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NEWS
The Rupert Barneby Award
James L. Luteyn
The New York Botanical Garden is pleased to announce that Jason Alexander, currently at the Department of Botany & Plant
Pathology, Oregon State University, is the recipient of the Rupert Barneby Award for the year 2003. Mr.Alexander will be
studying the systematics of various species of Astragalus in the western United States.
The New York Botanical Garden now invites applications for the Rupert Barneby Award for the year 2004. The award of
US$ 1,000.00 is to assist researchers to visit The New York Botanical Garden to study the rich collection of Leguminosae.
Anyone interested in applying for the award should submit their curriculum vitae, a detailed letter describing the project for
which the award is sought, and the names of 2-3 referees. Travel to the NYBG should be planned for sometime in the year
2004. The application should be addressed to Dr. James L. Luteyn, Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical
Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Blvd., Bronx, NY 10458-5126 USA, and received no later than December 1, 2003.
Announcement of the recipient will be made by December 15th.
Leucaena Genetic Resources Handbook available on the Web
Colin Hughes
At the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, UK, work is underway to convert Colin Hughes's Leucaena
Genetic Resources Handbook into an e-book that will be available in English by June 2003 as well as Spanish at a later date.
Once the conversion is complete the document will be found on the Oxford University Herbaria website
http://www.plants.ox.ac.uk. [Hughes, C.E. 1998. Leucaena. A Genetic Resources Handbook. Tropical Forestry Paper 37: 1-
274. Oxford].
LATIN AMERICAN LEGUME REPORT
V Reunión Satélite de Especialistas en Leguminosas (Fabaceae)
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 13-18 de octubre de 2002
Renée H. Fortunato y Silvia T. Miotto
English Summary
The 5 th satellite meeting of Latin America legume research was held in conjunction with the 8 th Latin American Botanical
Congress and the 2 nd Colombian Botanical Congress, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 15 October 2002. The meeting was
chaired by FORTUNATO, with MIOTTO acting as secretary. There were 26 participants, who discussed various legume
topics including Rupert Barneby´s Obituary (1911-2000) and a summary of The Fourth International Legume Conference,
July 2001, Canberra, Australia presented by FORTUNATO.
A resume of the research was given for the following countries at the meeting: Argentina (represented by PALACIOS and
FORTUNATO), Bolivia and Ecuador (represented by NEILL), Brazil (represented by MIOTTO) and Colombia (represented
by FORERO and QUINONEZ).
The International Scientific Agencies and Foundations which fascilitate cooperation and offer financial support to Latin
America researchers especially those working on legumes gave a presentation.
The next satellite meeting on Legume Studies will be held during the 9 th Latin American Botanical Congress, Dominican
Republic in 2006. FORTUNATO has been invited to coordinate the next Latin American Legume Symposium by the
Organizing Committee of the 9 th Latin American Botanical Congress
Introducción
En el marco del VIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Botánica — II Congreso Colombiano de Botánica (Cartagena de Indias,
Colombia) se efectuó la V Reunión Satélite de especialistas en Leguminosas el día 15 de octubre de 2002 (14,30-16 hs),
continuando con la modalidad iniciada a partir de 1986 durante el IV Congreso Latinoamericano de Botánica (Medellín,
Colombia). Esta reunión fue dedicada en homenaje a la memoria del Dr. Rupert Barneby (1911-2000).
Coordinación: Renée H. FORTUNATO. Secretaría Ejecutiva: Silvia T. MIOTTO