Article references - 'Vascular Plant Classification in botanic gardens - an international approach'

Scientific and other research references for the 'Vascular Plant Classification in botanic gardens - an international approach' article, published by James Wearn, Research Assistant to the Keeper at Kew, September 2010.

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Principal literature used

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (2003) An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141: 399–436.
  2. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (2009) An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 105–121.
  3. Haston E., J.E. Richardson, P.F. Stevens, M.W. Chase & D.J. Harris (2007) A linear sequence of Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II families. Taxon 56: 7–12.
  4. Hawthorne, W.D. & C.E. Hughes (2008) Optimising linear taxon sequences derived from phylogenetic trees ― a reply to Haston & al. Taxon 57: 1–7.
  5. Kubitzki, K. (2007) The Families and Genera of Flowering Plants. Volume IX. Flowering Plants – Eudicots. Springer, Berlin.
  6. Mabberley, D.J. (1997) The plant-book. A portable dictionary of vascular plants. Second edition. Cambridge University Press.
  7. Mabberley, D.J. (2008) Mabberley’s Plant-book. A portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Third edition. Cambridge University Press.
  8. Mabberley, D.J. (2009) Mabberley’s Plant-book. A portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Third edition reprint with corrections. Cambridge University Press.
  9. Smith, A.R., K.M. Pryer, E. Schuettpelz, P. Korall, H. Schneider & P.G. Wolf. (2006) A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55: 705–731.
  10. Smith, A.R., K.M. Pryer, E. Schuettpelz, P. Korall, H. Schneider & P.G. Wolf. (2008) Fern classification. In: Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes, eds. Ranker, T.A. & C.H. Haufler. Cambridge University Press.

Membership

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

  • Dr William Baker
  • Prof. Mark Chase (Co-Chair)
  • Dr Mike Fay
  • Ms Anne Griffin
  • Dr Eve Lucas
  • Prof. David Mabberley (Co-Chair)
  • Dr Paula Rudall
  • Dr David Simpson
  • Dr Tim Utteridge
  • Dr James Wearn (Committee Secretary)

Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

  • Dr David Harris
  • Ms Elspeth Haston

Natural History Museum, London

  • Dr Mark Carine
  • Mr Jonathan Gregson
  • Dr Johannes Vogel
  • Dr Harald Schneider

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

  • Dr Pascale Chesselet
  • Prof. Jean-Noël Labat

Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden [NCB Naturalis from 2010]

  • Ms Gerda van Uffelen (representing Dutch botanic gardens and herbaria)

Conservatoire et Jadin Botaniques, Genève

  • Dr. Laurent Gautier

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