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Publications New Journals 150. 149BKochia, Band 1 (ISSN 1863-155X). – Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Flora Deutschlands e.V., Berlin, 2006. 171 pages, black-and-white illustrations, tables, 1 map in colour; laminated cover. Two novelties in one: the new journal commemorating Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch, known among others as the author of “Synopsis florae germanicae et helveticae”, is published by the equally new Society for the Exploration of the Flora of Germany. My welcome to both! Floristics experiences an obvious renaissance, in Central Europe and elsewhere. This phenomenon is best explained by the keen awareness, among the younger generation, of environmental problems, man-made changes, and the need to inventory and document what we have now in order to save it for the future – ideally by securing its survival in situ, but at the very least by recording it in our archives. The contents of this firstling volume are indicative of a clear editorial programme, not yet explicitly spelled out. The new journal has the double function of a forum on which new results of German floristics can be presented, and of an easy means, especially for those not associated with an institution with a well stocked library, to know what’s up in an international context. Half a dozen of the included papers are examples of the first kind, dealing with Rubus (with three new binomials), Arabis sagittata, Knautia drymeia, the nomenclature of a Selinum species and a Galeopsis hybrid, and the floristic inventory of the heights of SW Germany. The second function is fulfilled by tobe standing columns: new chromosome counts based on German material, a survey of relevant taxonomic and nomenclatural changes found in the literature, and an extensive section with book reviews. W.G. 151. 150BDSB Newsletter, No. 1, December 2005. – Università degli Studi di Palermo, Dipartimento di Scienze Botaniche e Orto botanico di Palermo, 2006. 32 pages (including cover), illustrated in colour; paper. The Botany Department of Palermo University became reality at the beginning of 1985. It had been set up to provide a common administrative roof to botanists who were previously assigned to three different faculties. The Botanic Garden and the Herbarium, belonging to the Faculty of Science, are also part of that same structure. Plans for publishing a newsletter of the Department go back to the early 1990s but had not so far materialised. Thanks to the initiative of the present editors, Giuseppe Venturella and Franco Raimondo, they now became reality. The Newsletter is bilingual (Italian and English, printed in colour in DIN-A4 format, and due to be produced annually (I have seen No. 2 of 2007, too). The Newsletter is intended both for internal use and an international audience. After a concise historical introduction it describes the department and its subdivisions (9 Laboratories), lists the personnel, both scientific and technical-administrative, and the curricula available for master’s and doctorate studies. At the end, the publications, lectures and posters by Department members are listed for 2005. Since it was created, the Department has almost doubled the number of its professors, from 12 (3 of them full professors) to 23 (6 full), whereas there has been little variation in the number of researchers (now 8) and technical-administrative staff (27). An impressive aspect, unusual for a university institution, are the numerous (11 in 2005!) and diverse cultural and social activities such as exhibitions and conferences. In future issues, one may hope to find some more data on ancillary structures such as the garden, library and herbarium. W.G. (78) OPTIMA Newsletter No. 38 2009
OPTIMA COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES Commission on Bryophytes Secretary: R. M. Ros, Murcia E-mail: mros@um.es Commission for Threatened plant Chair: D. Zohary, Jerusalem Secretary: J. M. Iriondo, Madrid E-mail: jose.iriondo@urjc.es Commission for the Diffusion of Knowledge on Mediterranean Plants Secretary: U. Plitmann, Jerusalem E-mail: uzi@vms.huji.ac.il Commission for Floristic Investigation Chair: B. Valdés, Seville Secretary: E. Vitek, Wien E-mail: ernst.vitek@nhm-wien.ac.at Commission on Fungi Chair: S. Onofri, Viterbo Secretary: G. Venturella, Palermo E-mail: gvent@unipa.it Commission on Mediterranean Herbaria Chair: M. Fennane, Rabat Secretary: G. Domina, Palermo E-mail: gdomina@unipa.it Herbarium Mediterraneum Commission Chair: W. Greuter, Palermo & Berlin Secretary: F. M. Raimondo, Palermo E-mail: raimondo@unipa.it (2007-2013) Commission for Karyosystematics and Molecular Systematics Chair: G. Kamari, Patras Secretary: C. Blanché, Barcelona E-mail: cesarblanche@ub.edu Lichen Commission Secretary: M. R. D. Seaward, Bradford E-mail: M.R.D.Seaward@Bradford.ac.uk Programme Committee for the XIII OPTIMA Meeting President: T. Ekim, Istanbul E-mail: tuna.ekim@hotmail.com Prize Commission Secretary: W. Greuter, Palermo & Berlin E-mail: w.greuter@bgbm.org Publications Commission Chair: F. M. Raimondo, Palermo Secretary: G. Domina, Palermo E-mail: gdomina@unipa.it Web Commission Chair: G. Venturella, Palermo Secretary: G. Domina, Palermo E-mail: gdomina@unipa.it Submission of contributions to OPTIMA Newsletter: Contributions, announcements and news items related to Mediterranean botany are welcome. Please send any text as a MS Word file to the pertinent Commission Secretary, or directly to the OPTIMA Secretariat.
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