNA regions have been successfully amplified varies according to different studies, as well as the length of the amplified fragments that can be obtained. This last aspect is correlated with the degree of degradation of the DNA, which can be caused by the different chemical treatments tra-ditionally used in the preservation of the herbarium specimens from insects and other pests (Taylor & Swann, 1994; Brown, 1999). For these reasons, in the case of older specimens the DNA barcoding methods must be changed. For instance, in most cases, sequences are considerably shorter (on average 200–400 bp) than the length prescribed by the DNA Barcoding method (600–800 bp) and/or are produced using more than one primer pair.

lowed us to study historical specimens of great scientific value, because only a small amount of starting material is required,

proposed as barcode marker is the gene

barcode markers (Famá & al., 2002; Kress & al., 2005; Saunders,

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In the cyanobacteria and microalgae the methods of preserva-tion are different. Although historical specimens (late 1800s early 1900s) were either fixed in vials or dried on herbarium sheets, recently collected cyanobacteria and microalgae can be maintained in an inactive state in a Culture Collection which facilitates DNA extraction. However, in the case of diatoms, because frustule mor-phology is fundamental to their systematic studies, they are often preserved in slides with fixatives. In this latter case the barcode sequences must be done before they are preserved and it is highly recommended that their Genomic DNA be put into long-term stor-age at an appropriate facility.

Literature citedBrown, T.A. 1999. Genetic material. Pp. 133–138 in: Carter, D. & Walker,

A.K. (eds.), Care and conservation of natural history collections. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann.

Cecere, E., Moro, I., Wolf, M.A., Petrocelli, A., Verlaque, M. & Sfriso, A. 2011. The introduced seaweed Grateloupia tururturu (Rhodophyta, Halymeniales) in two Mediterranean transitional water systems. Bot. Mar. 54: 23–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bot.2011.009

Famà, P., Wysor, B., Kooistra, W. & Zuccarello, G.C. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Caulerpa (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) inferred from chloroplast tufA gene. J. Phycol. 38: 1040–1050.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.t01-1-01237.xGemeinholzer, B., Oberprieler, C. & Bachmann, K. 2006. Using Gen-

Bank data for plant identification: Possibilities and limitations using the ITS 1 of Asteraceae species belonging to the tribes Lactuceae and Anthemideae. Taxon 55: 173–187. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/25065539

Hall, J.D., Fučíková, K., Lo, C., Lewis, L.A. & Karol, K.G. 2010. An as-sessment of proposed DNA barcodes in freshwater green algae. Cryptog. Algol. 31: 529–555.

Hamsher, S.E., Evans, K.M., Mann, D.G., Poulícková, A. & Saunders G.W. 2011. Barcoding diatoms: Exploring alternatives to COI-5P. Protist 162: 404–422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2010.09.005

Händeler, K., Wägele, H., Wahrmund, U., Rüdinger, M. & Knoop, V. 2010. Slugs’ last meals: Molecular identification of sequestered chloroplasts from different algal origins in Sacoglossa (Opisthobranchia, Gastrop-oda). Molec. Ecol. Res. 10: 968–978.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02853.xHebert, P.D.N., Cywinska, A., Ball, S.L. & de Waard, J.R. 2003. Biological

identifications through DNA barcodes. Proc. Roy. Soc. London, Ser. B, Biol. Sci. 270: 313–322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2218

Komárek, J. 2010. Recent changes (2008) in cyanobacteria taxonomy based on a combination of molecular background with phenotype and eco-logical consequences (genus and species concept). Hydrobiologia 639: 245–259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-009-0031-3

Kress, W.J. & Erickson, D.L. 2007. A two-locus global DNA barcode for land plants: The coding rbcL gene complements the non-coding trnH-psbA spacer region. PLoS ONE 2: e508.

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Kress, W.J., Wurdack, K., Zimmer, E.A., Weigt, L. & Janzen, D.H. 2005. Use of DNA barcodes to identify flowering plants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 102: 8369–8374.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0503123102McNeill, J., Barrie, F.R., Buck, W.R., Demoulin, V., Greuter, W.,

Hawksworth, D.L., Herendeen, P.S., Knapp, S., Marhold, K., Prado, J., Prud’homme van Reine, W.F., Smith, G.F., Wiersema, J.H. & Turland, N.J. 2012. International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code): Adopted by the Eighteenth Inter-national Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011. Regnum Vegetabile 154. Königstein: Koeltz Scientific Books.

Rubinoff, D., Cameron, S. & Will, K. 2006. Are plant DNA barcodes a search for the Holy Grail? Trends Ecol. Evol. 21: 1–2.

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liminary appraisal holds promise for future applications. Philos. Trans., Ser. B 360: 1879–1888.

