Third International Rubiaceae Conference

[Petra DE BLOCK]

Dear Gentianales researcher,

On behalf of the organizing committee you are cordially invited to
participate in the Third International Rubiaceae Conference.

The Conference will be held at the K.U.Leuven (Belgium) from 18-21
September 2006.

Since the previous Rubiaceae conference in 1995, many new
morphological and molecular data have been published. These data
partly confirm previous classifications, but also provide new insights
into the evolution and biogeography of this large family. The short
Rubiaceae symposium during the XVIIth International Botanical Congress
in Vienna made the need for a more prolonged meeting very evident.
With the Third Rubiaceae Conference, we want to offer a forum to all
Rubiaceae scientists to present the results they achieved in the last
decade. The conference is also open to scientists working on other
families of the order Gentianales.

The conference will consist of thematic sessions of lectures and a
poster session. The proceedings will be published as a special volume
of the Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Further information is available at the conference website:
http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/bio/sys/rubiaceae_conference
We hope that you will be able to attend the conference.


Sincerely yours,


Erik Smets, Elmar Robbrecht, Helga Ochoterena, Steven Dessein & Petra
De Block



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Dr. Petra De Block

National Botanic Garden of Belgium
Domein van Bouchout
B-1860 Meise, Belgium

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