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Macrocarpaea
Name 
(home page link)
Address e-mail, phone, fax Research keywords (topic,  group, geographic region)
Victor A. Albert

The Natural History Museums and Botanical Garden
University of Oslo
P.O. Box 1172 Blindern
NO-0318 Oslo, NORWAY

victor.albert@nhm.uio.no 
ph +47 22 851 698
fax +47 22 851 824 
phylogeny, systematics, wood anatomy,  paleogeography, Potaliinae, Helieae, worldwide [+Gentianales]
Susy Castillo Laboratorio de Florística
Museo de Historia Natural - UNMSM
Av. Arenales 1256,
Jesús María. Apartado Postal 14.0434
Lima - 14, PERU
susy_827@yahoo.com
ph (511) 471-0117
ph (511) 470-4471
ph (511) 470-7918
Gentianaceae of Peruvian Andes, Gentianella, Gentiana, Halenia
Lelia C. Orrell Elliston 263 South Avenue
Weston, MA 02493, USA
lelia@ellistonfarm.com
ph +1 781 956 8333
 
demography, population ecology, reproductive biology, endangered species, Sabatia kennedyana, North America, USA
Xue-Jun Ge Herbarium
South China Botanical Garden,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
 Guangzhou 510650, CHINA
xjge@scib.ac.cn
xjge@yahoo.com
ph +86 20 3725 2551
fax +86 20 3725 2831

Conservation genetics, phylogeography, evolution, Gentiana, Megacodon, East Himayala

David Glenny

Landcare Research,
PO Box 69, Lincoln 
NEW ZEALAND

GlennyD@landcare.cri.nz
ph +64 03 325 6701 x 3742
fax +64 03 325 2418

Systematics, phylogeny, Gentianella, New Zealand
Katherine Gould Mathews Department of Biology
Western Carolina University
132 Natural Science Building
Cullowhee, NC 28723
USA
kmathews@email.wcu.edu
ph +1 828 227 3659
Phylogeny, biogeography, Symbolanthus, Sabatia, Spigelia [Loganiaceae], South and North America
Jason R. Grant Laboratoire de botanique évolutive, Institut de botanique
Faculté de Sciences
Université de Neuchâtel
CH-2007 Neuchâtel, SWITZERLAND
jason.grant@unine.ch
ph +41 32 718 2344
fax +41 32 718 3001
Systematics, biogeography, phylogeny, Macrocarpaea, Zonanthus, Neotropics [+Bromeliaceae]
Paul Groff Department of Biology
University of Miami 
29 Cox Science Center
Coral Gables, Florida 33124, USA
groff@bio.miami.edu systematics, phylogenetics, biogeography, morphology, seed anatomy, Bartonia, Frasera, Gentianopsis, Obolaria
Josef Greimler Department of Higher Plants Systematics and Evolution
Institute of Botany
University of Vienna
Rennweg 14
A-1030 Wien, AUSTRIA
josef.greimler@univie.ac.at 
ph +43 1 4277-54145
fax +43 1 4277-954
Systematics, morphology, Gentianella, Europe
Elsie Franklin Guimaraes Rua Pacheco Leao 915
22460-030 Rio de Janeiro
BRAZIL
eguimar@jbrj.gov.br 
ph +55 (21) 2511-2588, 
+55 (21) 2529-2151,
+55 (21) 2274-4949
fax +55 (21) 2511-2749
Systematics, Coutoubea, Deianira, Prepusa, Schultesia, Neotropics
Sovanmoly Hul Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Laboratoire de Phanérogamie
16, rue Buffon
75005 Paris, FRANCE
hul@cimrs1.mnhn.fr
ph +?? 01 40 79 33 57
fax +?? 01 40 79 33 42
Systematics, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
Stephan Imhof