Sciuto, K., Andreoli, C., Rascio, N., La Rocca, N. & Moro, I. 2012. Poly-phasic approach and typification of selected Phormidium strains (Cy-anobacteria). Cladistics 28: 357–374.

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investigate the phylogenetic basis of three widely used species groups in the red algal genus Ceramium (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 44: 353–360.

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herbarium specimens. Pp. 166–181 in: Herrmann, B. & Hummel, S. (eds.), Ancient DNA: Recovery and analysis of genetic material from paleontological, archaelogical, museum, medical, and forensic speci-mens. New York, Berlin: Springer.

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Katia Sciuto,* Marion A. Wolf,* Massimo Schiavon & Isabella Moro

Department of Biology, University of Padova, via U. Bassi, 58/B, 35131 Padova, ItalyCorrespondence: info@barcoding-paths.it

*These authors contributed equally to this article.

InstItutIonaL Votes for the 2017 nomencLature sectIon

Nomenclature issues are dealt with by the Bureau of Nomen-clature when the Nomenclature Section is in session and by the General Committee when it is not in session. Both of these are specified in the Code. More details on the composition of these and other bodies can be found in Division III of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) and in Taxon 60: 1519 (2011) for the current membership of the General Committee.

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 18–22 July, the Nomenclature Section will meet as usual to consider amendments to the International Code of Nomen-clature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code). A synopsis of all proposals to amend this Code will be published in Taxon prior to the meeting. Before each Nomenclature Section a preliminary guiding mail ballot is distributed and those eligible to vote (see below) are able to cast their vote on all proposals.

There are three ways to vote on proposals to amend the Code:

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IaPt research Grants In PLant systematIcs – 2013

IAPT takes great pleasure in announcing the recipients of the 2013 IAPT Research Improvement Grants for Plant Sys-tematics. The Committee members were: Gonzalo Nieto Feliner (Spain, Chair), Ana M. Crespo de Las Casas (Spain), Siro Masinde (Kenya), Alexander Sennikov (Finland), Xian-Chun Zhang (China), Fernando Zuloaga (Argentina). The Committee wishes to empha-size that the selection was very difficult because of the high quality of so many of the proposals. IAPT received 65 applications for 10 grants. This year an eleventh Grant was possible thanks to the Dan Nicolson Fund and is presented here for the first time as the Dan Nicolson IAPT Award.

The awardees (in alphabetical order) are as follows: Faye Adama (Senegal), Tanawat Chaowasku (Thailand), Nicolás García

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 (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 is attending the meeting their vote(s) can be transferred to someone who is attending. No one person is allowed more than 15 votes, personal vote included. Any botanical institu-tion can request that it be added to the list of institutional votes or that its allotted number of vote(s) be increased or reduced (for a list of institutions and details about the pro-cedure see the IAPT website http://www.iapt-taxon.org/index_layer.php?page=s_institutional_votes).

The International Botanical Congress moves around the globe, meeting every six years. The main purpose of institutional votes is to moderate the influence of the location of the meeting. The assignment of institutional votes (ranging from 1 to 7) is mainly historical and the exact reasons are not recorded but probably have something to do with the size, activity, and importance of the her-barium. Over the years a number of our members have expressed dismay at the lack of transparency in assigning institutional votes and have asked that the criteria used be clearly stated. At the close of the 2011 IBC Nomenclature Section volunteers were asked to sign up for a Special Committee on Institutional Votes. Later others were added to the list to make sure the committee was representa-tive of our membership (see below).

The Special Committee on Institutional Votes, convened by Sebsebe Demissew, requests that interested parties send suggestions for criteria to be considered for the assignment of institutional votes. You may certainly contact any member of the committee to discuss

suggestions but please send a copy of your correspondence to the secretary of the committee, Vicki Funk, so that all suggestions and comments can be collated and distributed to the full committee. Members may also wish to have informal discussions at various scientific meetings and send a summary to the secretary. All sug-gestions are welcome.

Members of the Special Committee on Institutional Votes: Sebsebe Demissew (Ethiopia, Convener), Vicki Funk (U.S.A.,

Secretary), Patrick Brownsey (New Zealand), Christina Flann (Neth-erlands), Reneé H. Fortunato (Argentina), Kanchi N. Gandhi (U.S.A.), Melissa Glen (South Africa), Pat Herendeen (U.S.A.), Pierre-André Loizeau (Switzerland), David Mabberley (Australia), Valery Malecot (France), Robert Magill (U.S.A.), Karol Marhold (Slovakia), John McNeill (U.K.), James Miller (U.S.A.), Jefferson Prado (Brazil), Willem Prud’homme van Reine (Netherlands), Lulu Rico / Lourdes Rico-Arce (U.K./Mexico), Krishna Shresthra (Nepal), Peter Stevens (U.S.A.), Kevin Thiele (Australia), Carmen Ulloa (U.S.A./Ecuador), Zhu-liang Yang (China), Xian-Chun Zhang (China)

