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Mrs M. (Mai) Abdalla Ali
Gezira University, Center of Plant Pathology, P.O.box 20, Wadmedani,
Sudan.
Research Interests: Bean virology.
Mr R.J. (Robin) Adair
Department of Primary Industries, PO Box 48, Frankston, Victoria
3199, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)3 97850123; fax. +61 (0)3 97852007.
Research Interests: Entomology of acacia - Africa and Australia;
Conservation management of acacia.
Prof. H.K. (Hugh) Akotoye
Botany Department, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Research Interests: Leguminosae in Ghana.
Mr D.E. (David) Albrecht
Alice Springs Herbarium, Alice Springs Desert Park, Larapinta Dve, Alice Springs, Northern Territory 0871, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)8 89518791.
Dr S. (Said) Amrani
Laboratoire de Biologie du Sol, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques,
USTHB BP 32 El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, Alger 16111, Algeria. Tel. (213)+21-24-79-50
to 64 ext. 936; fax. (213)+21-24-72-17.
Research Interests: Rhizobia-legumes symbiosis; Rhizobia
taxonomy; Legumes taxonomy; Symbiotic Nitrogen
S.R. (Siti) Ariati
School of Botany, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria
3010, Australia.
Research Interests: Arid Acacia (sect Phyllodineae); Phylogeny
and genetic variation (Acacia).
Dr J. (James) Aronson
Centre d`Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive/CNRS, 1919 Route de
Mende, Montpellier, Cedex 34293, France. Tel. + 33 4 67 31 33 11;
fax. + 33 4 67 41 21 38.
Research Interests: Biogeography, ecology & uses of desert
and desert fringe trees.
Dr S. Badji
Direction des Eaux et Forêts, Dakar, B.P. 1831, Sênêgal. Tel. 221
32 76 14.
Research Interests: Symbiosis and vegetative propagation
of Acacia senegal.
Miss H. (Hannah) Banks
Palynology Unit, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9
3AE, United Kingdom.
Research Interests: Legume pollen.
R. (Rosario) Beyhaut
Botánica. Facultad de Agronomía, Av. Garzón 780, Montevideo 12900,
Uruguay.
Research Interests: Mimosa.
Dr A. (Angela) Beyra-Matos
Cent. De Inv de Medio Ambiente de Camag, Min. de Cienc., Tech.
y Medio Ambiente, Cisneros 105 (altos), entre Pobres y Angel, Camagüey
C.P. 70100, Cuba.
Research Interests: Aeschynomeneae (Cuba); Caribbean legume
biogeography; Crotalaria (foliar anatomy); Brya (phylogenetics and
biogeography); Desmodieae (Cuba); Robinieae (foliar epidermis);
Sophoreae (foliar epidermis).
Ms A.L. Bocage Du
Departamento de Botânica. Instituto de Biociências - UFRGS, Av.
Bento Gonçalves, 9500 Bloco 4 Prédio 43433
Sala 214, Campus do Vale, Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul 91501-970,
Brasil. Tel. 021 51- 33342831.
Research Interests: Taxonomia de Acacia do semi-árido brasileiro.
Miss G.K. Brown
School of Botany, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria
3010, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)3 8344 7479.
Research Interests: Molecular systematics.
Associate Professor J.J. (Jeremy) Bruhl
Botany, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, University
of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia. Tel.
+61 (0)2 6773 2429; fax. +61 (0)2 6773 3283.
Research Interests: Plant systematics.
Dr A. (Anne) Bruneau
Institut de recherche en biologie vég., Université de Montreal,
4101 rue Sherbrooke est, Montréal, Québec H1X 2B2, Canada.
Research Interests: Caesalpinioideae phylogeny; Detarieae
systematics; Apios; Erythrina.
Dr. A.D. (Alicia) Burghardt
Laboratorio de Plantas Vasculares, Dpto. de Biodiversidad y Biología
Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad
de Buenos Aires, Lab. 11, Pabellón 2, 4º piso, Ciudad Universitaria,
Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina. Tel. 54-11-4576-3372; fax. 54-11-4576-3384.
