Contributors

Neotropikey is a collaborative project with many international contributors and has benefitted from the support of a wide range of individuals and organisations:

• Contributors of family treatments and key coding
• Contributors of technical support, input and advice
• Contributors of images
• The Neotropikey team at Kew
• How to cite Neotropikey

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O Projeto Neotropikey iniciou-se em 2006 e tem como objetivo desenvolver chaves interativas de identificação de angiospermas Neotropicais (utilizando o software Lucid 3).   Além da chave, estamos construindo páginas sobre as famílias (fact sheets) que estão diretamente ligadas às chaves.  Vários especialistas já contribuiram com a descrição de 240 famílias das 320 famílias Neotropicais.  Para que possamos finalizar este trabalho,  gostaríamos de contar com a colaboração de especialistas para as famílias botânicas restantes (veja lista abaixo).  Qualquer dúvida, por favor, escreva para o seguinte endereço eletrônico:  neotropikey@kew.org

El proyecto Neotropikey se inició en 2006 con el objetivo de desarrollar claves interactivas de identificación para las familias de angiospermas Neotropicales (usando software Lucid 3).  Además de las claves, estamos construyendo páginas web de las familias, vinculada directamente a las claves.  Hasta la fecha, más de 100 especialistas han contribuido descripciones de 240 de las 320 familias de plantas Neotropicales.  Con el fin de completar el proyecto, nos gustaría contar con la colaboración de especialistas en las familias de plantas restantes (ver lista abajo).  Cualquier duda que tenga, por favor escriba a la siguiente dirección: neotropikey@kew.org

The Neotropikey project was launched in 2006 with the aim of developing interactive identification keys for Neotropical angiosperm families (using Lucid 3 software). In addition, we are building family webpages linked directly to keys.  To date more than 100 specialists have contributed, describing 240 of the 320 Neotropical plant families.  In order to complete the project, we would like to count on the cooperation of specialists in the remaining plant families (see list below).  Any questions you may have, please write to the following address: neotropikey@kew.org

Family Webpage development

• Families in blue text awaiting submission
• Families in green text have not been assigned