Sebsebe DemissewNational Herbarium, Biology Department, Science Faculty, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 3434, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; s_demissew@yahoo.comVicki FunkUnited States National Herbarium, Department of Botany, NMNH, MRC-166, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, U.S.A.; funkv@si.edu

(Chile), Leandro Giacomin (Brasil), Gwynne Lim (U.S.A.), Ruvimbo Mapaya (Zimbabwe), Amornrat Meesawat (Thailand), Lilia Bibiana Moncada (Colombia), Marcela Nicola (Argentina), Clarisse Palma-Silva (Brasil), and Alex Sumadijaya (Dan Nicolson IAPT Awardee, Indonesia).

IAPT would also like to congratulate the individuals whose proposals reached the quality and requirements to be granted an award but were not funded because of insufficient funds. Proposals receiving Honorable Mention are as follows (in alphabetical order): Lakshmi Attigala (Sri Lanka), Juan Pablo Coulleri (Argentina), Lorena Endara (U.S.A.), Romina Gazis (Peru) & Rachel Martin (U.S.A.), Kelsey Glennon (South Africa), Josmaily Loriga (Cuba), Diego Morales (Ecuador), Diego Salariato (Argentina), Marisol Sanchez-García (Mexico), and Keir Wefferling (U.S.A.)

Additional information can be found on the IAPT website http://www.iapt-taxon.org/index_layer.php?page=s_grants

Voting at the Nomenclature Section at the XVII IBC, Vienna, 2005.

Acronym                              Melbourne

Votes        Melbourne

Votes  Vienna City Country

AA 1 1 Alma-­‐Ata KazakhstanAAS 1 1 Cambridge,  UK United  KingdomAAU 4 4 Aarhus DenmarkABD 1 1 Aberdeen United  KingdomACAD 1 1 Wolfville CanadaAD 4 4 Adelaide AustraliaAK 2 1 Auckland New  ZealandAKU  see  AK 0 1 Auckland New  ZealandALA 1 1 Fairbanks United  StatesALTA 1 1 Edmonton CanadaAMD  see  L 0 1 Amsterdam NetherlandsAMH  +  AHMA 1 1 Pune IndiaAMNH 1 1 Akureyri IcelandANK 2 1 Ankara TurkeyANSM 1 1 Saltillo MexicoANSP 1 1 Philadelphia United  StatesAQUI 1 1 Aquila ItalyARIZ 1 1 Tucson United  StatesASH 1 1 Ashkhabad TurkmenistanASSAM 1 1 Shillong IndiaASU 1 1 Tempe United  StatesATCC 1 1 Manassas United  StatesATHU 2 2 Athens,  Greece GreeceAVE 1 0 Aveiro PortugalB 7 7 Berlin GermanyBA 3 3 Buenos  Aires ArgentinaBAA 1 1 Buenos  Aires ArgentinaBAB 1 1 Castelar ArgentinaBAF 2 2 Buenos  Aires ArgentinaBAFC 1 1 Buenos  Aires ArgentinaBAG 1 1 Baghdad IraqBAK 1 1 Baku AzerbaijanBARC 1 1 Beltsville United  StatesBAS 1 1 Basel SwitzerlandBC 2 2 Barcelona SpainBCC  see  BCN 0 1 Barcelona SpainBCF  see  BCN 0 2 Barcelona SpainBCN 2 0 Barcelona SpainBEO 1 1 Beograd SerbiaBERN 1 1 Bern SwitzerlandBG 2 2 Bergen NorwayBH 3 3 Ithaca United  StatesBHAG 0 0 Bhagalpur IndiaBHU 1 0 Berlin GermanyBHUPM 1 1 Berlin GermanyBI 1 1 Bari Italy