Research Interests: Systematics and evolution (Prosopis,
Prosopidastrum).
Dr A.K. (Tony) Cavanagh
16 Woodlands Drive, Ocean Grove, Victoria 3226, Australia. Tel.
+61 (0)3 52 551180.
Research Interests: Acacia (seeds, germination).
Dr C. (Pambos) Christodoulou
67 Acropoleos Avenue, Acropolis, Lefkosia (Nicosia) 2012, Cyprus.
Tel. +357-22315146, +357-99405146.
Research Interests: Forest Management; Systematic Botany;
Herbarium keeping; Syntaxonomy.
Mr A.B. (Arthur) Court
71 Miller Street, O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory 2601,
Australia.
Research Interests: Acacia (Australia).
Prof. B.J. (Bernie) Crespi
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University
Drive, Burnaby V5A 1S6, Canada. Tel. 604 291-3533; fax. 604 291-3496.
Research Interests: Evolution, ecology and behaviour of Thysanoptera
(thrips) on Australian Acacia; Phylogeny of Australian Acacia; DNA
systematics of Australian Acacia.
Mr R.J. (Russell) Cumming
Environmental Protection Agency, Quarantine Station, Pallarenda,
Queensland 4810, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)7 4722 5312; fax. +61 (0)7
4722 5331.
Research Interests: Identification of dryland vascular plants
of north and central Queensland, especially Eucalyptus, Acacia and
Proteaceae; General collection and identification of vascular plants
of north and central Qld; Vegetation types and regional ecosystems
of north and central Queensland; Geology and geomorphology of north
and central Qld; Environmental and ecological issues, especially
land-clearing, coastal development, fire management, grazing, etc;
Photography of plants, vegetation types, rocks and landscapes.
S. (Sally) Dillon
Austr. Trop. Crops Genetic Res. Centre, QLD Department of Primary Industries, Locked Mail Bag 1, Biloela, Queensland 4715, Australia.
Emeritus Prof. J. E. (John) Ebinger
Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University,
600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, Illinois 61920-3099, U.S.A.
Research Interests: Systematics of the New World acacias.
Dr S.M. (Shirley) Espert
Lab. 11, Dpto. de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad
de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón
2, 4 piso, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina.
Tel. 54-11-4576-3372; fax. 54-11-4576-3384.
Research Interests: Molecular systematics of Subtribe Phaseolineae
(Phaseolus, Vigna and Macroptilium); Argentinian Albizia, Calliandra,
Zapoteca, Enterolobium, Chloroleucon, Zygia (Tribe Ingeae) and species
of
Prof. V. (Vicente) Espinosa-Hernandez
Colegio de Postgraduados, Instituto de Recursos Naturales, Km.
35.5 Carretera, Texcoco, Montecillo Estado CP. 56230, Mexico.
Research Interests: Leguminosae (aluminium toxicity); Lupinus
arboreus (competition and niche differentiation).
Dr E. (Eduardo) Estrada
Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Autnoma de Nuevo Len,
Linares, Nuevo Len 67700, Mexico.
Research Interests: Legume flora of northeastern Mexico;
Flora of the north of Mexico; Vegetation studies by cluster
Dr C.W. (Chris) Fagg
Dept. de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade de Brasilia, Campus
Universitario, Brasilia 7091970 DF CP 04357, Brazil. Tel. 061 3072786/3803480;
fax. 3072786 202.
Research Interests: Acacia African and South American; South
American legumes.
Dr P.R. (Paul) Fantz
KI-130, Dept. Hort. Sci. CALS, North Carolina State University,
Box 7609, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7609, U.S.A.
Research Interests: Barbieria; Centrosema; Clitoria.
Dr S. (Simone) Farrer
CSIRO Publishing, 150 Oxford Street, Collingwood, Victoria 3066,
Australia.
Research Interests: Managing Editor of Australian Journal
of Botany; Managing Editor of Australian Systematic
Dr E. Forero
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia,
Apartado 7495, Bogota, Colombia. Tel. 57-1-316 5000 EXT. 11508;
fax. 57-1-316 5365.
Research Interests: Mimosoideae from Colombia (currently
Calliandra, Pithecellobium, Zygia and Inga p.p.).
Dr R.H. (Renne) Fortunato
I.N.T.A., Centro de Investigaciones de Recursos Naturales, Castelar,
Pcia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tel. 621 0840 621.
Research Interests: Mimosa (South America).
Dr H. (Helen) Fortune Hopkins
Masons Arms, Hutton Roof, Carnforth LA6 2PE, United Kingdom. Tel.
+44 20 8 332 5741.
Research Interests: Parkia & pollination biiology.
Dr J.E.D. (John) Fox
Environmental Biology/ Mulga Research Centre, Curtin University
of Technology, GPO Box U 1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia.
Tel. +61 (0)8 9266 4195; fax. +61 (0)8 9266 2495.
Research Interests: Acacia aneura (regeneration after fire,
grazing); Germination studies in Acacia; Acacia species of the semi-arid
areas of Western Australia; Acacia species as hosts for species
of sandalwood (Santalum).
C. (Chris) Gardiner
Department of Tropical Plant Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville,
Queensland 4811, Australia.
Research Interests: Leguminosae (pasture legumes); Desmanthus.
Dr P. (Peter) Gasson
Micromorphology Section, Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, United Kingdom.
Research Interests: Legume wood anatomy.
Mr A.S. (Alex) George
'Four Gables', 18 Barclay Road, Kardinya, Western Australia 6163,
Australia. Tel. +61 (0)8 9337 1655; fax. +61 (0)8 9337 9404.
Research Interests: Systematics (general, mainly Australian);
History of collections/collectors.
Ms R. (Rosaura) Grether
Departemento de Biologia, Acan y la Purisima, UAM-1, Av. Michoacan
y la Purisima, A.P. 09340, Mexico. Tel. (55) 5804-4700 (office);
(55) 5804-4687; fax. (55) 5804-4688.
Research Interests: Mimosa.
Dr P. (Phillipe) Guinet
"Le Marly" C, 54 bis rue de la Figairasse, Montpellier,
Cedex 34070, France. Tel. 33 4 67426659.
Research Interests: Palynology.
Dr S. (Stephen) Harris
Oxford Foresty Institute, Department of Plant Sciences, University
of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom.
Research Interests: Genetics of African Acacias; domestication
of mimosoid legumes.
Dr E.M. (Elspeth) Haston
Tropical Biology, The Royal Botanic Garden, 20a Inverleith Row,
Edinburgh EH3 5LR, United Kingdom.
Research Interests: Caesalpinieae; Peltophorum group.
Dr J. (Julie) Hawkins
Centre for Plant Diversity & Systematics, School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AS, United Kingdom.
Dr P.S. (Patrick) Herendeen
The George Washington University, Dept. of Biological Sciences,
Lisner Hall 340, 2023G Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia
20052, U.S.A.
Research Interests: Caesalpinioideae (phylogenetics); Caesalpinioideae
(micromorphology); Leguminosae (fossils).
Dr H.M. Hernandez
Herb. Nacional, Inst. Biol., UNAM, Cd Universitaria 04510, Mexico.;
fax. 525 548 8207.
Research Interests: Calliandra (New World); Zapoteca.
Assoc. Prof. G.D. (George) Hill
Plant Sciences Group, PO Box 84, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Prof. A.M. (Ann) Hirsch
Department of MCD Biology, 405 Hilgard Ave, Univ. of California
- Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1606, U.S.A.
Research Interests: molecular plant-microbe Interactions;
Alfalfa & Melilotus alba nodulation; Mycorrhizae development
on legumes; Rhizobium - Gleditsia interaction.
