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Wales to barcode all flowering plants

Barcode Wales project targets 1,143 native species Wales is aiming to be the first country to produce a DNA barcode for every one of its native flowering plants. BBC Earth News reported that the Barcode Wales project aims to use DNA barcodes catalogue all 1,143 species of native flowering plant “for biodiversity conservation and to [...]

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WG 1.2 – Land Plants

Seeds and Shoots Chair: Peter Hollingsworth Genetics and Conservation SectionRoyal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland Vice-chair: De-Zhu LiKunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China No group of organisms has received more detailed taxonomic attention than land plants, but identifications often require both the intervention of specialists and access to specific life stages (e.g. flowers). [...]

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De-Zhu Li

Vice-chair, WG1.2 – Land Plants Director, Kunming Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China Web: KIB Director’s Message Email: kibpub@mail.kib.ac.cn

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Peter Hollingsworth

UK representative Chair, WG1.2 – Land Plants Lead Geneticist, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, UK Website: Pete Hollingsworth’s home page Email: p.hollingsworth@rbge.org.uk

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News

Daniel Janzen honoured with BBVA Foundation award

“Pioneer of the science of restoration ecology” ...Read more

DNA barcode confirms harmful pest has landed in Germany

iBOL collaborator identifies insect invader German researche...Read more

Events

FISH-BOL World Conference

June 12-14, 2012, Yeosu, Korea

Third European Congress for the Barcode of Life

September 17, 2012, Brussels, Belgium