Acronym                              Melbourne

Votes        Melbourne

Votes  Vienna City Country

BILAS 1 1 Vilnius LithuaniaBIRM 1 1 Birmingham United  KingdomBISH 2 2 Honolulu United  StatesBKF 2 2 Bangkok ThailandBKL 1 1 Brooklyn United  StatesBLAT 1 1 Mumbai IndiaBM 7 7 London,  UK United  KingdomBNRH 1 0 Lydenburg South  AfricaBO 4 4 Bogor IndonesiaBOL 2 2 Cape  Town South  AfricaBOLO 1 1 Bologna ItalyBONN 1 1 Bonn GermanyBP 5 5 Budapest HungaryBPI 3 3 Beltsville United  StatesBR 6 6 Meise BelgiumBRA 1 1 Bratislava SlovakiaBRG 1 1 Georgetown GuyanaBRI 4 4 Brisbane AustraliaBRIT 3 3 Fort  Worth United  StatesBRNM 1 1 Brno Czech  RepublicBRNU 1 1 Brno Czech  RepublicBRVU 1 1 Bruxelles BelgiumBRY 1 1 Provo United  StatesBSA 1 1 Allahabad IndiaBSI 1 1 Pune IndiaBUCA  +  BUCM 2 2 Bucureşti RomaniaBUF 1 1 Buffalo United  StatesBURD 1 1 Burdwan IndiaC 7 7 Copenhagen DenmarkCAF 1 1 Beijing People's  Republic  of  ChinaCAHUP 1 1 Los  Baños PhilippinesCAI 2 2 Cairo EgyptCAIM 1 1 Cairo EgyptCAL 5 5 Kolkata IndiaCAME 1 1 Camerino ItalyCAN  +  CANA  +  CANL  +  CANM 5 5 Ottawa CanadaCANB 6 4 Canberra AustraliaCANU 1 1 Christchurch New  ZealandCAS 4 4 San  Francisco United  StatesCAT 1 1 Catania ItalyCAY 1 1 Cayenne French  GuianaCBG  see  CANB 0 3 Canberra AustraliaCBS 4 4 Utrecht NetherlandsCCNU 1 1 Wuhan People's  Republic  of  ChinaCDBI 2 2 Chengdu People's  Republic  of  China

Acronym                              Melbourne

Votes        Melbourne

Votes  Vienna City Country

CFMR 1 1 Madison United  StatesCFSHB 1 0 Coffs  Harbour AustraliaCGE 1 1 Cambridge,  UK United  KingdomCGG 1 1 Cambridge,  UK United  KingdomCHAPA 1 1 Montecillo MexicoCHIS 1 1 Kishinev MoldovaCHR 3 3 Christchurch New  ZealandCICY 1 1 Mérida MexicoCIIDIR 1 0 Durango MexicoCL 1 1 Cluj-­‐Napoca RomaniaCLF 1 1 Clermont-­‐Ferrand FranceCM 2 2 Pittsburgh United  StatesCMMI 1 1 Beijing People's  Republic  of  ChinaCNS 2 0 Cairns AustraliaCOI 3 3 Coimbra PortugalCOL 3 3 Bogotá ColombiaCOLO 1 1 Boulder United  StatesCONC 1 1 Concepción ChileCONN 1 1 Storrs United  StatesCORD 2 2 Córdoba ArgentinaCR 1 1 San  José Costa  RicaCTES 1 1 Corrientes ArgentinaCUHK 1 1 Hong  Kong People's  Republic  of  ChinaCUP 1 1 Ithaca United  StatesDACB 1 1 Dhaka BangladeshDAO 3 3 Ottawa CanadaDAOM 3 3 Ottawa CanadaDAR 1 1 Orange AustraliaDAV 1 1 Davis United  StatesDAVFP 1 1 Victoria CanadaDBN 1 1 Dublin IrelandDD 2 2 Dehra  Dun IndiaDNA 1 1 Darwin AustraliaDUKE 2 2 Durham United  StatesE 6 6 Edinburgh United  KingdomEA 2 2 Nairobi KenyaEAP 1 1 Tegucigalpa HondurasEGE 1 1 Izmir TurkeyENCB 3 3 Mexico  City MexicoERE 3 3 Yerevan ArmeniaETH 1 1 Addis  Ababa EthiopiaF 5 5 Chicago United  StatesFCME 1 1 Mexico  City MexicoFCO 1 1 Oviedo SpainFCQ 1 1 Asunción ParaguayFHI 1 1 Ibadan Nigeria

Acronym                              Melbourne

Votes        Melbourne

Votes  Vienna City Country

FHO 1 1 Oxford,  UK United  KingdomFI  +  FT 4 4 Firenze ItalyFLAS 2 2 Gainesville United  StatesFNU 1 1 Fuzhou People's  Republic  of  ChinaFR 1 1 Frankfurt GermanyFSU 1 1 Tallahassee United  StatesFTG 2 2 Miami United  StatesFUS 1 1 Shanghai People's  Republic  of  ChinaG 7 7 Genève SwitzerlandGA 1 1 Athens,  USA United  StatesGAT 2 2 Gatersleben GermanyGB 4 4 Göteborg SwedenGC 1 1 Legon GhanaGDA 1 1 Granada SpainGENT 1 1 Gent BelgiumGH 6 6 Cambridge,  USA United  StatesGI 1 1 Giessen GermanyGJO 1 1 Graz AustriaGMUF 1 1 Fairfax United  StatesGOET 1 1 Göttingen GermanyGRA 1 1 Grahamstown South  AfricaGUADA 1 1 Guadalajara MexicoGUAM 1 1 Mangilao GuamGZU 2 2 Graz AustriaH 7 7 Helsinki FinlandHAC 2 2 Habana CubaHAJB 3 3 Habana CubaHAL 2 2 Halle GermanyHAS 1 1 Porto  Alegre BrazilHAST 1 1 Taipei TaiwanHB 1 1 Rio  de  Janeiro BrazilHBG 3 3 Hamburg GermanyHBI 1 1 Wuhan People's  Republic  of  ChinaHCIO 1 1 New  Delhi IndiaHGAS 1 1 Guiyang People's  Republic  of  ChinaHIB 1 1 Wuhan People's  Republic  of  ChinaHIRO 2 2 Hiroshima JapanHITBC 1 1 Xishuangbanna People's  Republic  of  ChinaHMAS 5 5 Beijing People's  Republic  of  ChinaHN 2 2 Hanoi VietnamHNNU 1 1 Changsha People's  Republic  of  ChinaHNU 1 1 Hanoi VietnamHNWP 2 2 Xining People's  Republic  of  ChinaHO 1 1 Hobart AustraliaHSC 1 1 Arcata United  StatesHSNU 1 1 Shanghai People's  Republic  of  China

