Name |
Institute |
Duration |
Collaboration |
Area of study |
Prance Fellowship in Neotropical Botany Award |
| Alina Cuza Perez |
Group of Diagnosis, Old Havana Historian Office, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba |
3 months |
Peter Gasson |
Wood anatomy of the Miconieae (Melastomataceae) |
| Claudine Massi Mynssen |
Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
1.25 months |
Jovita Yesilyurt |
The genus Diplazium Sw. (Woodsiaceae - Monilophyta) |
| Marcela Celis |
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia |
9 months |
Vincent Savolainen, Paula Rudall |
Phylogeny, taxonomy & evolution of Tigridieae (Iridaceae) |
| Maria das Graças Sajo |
Depto Botânica, IBUNESP, Rio Claro, Brazil |
3 months |
Paula Rudall |
Floral structure in the early-divergent grass genus Streptochaeta |
| Daniela Sampaio |
Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", ESALQ/USP and PhD at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) |
2 months |
Dr Terry Pennington |
Taxonomic Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of Neotropical Extra-Amazon Species of Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae) |
| Gesele Matos Paggi |
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul |
5 months |
Dr Christian Lexer |
The mating system of Vriesea gigantea Gaud. (Bromeliaceae): a molecular-marker based investigation of progeny arrays from natural populations |
| Irene Caponio |
Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, UNNE, Corrientes Argentina (IBONE) |
3 months |
llia Leitch & Andrew Leitch (Queen Mary University College) |
Detection of diploid germplasm in natural populations of South American Paspalum (Gramineae) plus uncovering genome relationships via GISG & FISH |
| Márcia Vignoli da Silva |
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
50 days |
Dr Sandra Knapp (NHM) |
Taxonomic revision of the genus Cestrum L. (Solanaceae) in extra-Amazonian Brazil |
| Maria Jimena Nores |
Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV) |
3 months |
Dr Paula Rudall |
Mechanisms of pollen tube growth in South American species of Nyctaginaceae |
| Rodrigo Bernal |
Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
3 months |
Herbarium |
Catalogue of the Plants of Colombia |
| Inelia Escobar |
UNiversidad de Concepción, Chile |
6 months |
Dr Paula Rudall |
Floral morphology and phylogeny of Gilliesieae (Alliaceae) |
| Sabina Lara-Cabrera |
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, México |
1 month |
Dr Alan Paton, Dr Bente Klitgaard |
Revisiting the taxonomy of Salvia - section Polystachyeae |
| Claudia Luizon Dias Leme |
Universidade Federal de Bahia, Brazil |
9 months |
Dr Peter Gasson |
Wood anatomy of regrowth from coppiced and pollarded trees in the caatinga of northeast Brazil |
| Ana Paula Moraes |
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil |
6 months |
Dr Ilia Leitch, Professor Andrew Leitch |
Maxillaria (Orchidaceae) cytogenetics |
| Ana Paula Savassi Coutinho |
Universidade de São Paulo. Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", ESALQ/USP, Brazil |
3 months |
Dr Gwilym Lewis |
Taxonomic Revision and Phylogeny of Mimosa L. sect. Calothamnos Barneby (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) |
| Leonardo de Melo Versieux |
Instituto de Botânica, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil |
6 months |
Dr Christian Lexer, Dr Simon Mayo |
Alcantarea (Bromeliaceae): taxonomy and phylogeny |
| Aida Marcela Vasco-Palacios |
Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia |
3 months |
Dr Brian Spooner (RBG, Kew) and Teun Boekhout (Investigador CBS - Centraalbureau voor Schimmel-cultures, Nether-lands) |
Macrofungi of the Amazonian Region |
| Antonio Luiz V. Toscano de Brito |
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil |
4 months |
Prof Mark W Chase (RBG Kew) |
Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Ornithocephalus alliance of subtribe Oncidiinae (Orchidaceae) |
| Fábio Pinheiro |
Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil |
6 months |
Drs Mike Fay, Christian Lexer (RBG Kew) and Salvatore Cozzolino (Universitá degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy) |
Phylogeography of Epidendrum species (Orchidaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest |
| Itayguara Ribeiro Costa |
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil |
6 months |
Drs Eve Lucas, Eimear Nic Lughadha and Félix Forest (RBG, Kew) |
Molecular phylogenetics and the evolutionary patterns of polyploidy in tribe Myrteae (Myrtaceae), focusing on Psidium and allied genera |
| José Eduardo Lahoz da Silva Ribeiro |
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manuas , Brazil |
6 months |
Dr Paula Rudall (RBG Kew) |
Ontogenetic studies of the inflorescences in Moraceae |
| Marcos José Silva |
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil |
3 months |
Dr Gwilym Lewis |
Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of Lonchocarpus Kunth with emphasis on the sect. Laxiflori Benth. and Punctati Benth. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Millettieae) |
