European initiative for the euromed plantbase

PROPOSAL: EVR1-2000-40004 ACRONYM EURO+MED
AREA: FP5 - EESD, 5/ unknown KeyAction Call number / date: -
PROJECT TYPE: Shared Cost EU CONTRIBUTION: 1,200,000
STARTING DATE: 2000-09-01 DURATION: 36 months

Coordinator: Dr. L. Caddick, University of Reading, Centre for Plant Diversity, Systematics, Whiteknights, PO Box 221, UK -RG6 6AH, Reading, United Kingdom, Email: l.r.caddick@reading.ac.uk

Project Description:
The project will develop a state-of-the-art information system for European and Mediterranean plants. A major output will be a catalogue of European plants with synonyms, based on consensus taxonomy, for a wide range of EU users with an unambiguous source of information for its biodiversity commitments. The project builds on the experience of the successful flora European approach: Consensus taxonomy by involvement of a network of specialists throughout the area. It will start from the electronic data set of the ESF European Documentation System, upgrade and apply new software for comparing data sets, revise and extend coverage to all recognised taxa in the area, develop additional verified data for conservationists, ecologists and others on distribution, mapping, conservation status, genetic resources and karyology, together with links to other databases.

Project URL: http://www.euromed.org.uk

Consortium:
Co-ordinator: Dr. Liz Caddick Euro+Med PlantBase Secretariat Department: School Of Plant Sciences Centre For Plant Diversity And Systematics Organisation: University of Reading Whiteknights RG6 6AH READING / SILCHESTER UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44-1189-318977 Fax: +44-1189-318979 k.lobley@reading.ac.uk Participants Contact Person: WILL, Colin (Dr) Organisation: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Inverleith Row 20A EH3 5LR Edinburgh UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person: SOLLAMO, Raija (Dr) Department: FINNISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Organisation: University of Helsinki Haemeentie 153 B 00014 HELSINKI FINLAND Contact Person: RAIMONDO, Francesco Maria (Professor) Department: HERBARIUM MEDITERRANEUM PANORMITANUM DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE BOTANICHE Organisation: Universita degli Studi di Palermo Via Archirafi 38 90123 PALERMO ITALY Contact Person: NOMBELA, Cesar (Professor) Department: REAL JARDIN BOTANICO Organisation: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas Claudio Moyano 1 28014 MADRID SPAIN Contact Person: JAROLIMEK, Ivan (Dr) Department: DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMATICS Organisation: Institute of Botany - Slovak Academy of Sciences Dubravska cesta 14 842 23 BRATISLAVA SLOVAKIA Contact Person: PALAMAREW, Emanuel (Professor) Department: DEPARTMENT OF FLORA AND FLOROGENESIS INSTITUTE OF BOTANY Organisation: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Acad. G Bonchev Street bl. 23 1113 SOFIA BULGARIA Contact Person: AMMANN, Klaus (Dr) Department: BOTANICAL GARDEN Organisation: Universitaet Bern Altenbergrain 21 3013 BERN SWITZERLAND Contact Person: VON FIRCKS, Wolf-Dietrich (Mr) Department: DEPARTMENT OF BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS ZENTRALEINRICHTUNG BOTANISCHER GARTEN UN BOTANISCHES MUSEUM BERLIN - DAHLEN Organisation: Freie Universitat Berlin Koenigin-Luise-Strasse 6-8 14191 BERLIN GERMANY Contact Person: ALAHIOTIS, Stamatis (Professor) Department: DIVISION OF PLANT BIOLOGY BOTANICAL INSTITUTE Organisation: University of Patras 26500 PATRAS GREECE Contact Person: VEGA PIQUERES, Jose Maria (Dr) Department: DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGIA VEGETALE Y ECOLOGIA Organisation: Universidad de Sevilla 1095 Avda. Reina Mercedes, 6 PO Box 1095 41080 Sevilla SPAIN


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