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- Flora Malesiana Volume 19, 2010. ‘Cucurbitaceae’ by W.J.J.O. de Wilde and B.E.E. Duyfjes, 342 pp, with 97 drawings by J.H. van Os, recipient of the Jill Smythies Award of the Linnean Society, and 32 full colour photo plates, sponsored by Rijk Zwaan Breeding B.V., De Lier. ISBN 978-90-71236-72-3. NUR 941.
The volume is accompanied by a digital key to the Malesian species, on CD-Rom, constructed by the editor, H.P. Nooteboom.
The flora contains an overview of all Cucurbitaceae, wild and cultivated, for the Malesian area (Indonesia, East Timor, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea). In total 152 taxa are treated, most of them illustrated.
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- During the official opening of the Orchiade in the Leiden Botanic Garden on april 1st, part 6 in the CD-ROM series Flora Malesiana. Orchids of New Guinea, Genus Bulbophyllum will be published and presented to Sara Oldfield, Secretary General of Botanic Gardens Conservation International and a few invitees. This is the last part of a series in which all of the c. 3000 known orchid species of New Guinea have been treated in an interactive digital information system. This is the second substantial publication within the framework of the recently founded NCB Naturalis and in fact the first electronic one.
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- A botanical illustration by Esmée Winkel will be included in the exhibition Focus on Nature at the New York State Museum in 2010. Focus on Nature is a biennial exhibition of scientific, natural and cultural history, which encourages a diverse population to have access to the cultural and scientific accomplishments that appear in Focus on Nature.
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Calendar
- 23-27 August 2010
The Flora Malesiana Symposium is an important forum for the exchange of taxonomic and systematic ideas and new research findings on the flora of the Malesian region. Today, it has become a large international gathering of botanists and post-graduate students who study the diversity, ecology, biogeography, evolution and conservation of plants from the region, including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, East Timor and Papua New Guinea, as well as bordering countries. The 8th International Flora Malesiana Symposium will be held from 23-27 august 2010 at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