| Silvana Vieira |
Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil |
4 months |
Dr Paul J. Maas (Nationaal Herbarium Nederland) and Dr Simon Mayo (RBG Kew) |
Taxonomic revision of Saranthe (Regel & Korn.) Eichler, Myrosma L.f., Hylaeanthe A.M.E. Jonker & Jonker and Maranta L. (Maranta sensu lato, Marantaceae) |
| Carlos Vinício Vieira |
Federal University of Lavras, Brazil |
9 months |
Peter Toorop |
The re-induction of desiccation tolerance in germinated seeds of Tabebuia impetiginosa Mart. |
| Jesus Lemos |
Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú-UVA, Betânia, Brazil |
4 months |
Daniela Zappi |
Biogeography of the caatinga plants from the Aiuaba Ecological Station, Ceará, Brazil |
| Favio Gonzalez |
Institute of Natural Sciences, National University of Colombia |
6 months |
Paula Rudall (Kew) |
Floral ontogeny and morphology of Metteniusaceae and the evolution of the gynoecium in the Lamiid clade |
| Jomar Jardim |
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana -UEFS, Brazil |
9 months |
Daniela Zappi (Kew) |
Phylogeny of Faramea Aubl. (Rubiaceae) and revision of sect. Hypochasma Müell. Arg |
| Kazue Matsumoto |
UNICAMP, Campinas-SP, Brazil |
2 months |
Eimear Nic Lughadha (Kew) |
 Systematic studies of Marlierea Camb. (Myrtaceae) with emphasis on South Eastern Brazil |
| Lazaro Benedito da Silva |
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil |
4 months |
Peter Gasson & David Cutler (Kew) |
Wood Anatomy analyses of four caatinga species (Caesalpinia pyramidalis, Mimosa ophthalmocentra, M. tenuiflora, and Croton sonderianus) |
| Marcela Mora |
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico |
12 months |
Simon Mayo (Kew) |
Taxonomic studies of Philodrendron Schott (Araceae) and a compilation of a Digital Taxonomic Guide of the currently accepted species |
| Marcelo Sellaro |
Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil |
12 months |
Living collections/ Herbarium, Kew |
Bromeliaceae: Management of living plant collections and information dissemination. |
| Peter Hargreaves |
Universidade Federal de Lavras, MG, Brazil |
2 months |
|
Tree flora of the forests of the middle and upper Rio Grande: evaluation of vegetative morphological characters and of automated systems for the description and identification of species. |
| Natalia Calderon |
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru |
9 months |
Daniela Zappi & Nigel Yaylor (Kew) |
Taxonomic Studies of the genus Haageocereus in Peru for the Conservation of its species and natural habitats. |
| Rodrigo Duno de Stefano |
Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Mexico |
2 months |
Lourdes Rico (Kew) |
The family Leguminosae in the Yucatan Peninsula Biotic Province in Mexico. |
| Lorenzo Felipe Sanchez |
Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C., México |
10 months |
Michael Fay (Kew); Andrew Leitch (Queen Mary University of London) |
Molecular Cytogenetic Studies in Agaves: Clones, Hybrids and Polyploids |
| Samantha Koehler |
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil |
12 months |
Mike Fay (Kew) |
Species Limits and Phytogeography in the Maxillaria acicularis - M. madida Group (Maxillariinae: Orchidaceae) |
| Thelma Barbará Santos |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
9 months |
Mike Fay, Simon Mayo, Christian Lexer (Kew) Gustavo Martinelli (JBRJ) |
Molecular population genetics of selected Bromeliaceae (Alcantarea/Vriesea spp.) adapted to inselbergs in the Atlantic Rain Forest of Brazil. |
| Ximena Londono |
INCIVA, Cali, Colombia |
3 months |
Steve Renvoize (Kew) |
Monographic studies of Guadua (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) |
Andrew W. Mellon Latin America Botanical Fellowship Award |
| Alfonso Delgado-Salinas |
Instituto de Biologia, UNAM, Mexico |
6 months |
Gwilym Lewis |
Systematics of Neotropical Vigna and allied genera (Leguminosae: Phaseolinae) |
| Elnatan Souza |
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Brazil |
6 months |
Daniela Zappi |
Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Mitracarpus Zucc. ex Schult. & Schult.f. (Rubiaceae - Spermacoceae) |
| Ivon Mercedes Ramirez-Morillo |
Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán |
2 months |
Paul Wilkin |
Floristics of Mexican Bromeliaceae and Systematics and phylogeny of Hechtia Klotzsch (Bromeliaceae) |
| Jeny Solange Sotuyo |
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, UNAM, Mexico |
6 months |
Mark Chase, Gwilym Lewis |
Phylogenetic analyses in the legume genus Caesalpinia sens. lat. |
| Lorena Guevara |
Universidad Central de Venezuela |
3 months |
Paula Rudall, Bill Baker |
Floral structure and systematics in Mauritiinae Meisn. (Arecaceae) |
| Maria Natividad Sánchez de Stapf |
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil |
3 months |
Bente Klitgaard, Henk Beentje |
Evaluation of the infrageneric classification of Cordia L. (Boraginaceae) and taxonomic revision of Cordia Sect. Myxa (Engl.) DC. |
| Mario Blanco |
Jardín Botánico Lankester, Universidad de Costa Rica |
4.5 months |