Dr. P.S. (Patricia) Hoc
Lab. 11, Dpto. de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad
de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón
2, 4 piso, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires C1428EHA, Argentina.
Tel. 07 541 790 9591; fax. 07 541 331 0516.
Research Interests: Subtribe Phaseolineae (Phaseolus, Vigna
and Macroptilium) from Argentina (floral biology reproductive succsess
and system); Subtribe Phaseolineae (except Macroptilium) from Argentina,
systematics; Albizia, Calliandra, Zapoteca, Enterolobium, Chloroleucon,
Zygia (Tribe Ingeae) from Argentina, systematics and palynology;
Species of Prosopis from Argentina (floral biology and reproductive
system, hybridization); Species of Prosopidastrum from Argentina
(systematics, palynology).
Dr S.D. (Steve) Hopper
Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, Fraser Avenue, West Perth,
Western Australia 6007, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)8 9480 3605; fax.
+61 (0)8 9322 2686.
Research Interests: Evolution; Conservation biology; Systematics;
Phytogeography; Pollination.
Dr C.E. (Colin) Hughes
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks
Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom. Tel. 44-(0)1865-275836 (direct);
fax. 44-(0)1865-275074.
Research Interests: Leucaena; Mimosa phylogeny.
Dr J. (Jo) Kenrick
Botany School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052,
Australia. Tel. +61 (0)3 8344 0120 or 03 9817 3299; fax. +61 (0)3
9347 5460.
Research Interests: Hybridization and speciation in Australian
Acacias; Pollination and Breeding system in Acacia.
Dr J.H. (Joe) Kirkbride, Jr.
USDA/ARS, SBML, Room 304, Building 011A, BARC-West, 10300 Baltimore
Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350, U.S.A.
Research Interests: Coronilleae; Leguminosae (evolution);
Leguminosae (nodulation); Loteae; Lotus; Leguminosae (fruits); Leguminosae
(seeds).
Dr P.G. (Phillip) Kodela
National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens, Mrs
Macquaries Road, Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia. Tel. +61
(0)2 9231 8097; fax. +61 (0)2 9251 7231.
Research Interests: Acacia curator (herb. NSW); New South
Wales acacias; Acacia taxonomy; Environmental management and assessment,
vegetation survey (N.S.W.); Palynology; Wetlands.
Dr S. (Suzanne) Koptur
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University,
Miami, Florida 33199, U.S.A.
Research Interests: Inga; Vicia; Leguminosae (nectaries);
Cassia/Chamaecrista ecology.
Prof. R.J. (Robert) Lawn
School of Tropical Biology, Sir George Fisher Building, James Cook
University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia.
Research Interests: Vigna; Glycine max.
Dr H.N. (Henry) le Houerou
327 rue A.L. De Jussieu, Montpellier, Cedex 34090, France. Tel.
33 (0)4 67 54 76 09.
Research Interests: Ecology and utilization of arid land
trees and shrubs (esp. Mediterranean region); Phytogeography; Bioclimatology.
Dr G.J. (Greg) Leach
Natural Systems Division, Department of Infrastructure, Planning
& Environment, G.P.O. Box 496, Palmerston, Northern Territory
0831, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)8 89994520; fax. +61 (0)8 89993667.
Research Interests: Northern Australian Acacia spp.
Dr G.P. (Gwilym) Lewis
The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, United Kingdom.
The Librarian
Forestry and Forest Products, CSIRO, PO Box E4008, Kingston, Australian Capital Territory 2604, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)2 62818350; fax. +61 (0)2 62818399.
The Librarian
Royal Botanic Gardens and National Herbarium, Mrs Macquaries Drive, Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia.
The Librarian
Library, National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden University Branch, P.O. Box 9514, Leiden 2300, Netherlands.
The Librarian
Australian National Botanic Gardens, Dept of the Environment and Heritage, GPO Box 1777, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)2 6250 9403.
