[Taxacom] 16th Flora of Thailand Conference, Kew, 7-12 September 2014

[David Simpson]

16TH FLORA OF THAILAND CONFERENCE
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW
7 TO 12 SEPTEMBER 2014

THAI BOTANY AND THE EUROPEAN CONNECTION: BUILDING ON 100 YEARS OF COLLABORATION


This week-long conference at Kew will discuss topics related to the flora of Thailand and the ‘European connection’.

Sessions will include:

Systematics and taxonomy of Thai plants;

Floristics of Thailand at national and regional level;

Conservation and the Thai Flora;

Europe and the Flora of Thailand: past, present and future.

The conference programme will also include family workshops, a poster session, and a mid-week field trip to Wakehurst Place, home of Kew's Millennium Seed Bank, and Ashdown Forest, an area of 'Outstanding Natural Beauty' in Sussex. There will be an evening reception and a conference dinner.

Further details, registration and abstract submission forms are at: www.kew.org/FOT2014

Enquiries to: fot2014 at kew.org


Dave Simpson
On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee

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