Family	Author(s)
Acanthaceae
Achariaceae	Mac Alford
Achatocarpaceae	Daniela Zappi
Actinidiaceae	Daniela Zappi
Adoxaceae	Jon Every
Agavaceae
Aizoaceae	Nigel Taylor & Daniela Zappi
Alismataceae	Emerson Ricardo Pansarin
Alliaceae	Julie H.A. Dutilh
Alstroemeriaceae	Marta Camargo de Assis
Altingiaceae	Jon Every
Alzateaceae	Sue Frisby
Amaranthaceae	Carlos Alberto Agudelo Henao
Amaryllidaceae	Alan W. Meerow
Anacardiaceae	Susan Pell
Anisophylleaceae	Ghillean T.Prance
Annonaceae	Paul Maas
Anthericaceae
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)	Bente Klitgaard
Apocynaceae	David Goyder
Apodanthaceae	Denise Sasaki
Aquifoliaceae	Milton Groppo
Araceae	Anna Haigh
Araliaceae	Pedro Fiaschi & Gregory M. Plunkett
Arecaceae	Bill Baker
Aristolochiaceae	Sara Edwards
Asclepiadaceae	David Goyder
Asparagaceae
Asteliaceae	Vinicius de Castro Souza
Balanophoraceae	Piero G. Del Prete
Balsaminaceae	Nigel Taylor & Daniela Zappi
Basellaceae	Roger Eriksson
Bataceae	Cassia Mônica Sakuragui
Begoniaceae	Eliana de Lima Jacques & Arthur Vinícius dos Santos Couto
Berberidaceae	Carmen Ulloa U.
Betulaceae	William Milliken
Bignoniaceae	Lucia Lohmann
Bixaceae	Maarten Christenhusz
Bonnetiaceae (incl. Theaceae p.p.)	Mat Gustafson
Boraginaceae	María Sánchez de Stapf
Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)	Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz
Bromeliaceae	Maria das Graças Lapa Wanderley, Marcelo Sellaro & Bianca Alsina Moreira
Brunelliaceae	Clara Inés Orozco
Burmanniaceae	Hitlje Maas-van de Kamer & Paul Maas
Burseraceae	Douglas C.Daly
Buxaceae	Egon Köhler
Cabombaceae	Lidyanne Yuriko Saleme Aona
Cactaceae	Daniela Zappi
Calceolariaceae	Vinicius Castro Souza
Callitrichaceae	Vinicius Castro Souza
Calyceraceae	Nicholas Hind
Campanulaceae	Silvana Aparecida Pires de Godoy
Canellaceae	Denise Sasaki
Cannabaceae	Roseli Torres
Cannaceae	Hitlje Maas-van de Kamer & Paul Maas
Capparaceae	Xavier Cornejo
Caprifoliaceae	Nigel Taylor & Daniela Zappi
Cardiopteridaceae	Jon Every
Caricaceae	Daniela Zappi
Caryocaraceae	Ghillean Prance
Caryophyllaceae	Claudia Helena Carneiro
Casuarinaceae	Jon Every
Cecropiaceae (included in Urticaceae)	Alex Monro
Celastraceae	Robert Archer
Ceratophyllaceae	Jon Every
Chenopodiaceae	Daniela Zappi
Chloranthaceae	Jon Every
Chrysobalanaceae	Ghillean T. Prance & Cynthia Sothers
Cistaceae	Maarten Christenhusz
Cleomaceae	Gordon Tucker
Clethraceae	Luz Maria Gonzalez-Villareal
Clusiaceae (Guttiferae)	Mats H.G. Gustafsson
Cochlospermaceae	Bente Klitgaard
Columelliaceae	Jon Every
Combretaceae	Maria Iracema Bezerra Loiola
Commelinaceae	Lidyanne Yuriko Saleme Aona
Compositae (Asteraceae)	Nicholas Hind
Connaraceae	Enrique Forero
Convolvulaceae	Daniel Austin
Coriariaceae	Jon Every
Cornaceae	Jon Every
Corsiaceae	Paul Maas & Hitlje Maas-van de Kamer
Costaceae	Paul Maas & Hitlje Maas-van de Kamer
Crassulaceae	Nicholas Hind
Cucurbitaceae	Nigel Taylor & Daniela Zappi
Cunoniaceae	HelenC.F. Hopkins
Cuscutaceae	Jon Every
Cyclanthaceae	Roger Eriksson
Cymodoceaceae	Anna Haigh
Cyperaceae	Ana Paula Prata & David Simpson
Cyrillaceae	Jovita Yesilyurt
Cytinaceae	Bente Klitgaard
Desfontainiaceae	Jon Every
Dichapetalaceae	Ghillean T. Prance
Dilleniaceae	Gerardo Aymard
Dioscoreaceae	Paul Wilkin
Dipsacaceae	Nicholas Hind
Dipterocarpaceae	Bente Klitgaard
Droseraceae	Jon Every
Ebenaceae	Cynthia Sothers
Elaeagnaceae	Vinicius de Castro Souza
Elaeocarpaceae	Daniela Sampaio
Elatinaceae	Victor Steinmann
Eremolepidaceae	Dan Nickrent
Ericaceae	Paola Pedraza
Eriocaulaceae	Pablo Takeo Sano, Marcello Trovó & Ana Maria Giulietti