Acronym                              Melbourne

Votes        Melbourne

Votes  Vienna City Country

HUA 1 1 Medellín ColombiaHUB 2 0 Beytepe TurkeyHUJ 2 2 Jerusalem IsraelHUT 1 1 Trujillo PeruHWA 1 1 Chongqing People's  Republic  of  ChinaHZU 1 1 Hangzhou People's  Republic  of  ChinaI 1 1 Iaşi RomaniaIAN 1 1 Belem BrazilIB 1 1 Innsbruck AustriaIBE  deleted 0 1 Mississippi  State United  StatesIBGE 1 1 Brasilia BrazilIBK 2 2 Guilin People's  Republic  of  ChinaIBSC 4 4 Guangzhou People's  Republic  of  ChinaIBUG 2 2 Zapopan MexicoICEL 1 1 Reykjavik IcelandICN 1 1 Porto  Alegre BrazilID 1 1 Moscow,  USA United  StatesIEB 1 1 Pátzcuaro MexicoIFP 2 2 Shenyang People's  Republic  of  ChinaIJ 1 1 Kingston JamaicaILL 1 1 Urbana United  StatesILLS 1 1 Champaign United  StatesIMI 4 4 Egham United  KingdomIMS  see  NY 0 1 Morehead  City United  StatesINB 1 1 Santo  Domingo Costa  RicaIND 1 1 Bloomington United  StatesINPA 1 1 Manaus BrazilIRAN 2 2 Tehran IranISC 2 2 Ames United  StatesISL 1 1 Islamabad PakistanISTE 2 1 Istanbul TurkeyISTF 1 1 Istanbul TurkeyJ 1 1 Johannesburg South  AfricaJACA 1 1 Jaca SpainJBSD 1 1 Santo  Domingo Dominican  RepublicJCT 1 0 Townsville AustraliaJE 3 3 Jena GermanyK 7 7 Kew United  KingdomKANA 1 1 Kanazawa JapanKANU 1 1 Lawrence United  StatesKATH 1 1 Kathmandu NepalKEP 1 1 Kuala  Lumpur MalaysiaKLU 1 1 Kuala  Lumpur MalaysiaKMG 1 0 Kimberley South  AfricaKOR 1 1 Kórnik PolandKPBG 1 0 West  Perth Australia

Acronym                              Melbourne

Votes        Melbourne

Votes  Vienna City Country

KR 1 1 Karlsruhe GermanyKRA 2 2 Kraków PolandKRAM 3 3 Kraków PolandKSC 1 1 Manhattan United  StatesKUH 2 2 Karachi PakistanKUN 5 5 Kunming People's  Republic  of  ChinaKW 5 5 Kiev UkraineKYO 2 2 Kyoto JapanL 7 7 Leiden NetherlandsLA 1 1 Los  Angeles United  StatesLAE 1 1 Lae Papua  New  GuineaLAF 1 1 Lafayette United  StatesLAM  see  RSA 0 1 Los  Angeles United  StatesLATV 1 1 Salaspils LatviaLAU 1 1 Lausanne SwitzerlandLBG 1 1 Lushan People's  Republic  of  ChinaLBL 1 1 Lublin PolandLD 6 6 Lund SwedenLDS 1 1 Leeds United  KingdomLE 7 7 Saint  Petersburg RussiaLECB 1 1 Saint  Petersburg RussiaLG 2 2 Liège BelgiumLI 1 1 Linz AustriaLIL 3 3 San  Miguel  Tucumán ArgentinaLISC 2 2 Lisboa PortugalLISE 1 1 Oeiras PortugalLISI 1 1 Lisboa PortugalLISU 2 2 Lisboa PortugalLIV 2 2 Liverpool United  KingdomLJU 1 1 Ljubljana SloveniaLMA 1 1 Maputo MozambiqueLMU 1 0 Maputo MozambiqueLOD 1 1 Łódź PolandLP 1 1 La  Plata ArgentinaLPB 1 1 La  Paz BoliviaLPS 1 1 La  Plata ArgentinaLSU  +  LSUM 2 2 Baton  Rouge United  StatesLTB 1 0 Bundoora AustraliaLTR 1 1 Leicester United  KingdomLUX 1 1 Luxembourg LuxembourgLW 1 1 Lviv UkraineLWG 2 2 Lucknow IndiaLYD 1 0 Lydenburg South  AfricaLZ 1 1 Leipzig GermanyM 5 5 München GermanyMA 4 4 Madrid Spain

