IOS Sections

Research and presentation of new results and discussion are concentrated in sections acting as working groups. They include specialists on the respective plant groups and topics, and each group is organized by a section co-ordinator and an alternate co-ordinator.

Aizoaceae [go]

Coordinator: Dr. Heidi E.K. Hartmann, Institut für Allgemeine Botanik, Ohnhorststrasse 18, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany. E-mail:

Apocynaceae [go]

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Sigrid Liede-Schumann, Universität Bayreuth, Lehrstuhl für Pflanzensystematik, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany. E-mail: @.de

Asphodelaceae [go]

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Len E. Newton, Department of Plant & Microbial Sciences, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.

Cactaceae [go]

Coordinator: Dr. Mats L. Hjertson, Köpenhamnsgatan 3, SE-752 64 Uppsala, Sweden. E-mail:

Conservation [go]

Coordinator: Dr. Philip E. Downs, P.O.Box 717, Pukekohe, 1730 S.Auckland, New Zealand. E-mail:

Ecology [go]

Coordinator: Dr. Detlev Metzing, AG Pflanzenoekologie, FB Biologie, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Universität, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany. Tel.: 49 441 7983342; Fax: 49 42301571. E-mail:

Non-sectional members [go]

Coordinator: Mr. J. Gauci, 17/18 St Anne's Junction, Mosta, MST 08, Malta. E-Mail: