Maximising Synergy among Tropical Plant Systematists, Ecologists, and Evolutionary Biologists

Closer collaboration among ecologists, systematists, and evolutionary biologists working in tropical forests, centred on studies within long-term permanent plots, would be highly beneficial for their respective fields. With a key unifying theme of the importance of vouchered collection and precise identification of species, especially rare ones, we identify four priority areas where improving links between these communities could achieve significant progress in biodiversity and conservation science: (i) increasing the pace of species discovery; (ii) documenting species turnover across space and time; (iii) improving models of ecosystem change; and (iv) understanding the evolutionary assembly of communities and biomes

Byrsonima crassifolia

Angiosperm

Bunchosia lindeniana

Angiosperm

Een nieuwe groeiplaats van de Pilvaren (Pilularia globulifera L.) in de Nederlandse duinen

Until now Pilularia globulifera was restricted, as far as it concerns its coastal distribution, to a few localities on the island of Terschelling. Recently, a tiny population was discovered in the non-calcareous dunes near Schoorl (prov. Noord-Holland). The plants grow in a shallow pool together with Littorella uniflora and Scirpus setaceus

Tetrapterys schiedeana

Angiosperm

Tetrapterys schiedeana

Angiosperm

Bunchosia lindeniana

Angiosperm

Bunchosia lindeniana

Angiosperm