Acronym                              Melbourne

Votes        Melbourne

Votes  Vienna City Country

MAF 1 1 Madrid SpainMAG 1 1 Magadan RussiaMAK 2 2 Tokyo JapanMAL 1 1 Zomba MalawiMANCH 1 1 Manchester United  KingdomMARSSJ 1 1 Marseille FranceMARY 1 1 College  Park United  StatesMASS 1 1 Amherst United  StatesMBM 1 1 Curitiba BrazilMEL 6 4 Melbourne AustraliaMELU 2 1 Melbourne AustraliaMEXU 5 5 Mexico  City MexicoMG 1 1 Belém BrazilMGC 1 1 Málaga SpainMH 2 2 Coimbatore IndiaMHA 2 2 Moscow,  Russia RussiaMHU 1 1 Kampala UgandaMICH 4 4 Ann  Arbor United  StatesMIL 1 1 Milwaukee United  StatesMIN 2 2 Saint  Paul United  StatesMJG 1 1 Mainz GermanyMO 7 7 Saint  Louis United  StatesMONTU 1 1 Missoula United  StatesMOR 1 1 Lisle United  StatesMPU 2 2 Montpellier FranceMSB 1 1 München GermanyMSC 2 2 East  Lansing United  StatesMSK 1 1 Minsk BelarusMSM 1 1 Mayaguez Puerto  RicoMT 2 2 Montreal CanadaMTMG 1 1 Montreal CanadaMU 1 1 Oxford,  USA United  StatesMUB 1 1 Murcia SpainMUCL 1 1 Louvain-­‐la-­‐Neuve BelgiumMVM 1 1 Montevideo UruguayMW 2 2 Moscow,  Russia RussiaMY 1 1 Maracay VenezuelaN 1 1 Nanjing People's  Republic  of  ChinaNA 1 1 Washington United  StatesNAI 1 1 Nairobi KenyaNAP 1 1 Napoli ItalyNAS 2 2 Nanjing People's  Republic  of  ChinaNBG 2 2 Cape  Town South  AfricaNCSC 1 1 Raleigh United  StatesNCU 2 2 Chapel  Hill United  StatesNE 1 0 Armidale Australia

Acronym                              Melbourne

Votes        Melbourne

Votes  Vienna City Country

NEFI 1 1 Harbin People's  Republic  of  ChinaNEU 1 1 Neuchâtel SwitzerlandNF 1 1 Nanjing People's  Republic  of  ChinaNH 1 0 Durban South  AfricaNICH 2 2 Nichinan JapanNMW 1 1 Cardiff United  KingdomNO 1 1 New  Orleans United  StatesNRRL 2 2 Peoria United  StatesNS 1 1 Novosibirsk RussiaNSK 1 1 Novosibirsk RussiaNSW 6 6 Sydney AustraliaNT 1 0 Alice  Springs AustraliaNTUF 1 1 Taipei TaiwanNU 1 0 Scottsville South  AfricaNWTC 1 1 Lanzhou People's  Republic  of  ChinaNY 7 7 New  York United  StatesNYS 1 1 Albany United  StatesNZFRI 1 0 Rotorua New  ZealandO 5 5 Oslo NorwayOAC 1 1 Guelph CanadaOKL 1 1 Norman United  StatesOLD 1 0 Oldenburg GermanyOS 2 2 Columbus United  StatesOSC 1 1 Corvallis United  StatesOULU 1 1 Oulu FinlandOWU 1 1 Delaware United  StatesOXF 1 1 Oxford,  UK United  KingdomP 4 4 Paris FrancePAC 1 1 University  Park United  StatesPACA 1 1 São  Leoopoldo BrazilPAD 2 2 Padova ItalyPAL 3 3 Palermo ItalyPAV 2 2 Pavia ItalyPC 2 2 Paris FrancePDA 1 1 Peradeniya Sri  LankaPDD 1 1 Auckland New  ZealandPE 7 7 Beijing People's  Republic  of  ChinaPERTH 3 3 Perth AustraliaPERU 1 1 Perugia ItalyPH 2 2 Philadelphia United  StatesPI 2 2 Pisa ItalyPMA 1 1 Panama PanamaPNH 1 1 Manila PhilippinesPO 1 1 Porto PortugalPORT 1 1 Mesa  de  Cavacas VenezuelaPOZ  +  POZG 2 2 Poznan Poland

