Volume 28(3)

Systematic Botany — a Key Science for Tropical Research and Documentation

Proceedings of the 1987 "Natur och Kultursymposium" held in Stockholm and Uppsala September 14-17 1987

Edited by Inga Hedberg

Uppsala 1988

Preface
Olov Hedberg
1-3

The biodiversity crisis: a challenge to science
Edward O. Wilson
5-12

The purpose of systematic botany
Max Walters
13-20

Tropical taxonomy — who are the users?
Vernon H. Heywood
21-28

Economic botany, taxonomy and plant collectors
Frances E. M. Booth
29-39

Tropical botany and horticulture in Europe
William T. Stearn
40-47

Systematic botany in support of agriculture
Henry L. Shands and Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr.
48-54

Systematic botany and the genetic improvement of tropical pastures
J. Bryan Hacker, Robert J. Clements and Don F. Cameron
55-68

The importance of botanical research in breeding for quality characteristics in cereals
Lars Munck
69-78

Genetic resources of tropical legumes
Jos van der Maesen
79-91

Evaluation, utilization and conservation of Vigna minima — the wild relative of rice bean
M. C. Gopinathan and C. R. Babu
92-102

Multipurpose trees of the Sahel for food production
Hans Jürgen von Maydell
103-110

Systematic problems relative to palm conservation and utilization
Dennis V. Johnson
111-117

Green biomass of native plants and new, cultivated crops for polyvalent use
Rolf Carlsson
118-124

Systematic botany in the development of Vernonia galamensis as a new industrial oilseed crop for the semi-arid tropics and subtropics
Robert E. Perdue, Jr.
125-135

Systematic botany — a key science in the study of tropical plant ecology
Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher and Sue Edwards
136-149

The need for systematic studies in reconstructing palaeogeographical and ecological patterns in the South American tropics
Beryl Simpson
150-158

The relvance of taxonomy in aeropalynology
Siwert Nilsson
159-170

Chemotaxonomy of flocculating plant materials and their application for rural water purification in developing countries
Samia Al Azharia Jahn
171-185

The need for systematic botany in medicinal plant research — some relevant examples
Gunnar Samielsson
186-188

Role of systematics when studying medical ethnobotany of the tropical Peruvian Jivaro
Walter H. Lewis, Memory Elvin-Lewis, Maurizio C. Cnerre and Daniel Fast W.
189-196

Indian medicine and medicinal plants: a taxonomic dilemma
V. V. Sivarajan
197-206

Ethnobotanical research and documentation
J. K. Maheshwari
207-217

Conservation of the Usambara mountains: botanical values at the species and phytogeographical level
Svein T. Iversen
218-243

Conservation of the east Usambara forests, with emphasis on biological conservation
Alan C. Hamilton
244-254

How wildlife is helping to save Doi Suthep: Buddhist sanctuary and National Park of Thailand
Hans Bänziger
255-267

Contributions of systematic botany to different disciplines — the Ethiopian experience
Sebsebe Demissew and Mesfin Tadesse
268-274

The role of systematic botany in the development of plant resources in Nepal
Kayo Devi Yami
275-280

Building bridges between botanists and developers in tropical countries
Gerardo Budowski
281-286