Erythropalaceae	Dan Nickrent
Erythroxylaceae	Maria Iracema Bezerra Loiola
Escalloniaceae	Maarten Christenhusz
Euphorbiaceae	Hans-Joachim Esser
Euphroniaceae	Paul Maas & Hitlje Maas-van de Kamer
Fagaceae	William Milliken
Fouquieriaceae	Jon Every
Frankeniaceae	Jon Every
Garryaceae	Jon Every
Gentianaceae	Maria Fernanda Calió
Geraniaceae	Carlos Aedo
Gesneriaceae	Alain Chautems
Goodeniaceae	Jon Every
Goupiaceae	Paul Maas & Hitlje Maas-van de Kamer
Griseliniaceae	Paul Maas & Hitlje Maas-van de Kamer
Grossulariaceae	Maximilian Weigend
Gunneraceae	Livia Wanntorp
Haemodoraceae	Paul Maas & Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer
Haloragaceae	Jon Every
Hamamelidaceae	Jon Every
Haptanthaceae	Jon Every
Heliconiaceae	Jon Every
Hernandiaceae	Denise Sasaki
Herriaceae
Hippocrateaceae	Julio Antonio Lombardi
Humiriaceae	Luiz Carlos da Silva Giordano
Hyacinthaceae
Hydnoraceae	Jon Every
Hydrangeaceae	Daniela Zappi
Hydrocharitaceae	Anna Haigh
Hypericaceae	Mats Gustafson
Hypoxidaceae	JulieH.A. Dutilh
Icacinaceae	Rodrigo Duno de Stefano
Illiciaceae	Jon Every
Iridaceae	Nadia Said Avila
Ixonanthaceae	Paul Maas & Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer
Juglandaceae	William Milliken
Juncaceae	Henrik Balslev
Juncaginaceae	Anna Haigh
Koeberliniaceae	Victor Steinmann
Krameriaceae	Jon Every & Amelia Baracat
Lacistemataceae	Mac Alford
Lamiaceae (Labiatae)	Gemma Bramley, Ray Harley & Alan Paton
Lardizabalaceae	Maarten Christenhusz
Lauraceae	André Chanderbali
Laxmanniaceae
Lecythidaceae	Daniela Zappi
Ledocarpaceae
Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae	Bente Klitgaard & Gwilym Lewis
Leguminosae-Mimosoideae	Bente Klitgaard & Gwilym Lewis
Leguminosae-Papilionoideae	Bente Klitgaard & Gwilym Lewis
Lentibulariaceae	Cristina Mercedes Panfet Valdés
Lepidobotryaceae	Jon Every
Lepuropetalaceae	Jon Every
Liliaceae
Limnanthaceae	Vinicius Castro Souza
Limnocharitaceae	Emerson Ricardo Pansarin
Linaceae	Ricardo Secco
Linderniaceae	Jon Every
Loasaceae	Maximilian Weigend
Loganiaceae	Daniela Zappi
Loranthaceae	Dan Nickrent
Luzuriagaceae	Marta Camargo de Assis
Lythraceae	Shirley Graham & Taciana Barbosa Cavalcanti
Magnoliaceae	Jon Every & Amelia Baracat
Malesherbiaceae
Malpighiaceae
Malvaceae_Bombacoideae	Bente Klitgaard
Malvaceae_Brownlowioideae	Bente Klitgaard
Malvaceae_Byttnerioideae	Bente Klitgaard
Malvaceae_Grewioideae	Bente Klitgaard
Malvaceae_Helicteroideae	Bente Klitgaard
Malvaceae_Malvoideae	Bente B. Klitgaard, Sara L. Edwards, Nicola Biggs & Sue Frisby
Malvaceae_Sterculioideae	Bente Klitgaard
Malvaceae_Tilioideae	Bente Klitgaard
Marantaceae	Silvana Vieira
Marcgraviaceae	Stefan Dressler
Martyniaceae	Maarten Christenhusz
Mayacaceae	Lidyanne Yuriko Saleme Aona
Melanthiaceae	Marta Camargo de Assis
Melastomataceae	Elizabeth Woodgyer
Meliaceae	Terry Pennington
Memecylaceae	Elizabeth Woodgyer
Menispermaceae	William Milliken
Menyanthaceae	Jon Every
Metteniusaceae	Jon Every
Misodendraceae	Dan Nickrent
Mitrastemonaceae	Jon Every
Molluginaceae	Daniela Zappi
Monimiaceae	Susanne Renner
Moraceae	José Eduardo da Silva Ribeiro
Moringaceae	Jon Every
Muntingiaceae	Bente Klitgaard
Musaceae	Jon Every
Myricaceae	William Milliken
Myristicaceae	Denise Sasaki
Myrsinaceae	Luís Bernacci
Myrtaceae	Eve Lucas
Najadaceae	Anna Haigh
Nartheciaceae	Paul Maas & Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer
Nelumbonaceae	Lidyanne Yuriko Saleme Aona & Daniela Zappi
Nyctaginaceae	Alexa Paes Coelho
Nymphaeaceae	Lidyanne Aona
Ochnaceae	Pedro Fiaschi
Olacaceae s.l.	Dan Nickrent
Oleaceae	Julio Antonia Lombardi