Acronym                              Melbourne

Votes        Melbourne

Votes  Vienna City Country

PR  +  PRM 2 2 Praha Czech  RepublicPRC 3 3 Praha Czech  RepublicPRE 6 4 Pretoria South  AfricaPREM 2 2 Pretoria South  AfricaPRU 1 1 Pretoria South  AfricaPTBG 1 1 Kalaheo United  StatesPUC 1 1 Potchefstroom South  AfricaPYU 1 1 Kunming People's  Republic  of  ChinaQCA 1 1 Quito EcuadorQCNE 1 1 Quito EcuadorQFA 1 1 Quebec CanadaR 2 2 Rio  de  Janeiro BrazilRAB 1 1 Rabat MoroccoRAW 1 1 Islamabad PakistanRB 5 5 Rio  de  Janeiro BrazilREG 2 2 Regensburg GermanyRHT 1 1 Tiruchirapalli IndiaRIG 1 1 Riga LatviaRM 1 1 Laramie United  StatesRNG 2 2 Reading United  KingdomRO 1 1 Roma ItalyRSA 2 2 Claremont United  StatesRUBL 1 1 Jaipur IndiaS 6 6 Stockholm SwedenSAN 1 1 Sandakan MalaysiaSAP 1 1 Sapporo JapanSAR 1 1 Kuching MalaysiaSARA 1 1 Sarajevo Bosnia  and  HerzegovinaSASK 1 1 Saskatoon CanadaSAV 1 1 Bratislava SlovakiaSBBG 1 1 Santa  Barbara United  StatesSBT 1 1 Stockholm SwedenSD 1 1 San  Diego United  StatesSEV 2 2 Sevilla SpainSFSU 1 1 San  Francisco United  StatesSGO 1 1 Santiago ChileSHIN 1 1 Matsumoto JapanSHM 1 1 Shanghai People's  Republic  of  ChinaSI 3 3 San  Isidro ArgentinaSING 2 2 Singapore SingaporeSIU 1 1 Carbondale United  StatesSLO 2 2 Bratislava SlovakiaSM 1 1 Chongqing People's  Republic  of  ChinaSNU 2 2 Seoul South  KoreaSOA 1 1 Plovdiv BulgariaSOM 3 3 Sofia Bulgaria

Acronym                              Melbourne

Votes        Melbourne

Votes  Vienna City Country

SP 4 4 São  Paulo BrazilSPF 2 2 São  Paulo BrazilSRGH 2 2 Harare ZimbabweSS 1 1 Sassari ItalySTA 1 1 Saint  Andrews United  KingdomSTE  see  NBG 0 1 Stellenbosch South  AfricaSTU 2 2 Stuttgart GermanySUNIV  see  S 0 2 Stockholm SwedenSUVA 1 1 Suva FijiSVER 1 1 Yekaterinburg RussiaSWFC 1 1 Kunming People's  Republic  of  ChinaSYD 1 0 Sydney AustraliaSYS 1 1 Guangzhou People's  Republic  of  ChinaSZ 1 1 Chengdu People's  Republic  of  ChinaTAA 2 2 Tartu EstoniaTAD  deleted 0 1 Dushanbe TajikistanTAES 1 1 College  Station United  StatesTAI 1 1 Taipei TaiwanTAIF 1 1 Taipei TaiwanTAN 1 1 Antananarivo MadagascarTARI 1 1 Tehran IranTASH 2 2 Tashkent UzbekistanTAU 1 1 Thessaloniki GreeceTBI 2 2 Tbilisi GeorgiaTCD 1 1 Dublin IrelandTELA 1 1 Tel  Aviv IsraelTENN 1 1 Knoxville United  StatesTEX 4 4 Austin United  StatesTFC 1 1 La  Laguna SpainTI 4 4 Tokyo JapanTK 1 1 Tomsk RussiaTKB 1 1 Tsukuba JapanTL 1 1 Toulouse FranceTMI 1 1 Tottori JapanTNS 5 5 Tokyo JapanTO 1 1 Torino ItalyTRH 2 2 Trondheim NorwayTRIN 1 1 Saint  Augustine Trinidad  and  TobagoTRN 1 1 Toru_ PolandTRT 1 1 Toronto CanadaTRTC 1 1 Toronto CanadaTSB 2 2 Trieste ItalyTU 2 2 Tartu EstoniaTUB 1 1 Tübingen GermanyTUR 2 2 Turku FinlandTUS 1 1 Sendai Japan