Morphologie und Systematik der Höheren Pflanzen
Spezielle Botanik und Mykologie
Fachbereich Biologie
Philipps-Universität
D-35032 Marburg, GERMANY

imhof@staff.uni-marburg.de
ph  +49 6421-282 5185
fax +49 6421-282 2057
Root anatomy,  mycotrophy, Voyria, Neotropics
Charles Jolles
European Gentian Association Cercle Européen d'Etude des Gentianacées
CP 47, CH-1000 Lausanne 26
SWITZERLAND
ph +41 21 784 01 00
fax + 41 21 784 01 00

 

Gentiana lutea and species of the genus Gentiana in Europe; promotion and economical aspects of development; editing of journals and books specialized on gentians
Pooja Joshi TERI-School of Advanced Studies
Darbari Seth Block
Habitat Palce
New Delhi-110003
INDIA
poojajoshi123@rediffmail.com tissue culture of Swertia chirayita 
Jan Kirschner Institute of Botany
Academy of Sciences
CZ-25243
Pruhonice 1
CZECH REPUBLIC
kirschner@ibot.cas.cz
ph +420 271015233
fax +420 267750031
Taxonomy of Gentianella, seasonal
polymorphism, hybridization of
Gentianella
Jonathan Kissling

Institute of Botany
University of Neuchâtel
Rue Emile-Argand 11
CH-2007 Neuchâtel
Switzerland

jonathan.kissling@unine.ch

Phylogeny and taxonomy of Sebaea

Jens Klackenberg Sekt. för fanerogambotanik
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
P.O. Box 50007
SE-104 05 Stockholm
SWEDEN
klack@nrm.se
ph +46 8 51 95 40 84
fax +46 8 51 95 42 21
Systematics, biogeography, phylogeny, Exacum, Tachiadenus, Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia [+Apocynaceae]
Kate B. Lepis Dept. of Plant Biology and Pathologys
Rutgers University - Cook College
59 Dudley Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
katburke@rci.rutgers.edu
ph +1 732 932-8165 x100
fax + 1
732 932-4517
Systematics, biogeography, Chelonanthus, Irlbachia, Neoptropics
Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer Herbarium Division
Department of Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 
University of Utrecht
P.O. Box 80102
3508 TC Utrecht
THE NETHERLANDS
h.maas-vandekamer@bio.uu.nl  Systematics, saprophytes, Voyria, Voyriella, Neotropics
Paul J. M. Maas Herbarium Division
Department of Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 
University of Utrecht
P.O. Box 80102
3508 TC Utrecht
THE NETHERLANDS
P.J.M.Maas@bio.uu.nl 
ph +31 30 253 1747
fax +31 30 251 8061
Systematics, saprophytes, Voyria, Voyriella, Neotropics
Guilhem Mansion Laboratoire de Botanique Evolutive
Université de Neuchatel
Emile Argand 11
2000 Neuchatel,  SWITZERLAND
guilhem.mansion@unine.ch
(guilhemmansion@hotmail.com)
ph +41 32 718 23 69
fax +41 32 718 30 01
Systematics, biogeography, phylogeny, phytochemistry, medicinal and toxic plants, Chironiinae, Centaurium, Gentiana, worldwide
Jeanmaire Molina Dept of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
Rutgers University
14 College Farm Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
jeanx@eden.rutgers.edu Symbolanthus, Andes, secondary structure for alignment of DNA sequences, endangered species, Potalieae
Cecilia Veronica Nunez INPA - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
CPPN - Coordenação de Pesquisas em Produtos Naturais
Av. André Araújo, 2936 - Caixa Postal 476
Petrópolis, Manaus, AM - BRAZIL 
cecilia@inpa.gov.br 
ph +55 92 643-3180
fax +55 92 643-3176
phytochemistry, pharmacology, ethnobotany, Gentianaceae, Brazil, [+Rubiaceae, Asteraceae]
Adrian M. Pohlit Coordenação de Pesquisas em Produtos Naturais-CPPN
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia-INPA
Avenida André Araújo, 2936; Bairro: Petrópolis
69083-000 Manaus-Amazonas
BRAZIL
ampohlit@inpa.gov.br
ph/fax  +55 92 643-3177
Phytochemistry, pharmacology, Tachia, Brazil
James S. Pringle Royal Botanic Gardens
P.O. Box 399
Hamilton, Ontario
CANADA L8N 
jpringle@rbg.ca
ph +1 905 527 1158 x236
fax +1 905 577 0375
systematics, Gentianeae, Gentiana, Gentianella, Gentianopsis, South, Central, and North America
A. I. Prokopiv Botanical Garden
Department of Botany
Lviv National University
P.O.Box 6659, Lviv,
79005, UKRAINE
aprokopiv@franko.lviv.ua root morphology, plant architecture,  anatomy, ontogeny, phylogeny, biogeography, Gentiana, Eurasia (Russia, Ukraine, Slovenia
Tom Schweich 3008 Fairview Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501, USA
tom@schweich.com
ph +1 510-865-5778
population biology, ecology, Swertia/Frasera, southeastern United States (Mojave desert)
Erik Smets Laboratory of Plant Systematics, K. U. Leuven,
Institute of Botany and Microbiology,
Kasteelpark Arenberg 31,
B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM
erik.smets@bio.kuleuven.ac.be
ph  +32 16 32 15 35
fax +32 16 32 19 68
systematics, phylogeny, floral nectaries, vestures, orbicules, Gentianaceae, worldwide [+Gentianales]
U Sreelatha Kerala Agricultural University
Kerala, India
sreeu2005@yahoo.com horticulture, ethnobotany and conservation of Exacum
Lena Struwe Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
Rutgers University - Cook College
237 Foran Hall
59 Dudley Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
struwe@aesop.rutgers.edu
(lstruwe@hotmail.com )
ph +1 732 932 9711 x 235
fax +1 732 932 9441
Systematics, biogeography, phylogeny, ethnobotany, Gentianaceae: especially Potalieae and Helieae, worldwide [+Loganiaceae, Gelsemiaceae, Gentianales]

