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Smithsonian Botanical Symposium 2012
"Transforming 21st Century Comparative Biology using Evolutionary Trees"
The 10th Smithsonian Botanical Symposium will address the question: How do we put the knowledge of evolutionary relationships to work to better describe and understand the diversification of life on Earth? The invited speakers will cover a wide range of organisms and topics to illuminate how molecular phylogenetics can be used to understand evolutionary and ecological processes.
Collections
Type Specimen Images and U.S. National Herbarium Type Register
Botany Specimens in the Museum's Collections Information System
History of the U.S. National Herbarium
Collections Management Policy Index (Index / Full Text)
Destructive Sampling Policy and Procedure (Request for Destructive Sampling)
Collector's Field Books and Miscellaneous Notes
Historical Collections in the U.S. National Herbarium
Georeferencing Plants of the Guiana Shield: US Types
Research
Current Research Areas
Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield
Flora of the Marquesas Islands
Flora of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Flora of the Washington-Baltimore Area
Awards and Endowments
Publications
Newsletters
Biological Conservation Newsletter
Searchable Database of Publications by Botany Staff
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium
List of Publications in the Contributions series and links to available PDF versions and Web sites.
Smithsonian Contributions to Botany
Searchable list of publications. Publications offered in digital format.
On-line Versions of Staff Publications
Checklist of the Flora of the Guianas
Checklist of the Flora of the Washington-Baltimore Area
Identifying Harmful Marine Dinoflagellates
Index Nominum Genericorum (ING)
Preliminary Checklist of the Plants of Kaieteur National Park, Guyana
Photographs and
Botanical Illustrations
Flower Gallery for the Washington-Baltimore Area
Image Gallery for the Hawaiian Islands
Partners
Links to Botany's national and international partners in research, collections, training, and public outreach.
Events and Activities
The Department of Botany hosts events and activities throughout the year to explore and recognize achievements in the botanical community. The following list provides the most current of these projects.
The Evolution of Life on Pacific Islands and Reefs: Past, present, and future Conference. May 2011
References and Tools
Useful Botanical Links
A page of links to botanical resources on the Web.
Nomenclatural Tools
Index Nominum Genericorum (ING)
Conserved and Rejected Plant Names: Proposals and Disposals
Taxonomic Groups
Dinoflagellates
Harmful Marine Dinoflagellates
Dinoflagellate Types
Geographical Areas
Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield
Centres of Plant Diversity: The Americas
Flora of the Marquesas Islands
Botanical Exploration in Myanmar
Flora of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Flora of the Washington-Baltimore Area
Other References
Smithsonian Institution Libraries' Botany & Horticulture Library
Contacts
NMNH - Botany Department
MRC 0166
Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Phone: 202-633-0920
Fax: 202-786-2563
Chair, Department of Botany: Warren Wagner
Collections Manager: Rusty Russell
Web Site Contacts:
Sylvia Stone Orli (Web site inquiries)
Rusty Russell (botanical inquiries)
Botany News
Cuatrecasas Award funds available to support research visits to the U.S. National Herbarium
Current Issue of Plant Press Now Online
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