Onagraceae	Denise Sasaki
Opiliaceae	Ronaldo Marquete
Orchidaceae	Fábio de Barros
Orobanchaceae	Vinicius Castro Souza
Oxalidaceae	Pedro Fiaschi
Papaveraceae
Parnassiaceae	Jon Every
Passifloraceae	Teonildes Nunes
Pellicieraceae	Sara Edwards
Pentaphylacaceae	Jon Every
Peraceae	Hans-Joachim Esser
Peridiscaceae	Jon Every
Philesiaceae	Marta Camargo de Assis
Phyllanthaceae	Marcos José da Silva
Phyllonomaceae	Jon Every
Phytolaccaceae	Victor Steinmann
Picramniaceae	Jon Every
Picrodendraceae	Hans-Joachim Esser
Piperaceae	Elsie Franklin Guimarães & Daniela Monteiro
Plantaginaceae	Vinicius Castro Souza
Platanaceae	Jon Every
Plocospermataceae	Nicky Biggs
Plumbaginaceae	Jon Every
Poaceae (Gramineae)	Hilda Maria Longhi-Wagner & Reyjane Patricia de Oliveira
Podostemaceae	Claudia Petean Bove & C. Thomas Philbrick
Polemoniaceae	Bente Klitgaard
Polygalaceae	Claes Persson & Bente Eriksen
Polygonaceae	Efigênia de Melo & Flávio França
Pontederiaceae	Lidyanne Aona & Daniela Zappi
Portulacaceae	Alexa Paes Coelho
Potamogetonaceae	Anna Haigh
Proteaceae	Ghillean T. Prance
Pterostemonaceae	Jon Every
Putranjivaceae	Hans-Joachim Esser
Quillajaceae	Bente Klitgaard
Ranunculaceae	Cassia Mônica Sakuragui
Rapateaceae	Raquel Fernandes Monteiro
Resedaceae	Vinicius Castro Souza
Restionaceae
Rhabdodendraceae	Ghillean T. Prance
Rhamnaceae	Alex Monro
Rhizophoraceae	Ghillean T. Prance
Rosaceae	Rosangela Simão Bianchini
Rubiaceae	Daniela Zappi
Ruppiaceae	Anna Haigh
Ruscaceae
Rutaceae	Milton Groppo
Sabiaceae	Eliana Ramos & Júlio A. Lombardi
Salicaceae	Mac Alford & Irina Belyaeva
Samolaceae	Jon Every
Santalaceae	Dan Nickrent
Sapindaceae	Pedro Acevedo-Rodriguez
Sapotaceae	Terry Pennington
Sarraceniaceae	Jon Every
Saururaceae	Paul Maas & Hitlje Maas-van de Kamer
Saxifragaceae	Daniela Zappi
Schlegeliaceae	Lucia Lohmann
Schoepfiaceae	Dan Nickrent
Scrophulariaceae	Vinicius Castro Souza
Setchellanthaceae	Vinicius Castro Souza
Simaroubaceae
Siparunaceae	Susanne Renner
Smilacaceae	Jesus Rodrigo Botina Papamija
Solanaceae	Sandy Knapp
Sphenocleaceae	Hitlje Maas-van de Kamer & Paul Maas
Staphyleaceae	Vinicius Castro Souza
Stegnospermataceae	Jon Every
Stemonuraceae	Jon Every
Strelitziaceae	Jon Every
Strychnaceae	Daniela Zappi
Styracaceae	Peter Fritsch
Surianaceae	Bente Klitgaard
Symplocaceae	Bertil Ståhl
Tapisciaceae	Maarten Christenhusz
Tecophilaeaceae
Tepuianthaceae	Bente Klitgaard
Ternstroemiaceae (Pentaphylacaceae)	John Every
Tetrachondraceae	Vinicius Castro Souza
Tetrameristaceae	Denise Sasaki
Theaceae	Jon Every
Themidaceae
Theophrastaceae	Bertil Ståhl
Thismiaceae	Hitlje Maas-van de Kamer & Paul Maas
Thurniaceae	Paul Maas & Hitlje Maas-van de Kamer
Thymelaeaceae	Bente Klitgaard & Amelia Baracat
Ticodendraceae	William Milliken
Tofieldiaceae	Anna Haigh
Tovariaceae	Paul Maas & Hitlje Maas-van de Kamer
Trigoniaceae	João Rodriguez Miguel & Elsie Franklin Guimarães
Triuridaceae	Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer
Tropaeolaceae	Daniela Zappi
Turneraceae	María Mercedes Arbo
Typhaceae	Lidyanne Aona
Ulmaceae	Roseli Torres
Urticaceae (incl. Cecropiaceae)	Alex Monro
Valerianaceae	Nicholas Hind
Velloziaceae	Renato de Mello-Silva
Verbenaceae	Flávio Franca & Sandy Atkins
Violaceae	Juliana Souza
Viscaceae	Dan Vickrent
Vitaceae	Julio Antonio Lombardi
Vivianiaceae	Max Weigend
Vochysiaceae	Flávio Franca
Winteraceae	Jon Every
Xanthorrhoeaceae
Xyridaceae	Lisa Campbell, Maria das Graças Lapa Wanderley & Gisele Oliveira
Zannichelliaceae	Anna Haigh
Zingiberaceae	Paul Maas & Hitlje Maas-van de Kamer
Zosteraceae	Anna Haigh
Zygophyllaceae

