THE CUTTING EDGE
Volume IX, Number 2, April
2002
NEWS AND NOTES I
TREATMENTS I LEAPS
AND BOUNDS I GERMANE
LITERATURE I SEASON'S PICK I
PROGRESS ON
THE MANUAL.Ý Everything is on course for
the publication of our first two (monocot) volumes late this year or early in
2003.Ý We have a deadline of 1 October,
2002, for turning the edited text and images over to the page-layout
processors.Ý NOTICE TO MONOCOT
CONTRIBUTORS:Ý we have imposed a
deadline of 1 June, 2002, for major modifications of manuscripts (such as the
addition of new taxa or the reconfiguration of genera).Ý Less significant changes, such as the
substitution of published for provisional names, can probably be accommodated
for some indefinite time period after 1 June.Ý
Donít delay!Ý We had previously
planned for the Manual to comprise four volumes, one for monocots and three for
dicots [see The Cutting Edge 7(1): 2, Jan. 2000]; however, space considerations
required that we allot two full volumes for monocots, with the division coming
immediately before Orchidaceae.Ý The two
monocot volumes (with the first also containing introductory material of a
general nature) will be published simultaneously.
QUÕRICO STEPS
UP TO THE PLATE.Ý INBio botanist QuÌrico JimÈnez has distinguished
himself, in recent years, by his audacious environmental activism [see The
Cutting Edge 8(2): 1, Apr. 2001].Ý From
now on he will be in a much better position to promote his worthy initiatives,
having been elected to a four-year term (beginning 1 May) in the Costa Rican Asamblea
Legislativa as Diputado from the Provincia de Heredia.Ý We all wish him luck and success.Ý QuÌrico will be missed at INBio, but we
expect to be hearing a lot from him in the years to come!
ORLANDO
VARGAS MOVES ON.Ý One-time Manual
collector, long-time La Selva Biological Station Naturalist, and continued
friend and collaborator in all things botanical, Orlando Vargas has taken a new job in the SarapiquÌ region.Ý This time it's a one-man show; he will be
Station Manager at a new, private enterprise, dedicated primarily to natural
history studies for Costa Rican students.
SITE
VISIT.Ý Manual co-PI Barry Hammel spent all of March in St.
Louis, mostly for meetings with bosses and Manual contributors at MO to
establish a time-line for upcoming volumes.
VISITORS TO
COSTA RICA.Ý Harvey Ballard (Violaceae, BHO) visited INB during 2ñ4 April to
identify collections and update his records.Ý
Lucinda McDade (Acanthaceae,
PH), after spending time with an OTS course, was at INB on 27 February for the
same reasons.Ý Don Stone (Juglandaceae, DUKE), former OTS godfather, is examining
specimens at INB at this writing (9 April) for his work on Flora mesoamericana.
MISCELLANEOUS
VISITS TO THIRD COUNTRIES.Ý Francisco Morales (INB) spent two more
weeks (2ñ17 March) in Colombia, collaborating with Colombian colleagues on
Manual treatments of Polygalaceae and Polygonaceae.Ý And as we write this (10 April), Manual co-PI Nelson Zamora (INB) is back in
Honduras, apparently on a consulting job.
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