M. Sugumaran

 

Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden
Institute of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science
University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA

maran@um.edu.my
ph (603) 7967 4688/4686
fax  (603) 7967 6150

Systematics of Fagraea, plant architecture, floral biology
Mike Thiv Staatliches Museum Naturkunde Stuttgart
Rosenstein 1
D-70191 Stuttgart, GERMANY
thiv.smns@naturkundemuseum-bw.de
Ph +49 711 8936205
Fax +49 711 8936100
Systematics, biogeography, phylogeny: Canscoriinae, Chironieae, Bisgoeppertia
Joseph-Marie Torres Laboratoire de botanique évolutive, Institut de botanique
Faculté de Sciences
Université de Neuchâtel
CH-2007 Neuchâtel
SWITZERLAND
joseph.torres@unine.ch pollination in Macrocarpaea, Ecuador, Neotropics
Richard E. Weaver Botany Section, Division of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL, 32614, USA weaverr@doacs.state.fl.us  Systematics, Macrocarpaea, Lisianthius, Neotropics
Barbara A. Whitlock  Department of Biology
University of Miami 
29 Cox Science Center
Coral Gables, Florida 33124, USA
whitlock@bio.miami.edu
ph +1 305 284 5412
fax +1 305 284 3039
systematics, phylogenetics, biogeography, morphology, seed anatomy, Bartonia, Frasera, Gentianopsis, Obolaria
Yong-Ming Yuan Institut de Botanique
Université de Neuchâtel
Chantemerle 18
CH-2007 Neuchâtel, SWITZERLAND
yong-ming.yuan@unine.ch
tel +41-(0)32-718 23 67
fax +41-(0)32-718 30 01
Systematics, evolution, karyology, phylogeny, biogeography, Gentianaceae, Gentianeae, Exaceae, worldwide

 

 

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