The Librarian
Serials Acquisitions, University of Wales, Bangor, Main Library, College Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG, United Kingdom.
The Librarian
Department for Environment and Heritage, Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)8 82229325; fax. +61 (0)8 82229353.
The Librarian
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Library (Dept. of Periodicals),
Case postale 60, CH-1292 Chambesy, Geneve, Switzerland.
Research Interests: Leguminosae (Flora Del Paraguay); Leguminosae
(Library).
The Librarian
Royal Botanic Gardens, Birdwood Ave, Private Bag 2000, South Yarra,
Victoria 3141, Australia.
Research Interests: Leguminosae (Library).
The Librarian
Library, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, United Kingdom. Tel. +44 20 8332 5422; fax. +44 20 8332 5430.
Mr. B.L. (Barney) Lipscomb
Leonhardt Chair of Texas Botany, Library, Botanical Research Institute
of Texas, 509 Pecan Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102-4060, U.S.A.
Research Interests: Leguminosae (Herbarium).
Dr M. (Melissa) Luckow
Plant Biology Department, 228 Plant Sciences Building, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.
Research Interests: Mimosoideae (phylogenetics); Mimosoideae
(biogeography); Desmanthus; Dichrostachys.
Mrs B. (Barbara) Mackinder
The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9
3AB, United Kingdom. Tel. +44 20 8332 5227.
Research Interests: Tropical African Legumes; Editor of Bean
Bag (legume Systematic Newsletter).
Dr N.E. (Nico) Marcar
CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, PO Box E4008, Kingston, Australian
Capital Territory 2604, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)2 62818335; 61 2
62818211; fax. +61 (0)2 62818312.
Research Interests: Plant response to salinity and waterlogging;
Farm forestry; Germplasm evaluation for stressed sites; Plant nutrition,
physiology.
Mr B.R. (Bruce) Maslin
Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australian
Herbarium, G.P.O. Box 104, Como, Western Australia 6151, Australia.
Tel. +61 (0)8 93340510; fax. +61 (0)8 9 3440515.
Research Interests: Acacia (generic status; taxonomy and
phytogeography of Australian spp)
Mr S.J. (Stephen (Steve)) Midgley
Salwood Asia Pacific - Services in Forestry, 35 Steinwedel St, Farrer, Australian Capital Territory 2607, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)2 61615906; 61 419 990050 (mobile); fax. +61 (0)2 61615905.
Dr J.T. (Joe) Miller
Roy J Carver Centre for Comp. Genomics, Dept. Biological Science,
434 Biology Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242,
U.S.A.
Research Interests: molecular systematics.
M. (Mateus) Mondin
Fernando Febeliano da Costa, 769, Alemaes, Piracicaba, SP 13416-250,
Brazil.
Research Interests: Cytogenetics; karyotype evolution; Chromosome
structure; Crotalaria.
Dr R. (Reinaldo) Monteiro
Departamento de Botânica, I.B. - UNESP, Herbarium Rioclarense (HRCB),
Caixa Postal 199, Säo Paulo 13506-900 Rio Claro, Brasil.
Research Interests: Leguminosae (State of Sao Paulo, Brazil);
Lupinus (Brazil); Sesbania (New World).
M.P. (Marli Pires) Morim
Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Pacheco Leão 915, Rio de
Janeiro 22460-030, Brazil.
Research Interests: Mimosoideae (Brazil).
Prof. M.A.U. (Amin Uddin) Mridha
Department of Botany, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331,
Bangladesh.
Research Interests: Leguminosae (mycorrhizal associations).
Dr D.J. (Daniel) Murphy
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Private Bag 2000, Birdwood Avenue,
South Yarra, Victoria 3141, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)3 9252 2377;
fax. +61 (0)3 9252 2350.
Research Interests: Molecular systematics; Acacia (in particular,
Acacia subgenus Phyllodineae); Ingeae.
Dr T. (Tomoyuki) Nemoto
Department of Basic Sciences, Ishinomaki Senshu University, Shinmito
1, Minamisakai, Ishinomaki 986-8580, Japan.
