Alan Paton

Head of Science Collections

United Kingdom

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Alan Paton is the Head of Science Collections at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in the United Kingdom. His research focuses on plant morphology, digitisation of natural history collections, and the taxonomy of various plant families, especially within the Lamiaceae. His recent publications include studies on herbaria digitisation, endocarp morphology of Premna in Thailand, and the diversity of plant lineages.

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Gunilla Ståhls

University of Helsinki

FINLAND

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Nadja Korotkova

Freie Universität Berlin

GERMANY

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Paulina Meller

Universität Hamburg

GERMANY

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Bryan T. Drew

University of Nebraska at Kearney

UNITED STATES

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Richard Hodel

Herbarium Curator and Assistant Professor

Northern Arizona University

UNITED STATES

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Manfred Finckh

Universität Hamburg

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Frederik Leliaert

Ghent University

BELGIUM

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Charles Davis

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UNITED STATES

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Pierre Meerts

Université libre de Bruxelles

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Markus Bastir

Research Professor

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas

SPAIN

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Robert Spicer

Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences

Open University

UNITED KINGDOM

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Rapid Radiation of a Plant Lineage Sheds Light on the Assembly of Dry Valley Biomes

Life after herbarium digitisation: Physical and digital collections, curation and use

Endocarp Morphology of Premna (Lamiaceae) in Thailand and Its Taxonomic Significance

First record of the genus Isoleucas (Lamiaceae) in Oman

A revision of Clerodendrum smitinandii (Lamiaceae): floral morphology, pollen structure and distribution

DIGIT-KEY: an aid towards uniform 2D+ and 3D digitisation techniques within natural history collections — Corrigendum

DIGIT-KEY: an aid towards uniform 2D+ and 3D digitisation techniques within natural history collections

Rotenoid diversity, distribution and evolution in plant lineages

Three new species of Isodon (Nepetoideae, Lamiaceae) from China

Lessons Learnt from Implementing a New Collection Management System: a Case Study from RBG Kew

The genus Coleus (Lamiaceae) in Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi), with the description of 15 new species

Using scanning electron microscopy and molecular data to discover a new species from old herbarium collections: The case of Phlomoides henryi (Lamiaceae, Lamioideae)

On the identity of Dracocephalum breviflorum (Lamiaceae, Nepetoideae)

Phylogeny and infrageneric classification of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae)

Guidelines for the effective and ethical sampling of herbaria

Policies Handbook on Using Molecular Collections

New species of Asclepias (Apocynaceae), Baphia (Leguminosae), Cochlospermum (Bixaceae) and Endostemon (Lamiaceae) from the Kalahari sands of Angola and NW Zambia, with one new combination in Vangueria (Rubiaceae)

Global access to nomenclatural botanical resources: Evaluating open access availability

Home at last: Molecular phylogenetic analyses support subsuming Metastachydium within Phlomoides (Lamiaceae)

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Gunilla Ståhls

Nadja Korotkova

Paulina Meller

Bryan T. Drew

Richard Hodel

Manfred Finckh

Frederik Leliaert

Charles Davis

Pierre Meerts

Markus Bastir

Robert Spicer

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Alan Paton

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Articles (19)

Rapid Radiation of a Plant Lineage Sheds Light on the Assembly of Dry Valley Biomes

Life after herbarium digitisation: Physical and digital collections, curation and use

Endocarp Morphology of Premna (Lamiaceae) in Thailand and Its Taxonomic Significance

First record of the genus Isoleucas (Lamiaceae) in Oman

A revision of Clerodendrum smitinandii (Lamiaceae): floral morphology, pollen structure and distribution

DIGIT-KEY: an aid towards uniform 2D+ and 3D digitisation techniques within natural history collections — Corrigendum

DIGIT-KEY: an aid towards uniform 2D+ and 3D digitisation techniques within natural history collections

Rotenoid diversity, distribution and evolution in plant lineages

Three new species of Isodon (Nepetoideae, Lamiaceae) from China

Lessons Learnt from Implementing a New Collection Management System: a Case Study from RBG Kew

The genus Coleus (Lamiaceae) in Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi), with the description of 15 new species

Using scanning electron microscopy and molecular data to discover a new species from old herbarium collections: The case of Phlomoides henryi (Lamiaceae, Lamioideae)

On the identity of Dracocephalum breviflorum (Lamiaceae, Nepetoideae)

Phylogeny and infrageneric classification of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae)

Guidelines for the effective and ethical sampling of herbaria

Policies Handbook on Using Molecular Collections

﻿New species of Asclepias (Apocynaceae), Baphia (Leguminosae), Cochlospermum (Bixaceae) and Endostemon (Lamiaceae) from the Kalahari sands of Angola and NW Zambia, with one new combination in Vangueria (Rubiaceae)

Global access to nomenclatural botanical resources: Evaluating open access availability

Home at last: Molecular phylogenetic analyses support subsuming Metastachydium within Phlomoides (Lamiaceae)

Collaborators (11)

Gunilla Ståhls

Nadja Korotkova

Paulina Meller

Bryan T. Drew

Richard Hodel

Manfred Finckh

Frederik Leliaert

Charles Davis

Pierre Meerts

Markus Bastir

Robert Spicer

Make your next move.

New species of Asclepias (Apocynaceae), Baphia (Leguminosae), Cochlospermum (Bixaceae) and Endostemon (Lamiaceae) from the Kalahari sands of Angola and NW Zambia, with one new combination in Vangueria (Rubiaceae)