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Technical support, input and advice

Thanks to Julie Dutilh (Universidade Estadual de Campinas); Paul Maas & Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer (University of Wageningen); Mathew Taylor (CBIT); George Staples (Singapore Botanic Garden); Theodore S. Cochrane (Eastern Illinois University); Gordon Tucker (Eastern Illinois University); Jovita Yesilyurt (Natural History Museum, London); Gemma Bramley, Neil Brummitt, Guillaume Danielou, Russell Hall, Don Kirkup, Rogier de Kok, James Morley, David Simpson, Emily Smith, Tim Utteridge, Jeff Wheatley, Paul Wilkin (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Neotropikey gratefully acknowledges William Hawthorne for permission to use a modified version of his 'plant characteristics', developed during a DFID-sponsored Field Guide project, as a starting point for the glossary provided with the Neotropikey family factsheets. See Oxford Field Herbarium website.

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Images

Many of the contributors provided photographs to illustrate their family treatments. The following individuals provided additional images for use in the key and the family synopses: Mac Alford (University of Southern Mississippi); Paul Maas, Lubbert Westra (University of Wageningen); Alex Monro (Natural History Museum, London); Denise Sasaki (Programa Flora Cristalino); Vinicius Castro Souza (Departamento de Ciências Biológicas /ESALQ /USP);Maximilian Weigend (Freie Universität, Berlin); Bill Baker, Peter Gasson, Gwilym Lewis, Nigel Taylor, Oliver Whaley, John Wood (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew); Donovan Bailey (New Mexico State University, USA); Fabian Michelangeli, Lawrence Kelly, Dennis Stevenson (New York Botanical Garden, USA), Carmen Ulloa U. (Missouri Botanical Garden, USA) and Paulina Hechenleitner (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh).

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The Neotropikey team at Kew

• Amelia Baracat
• Bente Klitgaard
• William Milliken