Research Interests: Desmodieae; Cassieae; Loteae; Hedysareae;
Molecular phylogeny; morphology, anatomy,
Prof. I. (Ivan) Nielsen
Botanical Institute, University of Aarhus, Nordlandsvej 68, Risskov
DK - 8240, Denmark. Tel. 45 86 210677; fax. 45 86 211891.
Research Interests: Ingeae, Mimosoideae from S.E. Asia.
Dr N-E (Nazhat-Ezzamane) Noureddine
Laboratoire de Biologie du Sol, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques,
USTHB BP 32 El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, Alger 16111, Algeria. Tel. (213)+21-24-79-50
to 64 ext. 936; fax. (213)+21-24-72-17.
Research Interests: Rhizobia-legumes symbiosis; Rhizobia
taxonomy; Symbiotic Nitrogen fixation; Legumes
Mr M.C. (Martin) O'Leary
State Herbarium of South Australia, Plant Biodiversity Centre,
P.O. Box 2732 (Kent Town, South Australia, 5071), Hackney Rd, Hackney,
South Australia 5069, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)8 82229391; fax. +61
(0)8 82229456.
Research Interests: Acacias of South Australia; Flora of
South Australia, cultivation and propagation; Myrtaceae of South
Australia.
Mr L. (Les) Pedley
Queensland Herbarium, Environment Protection Agency, Brisbane Botanic
Gardens, Mt Coot-tha, Toowong, Queensland 4066, Australia. Tel.
+61 (0)7 377 9328; fax. +61 (0)7 371 6655.
Research Interests: Acacia (Australia).
Dr M. (Marcello) Pennacchio
Institute for Plant Conservation, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000
Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Illinois 60022, U.S.A. Tel. +1 847 835
8377; fax. +1 847 835 5484.
Research Interests: Ethnopharmacology; Ethnobotany; Ethno
Sciences.
Dr T. (Toby) Pennington
Tropical Biology Group, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20a Inverleith
Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, United Kingdom. Tel. (0)131 248 2818 (direct);
fax. (0)131 248 2901.
Research Interests: Inga phylogenetics.
Dr A.R. (Angela) Piergiovanni
Germplasm Institute-CNR, Via Amendola 165/a, Bari 1-70126, Italy.
Research Interests: Italian common bean landraces (characterisation
and evaluation); Lens culinaris (germplasm characterisation and
evaluation).
Dr R.M. (Roger) Polhill
'Parmeters', 12 Cromer Road, Aylsham, Norfolk NR11 6HE, United
Kingdom.
Research Interests: legumes generally, particularly African
floristics.
Dr D.E. (Darién) Prado
Cátedra de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, UNR, C.C.Nº 14, Zavalla, Prov. de Santa Fe S2125ZAA, Argentina.
Mr M. (Matthew) Prescott
Oxford Foresty Institute, Department of Plant Sciences, University
of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom.
Research Interests: Pollination ecology.
Prof. I. Primavera
Biology Department, UN Basic Sciences Development Program, Laboratorio
de Botanica, Facultad de Agronomma, Av.Garzsn 780, Montevideo 12900,
Uruguay.
Research Interests: Leguminosae of Uruguay and neighboring
regions; Native forage legumes; Mimosa.
Dr S.N. (Soom) Raina
Lab. of Cell. & Molecular Cytogenetics, Dept. Botany, University
of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
Research Interests: Leguminosae (Molecular and Cellular Cytogenetics
); Leguminosae (molecular biology).
Dr M.L. (Lourdes) Rico-Arce
Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB,
United Kingdom.
Research Interests: Acacia, Filicinae (neotropical); Acacia,
Aculeiferum (neotropical); Acacia, Acacieae (neotropical); Zygia,
Cojoba and Pithecellobium (New World); Ingeae except Inga (world
wide).
