Welcome to the fifth international Rubiaceae and Gentianales Conference
“Biodiversity in the light of historical information”
The conference was held at the Bergius Foundation, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Stockholm, Sweden, September 6–10, 2010.
Phylogenetic analyses and the use of historical data have greatly enhanced our ability to understand biodiversity in space and time. This international conference focused on recent progress in the use of biodiversity data for improved estimation of phylogeny and its various applications. In the picture the conference participants, from 16 different countries, are gathered outside the Royal Academy of Sciences building where the conference was held. Click on the picture if you want the fullsize version of it for printing, or choose your own favorite from here
Conference Programme
The conference programme can be accessed as standard html-pages from here , and the complete program, also including the submitted abstracts and list of participants, is available as a pdf-file from here .
Conference Themes
- Progress in phylogeny
- Character evolution
- Biogeography
- Biodiversity, taxonomy and species richness
Scientific Committee
- Dr. Aaron Davis, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
- Dr. Mary Endress, Institute of Systematic Botany, Zürich, Switzerland
- Dr. Sylvain Razafimandimbison, Bergius Foundation, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
- Prof. Elmar Robbrecht, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
- Dr. Lena Struwe, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
- Dr. Charlotte Taylor, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Prof. Khoon Meng Wong, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore
- Prof. Birgitta Bremer, Bergius Foundation, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
Organising Committee
- Dr. Petra De Block, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
- Dr. Torsten Eriksson, Bergius Foundation, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
- Mr. Kent Kainulainen, Department of Botany, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Ms. Anbar Khodabandeh, Bergius Foundation, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
- Ms. Åsa Krüger, Department of Botany, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Dr. Ulrika Manns, Bergius Foundation, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
- Dr. Helga Ochoterena, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
- Dr. Jenny Smedmark, Bergius Foundation, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
- Dr. Niklas Wikström, Bergius Foundation, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