Phillip Cribb, David Roberts |
A taxonomic revision of Lockhartia, and annotation of Maxillariinae specimens (Orchidaceae) |
| Renato de Mello-Silva |
Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil |
8 months |
Mark Chase, Daniela Zappi, Eimear NicLughadha |
Systematic, phylogenetic and molecular study of Velloziaceae |
| Ary Oliveira-Filho |
Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil |
3 months |
Jim Ratter & Toby Pennington (RBGE) |
Geography, Diversity and Conservation of the Tree Flora of the South American Atlantic Forest Domain |
| Clarisse Palma da Silva |
Departamento de Genetica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
6 months |
Christian Lexer, Mike Fay, Dave Simpson (Kew) |
Genetic structure and variability in populations of Vriesea gigantea Gaud. (Bromeliaceae) |
| Élvia Rodrigues de Souza |
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana -UEFS, Brazil |
9 months |
Gwilym Lewis (Kew) |
Phylogenetic studies of the tribe Ingeae with emphasis on Calliandra Benth. (Leguminosae - Mimosoideae) and allied genera |
| Laura Calvillo-Canadell |
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
2 months |
Lourdes Rico (Kew) |
Taxonomic affinity of Leguminosae Miocene Flowers and Eocene/Oligocene fruits and leaves |
| Wellington Forster |
Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Brazil |
3 months |
Philip Cribb (Kew) |
Phylogeny of Octomeria R.Br. (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) and taxonomic revision of Octomeria section Octomeria subsection Octomeria |
| Ana Paula Prata |
Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo-SP |
6 months |
David Simpson & Mark Chase (Kew) |
Phylogenetic Analyses in Bulbostylis Kunth (Cyperaceae). |
| Argelia Cuenca |
The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark |
1 month |
John Dransfield (Kew) |
Taxonomic and Pollen Studies of the Palm tribe Hyophorbeae |
| Carolyn E. B. Proença |
Universidade de Brasília, Brazil |
3 months |
Eimear Nic Lughadha (Kew) |
A systematic study of the genus Psidium |
| Cristina Mercedes P. Valdes |
National Botanic Garden of Cuba |
4 months |
M. Groves (Kew), J. Casper (Jena) |
Taxonomic and systematic studies on the Lentibulariaceae A.Rich., genus Utricularia L. and Genlisea St. Hill |
| Cynthia Sothers |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
2 months |
Ghillean Prance, Gwilym Lewis |
Morphological studies in the genus Couepia Aubl. and related genera (Chrysobalanaceae). |
| Elide Santos |
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Paraná, Brazil |
6 months |
Vincent Savolainen |
Morphological and molecular studies on the genus Salvia L. subgenus Calosphace (Labiatae). |
| Fiorella Fernanda Mazine |
Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ-USP), Brazil |
12 months |
Eimear NicLughadha, Eve Lucas, Mark Chase (Kew) |
Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Studies in Eugenia L., mainly Eugenia sect. Racemosae and Eugenia sect. Racemulosae (Myrtaceae) sensu Berg. |
| Francisco Vergara |
Instituto de Ecologia, UNAM and Evolutionary Biologu Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden |
12 months |
Paula Rudall (Kew) & Michael Frolich (NHM) |
Cloning, Phylogenetic Analysis and determination of the expression patterns of LFY/FLO homologues in taxa representative from the families of Pandanales |
| Ivanilza Andrade |
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Bahia |
9 months |
Simon Mayo, Mark Chase, Mike Fay (Kew) |
Morphometric and genetic studies in populations of two species of Araceae occurring in humid forests of the state of Ceará, Brazil. |
| Jesus Rodrigo Botina-Papamija |
Universidad del Valle, Colombia |
6 months |
Paul Wilkin & Simon Mayo (Kew) |
Taxonomy and Phytogeography of the genus Smilax L. (Smilacaceae) in Colombia |
| Monica Carlsen |
University of Missouri, St. Louis, U.S.A |
2 months |
Simon Mayo (Kew) |
Systematics, Classification and Evolution within the genus Anthurium (Araceae) with emphasis on species with palmately-lobed leaves |
| Ana Claudia Araujo |
Universidade do Vale de Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
9 months |
David Simpson & Mark Chase (Kew); Mark Carine (NHM) and Wayt Thomas (NYBG) |
Phylogenetic Studies in Cyperaceae Tribe Rhynchosporeae |
| Erika Amano |
Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil |
3 months |
Steven Jansen & Peter Gasson (Kew) |
Investigation of the Development of Vestures in Five Woody Species from Brazil |
| Viviane Renata Scalon |
Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil |
3 months |
Gwilym Lewis (Kew) |
Taxonomic Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of Stryphnodendron Mart. (Leguminosae - Mimosoideae) |
| Yasmin Shaheeda Baksh-Comeau |
National Herbarium of Trinidad & Tobago, West-Indies |
2 months |
Lulu Rico (Kew) |
Updating the Flowering Plants of Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) |
| Reyjane Patricia Oliveira |
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil |
3 months |
Steve Renvoize (Kew) |
Taxonomic Studies of species complex Raddia brasiliensis |