Dr T. (Tony) Rinaudo
World Vision Australia, Africa, Middle East and Eastern Europe team, 1 Vision Drive, East Burwood, Victoria 3151, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)3 9287 2309; fax. +61 (0)3 9287 2377.
Prof. J.T. Romeo
Department of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
33620, U.S.A. Tel. +1 813 974 2336; fax. +1 813-974-3263.
Research Interests: Calliandra and Inga (chemistry).
Dr J.H. (Jim) Ross
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Private Bag 2000, Birdwood Avenue,
South Yarra, Victoria 3141, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)3 9252 2377;
fax. +61 (0)3 9252 2350.
Research Interests: African acacias (systematics).
N.C. (Nirad Chandra) Rout
AM Plants Div., Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
751013, India.
Research Interests: Floristics and ethnobotany of Orissa;
Astragalus of India; Mangroves of Orissa coast.
Dr R. (Rolf) Rutishauser
Institut für Systematische Botanik der Universität, Zollikerstrasse
107, Zürich CH-8008, Switzerland. Tel. +41 (0)1 634 84 15; fax.
+41 (0)1 634 84 03.
Research Interests: Phyllotaxy, anatomy, development of vegetative
organs.
Dr P. Sall
Direction des Recherches sur les Productions Forestièr, Institut
Sénégal de Recherches Agricoles, Dakar Hann BP 2312, Sénégal.
Research Interests: African Acacias - (ecophysiology productivity).
Dr. A.C. (Tony) Schlink
CSIRO Livestock Industries, Private Bag 5, Wembley, Western Australian
6913, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)8 93336628; fax. +61 (0)8 03878991.
Research Interests: Shrub legumes nutritional value; Ruminant
nutrition; Wool quality; Wool biology.
Dr. A. (Andrew) Schnabel
Department of Biological Sciences, Indiana University South Bend,
1700 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend, Indiana 46634, U.S.A.
Research Interests: Gleditsia (population genetics and cladistic
biogeography); Gymnocladus (cladistic biogeography); Natural selection
and gene flow in African acacia.
Dr B.D. (Brian) Schrire
The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9
3AB, United Kingdom. Tel. +44 20 8 332 5204; fax. 0208 332 5278.
Research Interests: Indigofereae, Millettieae, Legume biogeography.
Ms S.D. (Suzette) Searle
PO Box 6201, 23 Cockle St, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
2600, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)2 62497661; fax. +61 (0)2 62497661.
Research Interests: Genetic variation in termperate Australian
acacias; Utilisation of temperate Australian acacias; Rhizobia and
temperate Australian acacias.
Prof. D.S. (David) Seigler
Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, 289 Morril
Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, U.S.A. Tel.
+1 217 333 3260; fax. +1 217-244-7246.
Research Interests: Acacia and it relatives (chemosystematics,
morphological and molecular systematics, cyanogenesis, tannins or
proanthocyanidins, economic botany.
Mrs M.H. (Marion) Simmons
P.O. Box 1148, Legana, Tasmania 7277, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)3
633301370.
Research Interests: Australian acacias (description &
illustration).
Mr J. (John) Simmons
P.O. Box 1148, Legana, Tasmania 7277. Tel. +61 (0)3 63301370.
Research Interests: Acacia photography (Australia).
Prof. B. (Beryl) Simpson
Section of Integrative Biology, 1 University Station A6700, The
University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, U.S.A.
Research Interests: Caesalpinieae (phylogenetics); Caesalpinieae
(systematics); Hoffmannsegggia, Pomaria.
S. (Solange) Sotuyo
CIECO, UNAM, campus Morelia, Antigua carretera a Patzcuaro #8701,
Col. Ex-Hac.de San Jose La Huerta, Michoacan CP 58190, Mexico.
Research Interests: Caesalpinioideae; Caesalpinia.
Prof. J.I. (Janet) Sprent
32 Birkhill Avenue, Wormit, Fife, Scotland DD6 8PW, United Kingdom.
Tel. +44 1382 541706; fax. +44 1382 542989.