Acronym                              Melbourne

Votes        Melbourne

Votes  Vienna City Country

U 1 3 Utrecht NetherlandsUAC 1 1 Calgary CanadaUAMH 1 1 Edmonton CanadaUAMIZ 1 1 Mexico  City MexicoUB 1 1 Brasilia BrazilUBA 1 1 Ulan  Bator MongoliaUBC 2 2 Vancouver CanadaUC 5 5 Berkeley United  StatesUCJ 1 1 Abidjan Ivory  CoastUCR 1 1 Riverside United  StatesUDW 1 0 Durban South  AfricaUEC 2 2 Campinas BrazilUKMB 1 1 Bangi MalaysiaULT 1 1 Tripoli LibyaUME 2 2 Umeå SwedenUNL 1 1 Monterey MexicoUNM 1 1 Albuquerque United  StatesUPA 2 2 Patras GreeceUPS 4 4 Uppsala SwedenUPSV  see  UPS 0 1 Uppsala SwedenURM 1 1 Recife BrazilUS 7 7 Washington United  StatesUSF 1 1 Tampa United  StatesUSM 2 2 Lima PeruUT 1 1 Salt  Lake  City United  StatesUTC 1 1 Logan United  StatesUWO 1 1 London,  Canada CanadaUWSP 1 1 Stevens  Point United  StatesV 1 1 Victoria CanadaVAL 2 0 Valencia SpainVBI 1 1 Vácrátót HungaryVEN 2 2 Caracas VenezuelaVF  see  VAL 0 1 Valencia SpainVLA 1 1 Vladivostok RussiaVPI 1 1 Blacksburg United  StatesVT 1 1 Burlington United  StatesW 3 3 Wien AustriaWA 3 3 Warszawa PolandWAG 4 4 Wageningen NetherlandsWAT 1 1 Waterloo CanadaWELT 1 1 Wellington New  ZealandWELTU 1 1 Wellington New  ZealandWH 1 1 Wuhan People's  Republic  of  ChinaWIND 1 1 Windhoek NamibiaWIR 1 1 Saint  Petersburg RussiaWIS 2 2 Madison United  States

Acronym                              Melbourne

Votes        Melbourne

Votes  Vienna City Country

WRSL 1 1 Wrocław PolandWS 1 1 Pullman United  StatesWSP 1 1 Pullman United  StatesWSY 1 1 Wisley United  KingdomWTU 2 2 Seattle United  StatesWU 5 5 Wien AustriaWUK 2 2 Yangling People's  Republic  of  ChinaWVA 1 1 Morgantown United  StatesXAL 2 2 Xalapa MexicoXJA 1 1 Urumqi People's  Republic  of  ChinaXJBI 1 1 Urumqi People's  Republic  of  ChinaXJU 1 1 Urumqi People's  Republic  of  ChinaYA 1 1 Yaounde CameroonYU 1 1 New  Haven United  StatesYUKU 1 1 Kunming People's  Republic  of  ChinaZ  +  ZT 3 3 Zürich SwitzerlandZA 1 1 Zagreb CroatiaZT  see  Z  +  ZT 0 1 Zürich SwitzerlandZULU 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 bthiers@nybg.org)

Part 1. Institutional Details

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

Herbarium Name:

Postal address:

Postcode, state, country

Correspondent(s): Enter the name of the person(s) to whom parcels should be addressed. Enter other details about correspondents under “Staff Details”

Name

Area of Responsibility

Alternative name for city: Alternative name for country: Herbarium website URL: Phone number:

Primary phone number(s) for herbarium

Country code

number Extension

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 If there are more important collectors than space in the table, add rows to the table, or append these at the end of the document.

First Initial

Second Initial (optional)

Surname

Publications/Journals: Include only those owned and published by your institution

Incorporated Herbaria: Name-- name of institution or herbarium code for that institution. Description-- type of specimens incorporated, if known. Number-- number of specimens incorporated, if known. Year--year incorporated, if known.

Name

Description Number Year

Exchange:

Wanted: Available:

Physical Address : For use by potential visitors to your herbarium, and for mapping its location.

Street address Postcode, city, state, country

Associated Botanical Garden or Arboretum:

Name: 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:

Please indicate role with an “x” in the appropriate box. Indicate as many categories as apply to the staff member

Category

Yes No

Highest Ranking Scientific Officer Correspondent Curator Paid staff member Volunteer Emeritus

Phone number:

Email address:

Research specialty:

Discipline (e.g., taxonomy, molecular systematics, ecology, etc.) Plant groups (please give names of families and genera, where applicable

Discipline:

Plant groups:

Geographical area of specialty:

Other:

Alternative Address

Use if staff member works primarily at a different location

Institution: Postal address: Post code, city, state, country