Research Interests: Nodulation and nitrogen fixation of legumes;
Symbiotic relations especially in Acacia and Mimosa spp.; Evolution
of nodulation in Mimosoideae.
Prof. K. (Kondragunta) Sri Rama Murthy
Department of Botany, Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada - 520 008,
Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Research Interests: Legumes of Eastern Ghats; Domestication
of wild Legumes.
Dr G. (Graham) Stone
Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, United Kingdom.
Dr. M.J. (Maria José) Suso
Instituto de Agricultura Sustenable, Apartado 4084, Córdoba 14080,
Spain.
Research Interests: Reproductive biology (mating systems,
gene flow); Plant pollinator interactions; Development and structural
morphology; Economic legumes; Infraspecific genetic studies.
Mr T.M. (Terry) Tame
26 Gilsmere St, Jewells, New South Wales 2280, Australia. Tel.
+61 (0)2 49485916.
Research Interests: Acacias of New South Wales, Australia.
Prof. W. (Wu) Telin
South China Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Leyiju, Tianhe,
Guangzhou 510650, People's Republic of China.
Research Interests: Leguminosae (China).
Univ.-Prof. Dr. H. (Herwig) Teppner
Institut fuer Botanik, Universitaet Graz, Holteigasse 6, Graz A-8010,
Austria. Tel. +43 316 380 5656,; fax. +43 316 380 9883.
Research Interests: Mimosaceae and other Fabales.
Dr L.A.J. (Lex) Thomson
SPRIG Project Team Leader, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, PO Box E4008, Kingston, Australian Capital Territory 2614, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)2 62818242; 0418 446432 (mobile); fax. +61 (0) 2 62818266.
Dr M.D. (Mary) Tindale
Royal Botanic Gardens and National Herbarium, Sydney, New South
Wales 2000, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)2 231 8111; fax. +61 (0)2 251
4403.
Research Interests: Acacia; Glycine; Pteridophyta.
Dr J.W. (John) Turnbull
P.O. Box 5034, Garran, Australian Capital Territory 2605, Australia.
Tel. +61 (0)2 62815991.
Research Interests: Use of acacias in land management and
forestry.
Honorary Prof. J.P.J. (Jacques) Vassal
3 Allée de Bufevent, Toulouse, Cedex 31320, France. Tel. 33 05
61 75 82 48.
Research Interests: Acacia (systematics, histology, productivity
of A. senegal, gum arabic).
Dr N.G. (Neville) Walsh
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Private Bag 2000, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra, Victoria 3141, Australia. Tel. +61 (0)3 9252 2377; fax. +61 (0)3 9252 2350.
Dr A. (Aruna) Weerasooriya
Rm. 204, Waller Laboratory Complex, The University of Mississippi,
P.O. Box 1848, Hathorn Road, Mississippi 38677, U.S.A.
Research Interests: Plant systematics; Plant Ecology.
Dr M. (Molly) Welsh
Curator, Phaseolus Germplasm Collection, Washington State University,
USDA, ARS, WRPIS, 59 Johnson Hall, P.O. Box 646402,Washington 99164-6402,
U.S.A.
Research Interests: Curator, phaseolus collection.
Prof. M. (Michael) Wink
IPNB, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, Heidelberg
D-69120, Germany.
Research Interests: molecular phylogeny; secondary metabolism;
chemical ecology.
Dr. M.F. (Martin) Wojciechowski
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501,
Tempe, Arizona 85287, U.S.A.
Research Interests: Papilionoideae; Cladrastis (phylogenetics);
Galageae (phylogenetics); Astragalus (phylogenetics); Oxytropis
(phylogenetics).
Prof. D. (Dianxiang) Zhang
South China Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Guangzhou 510650,
People's Republic of China.
Research Interests: Archidendron (Chinese); Bauhinia (molecular
systematics); Cercideae (phylogeny and pollination ecology); Cercis
(biosystematics, molecular systematics); Fabaceae (taxonomy,pollination
biology).
