28 SEPTEMBER - 3 OCTOBER, ZEIST, NETHERLANDS: 1988. (Taxon, 37:3). illustr. 292 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

Contents: Gradstein, Rob, Jifke Koek-Noorman and Paul Maas: Tropicalbotany: Introduction/ Van der Hammen, Thomas: The tropical flora inhistorical perspective/ Prance, Ghillean T. and David G.Campbell: Thepresent state of tropical floristics/ Raven, Peter H.: Tropicalfloristics tomorrow/ Forero, Enrique: Botanical exploration andphytogeography of Colombia: Past, present and future/ Balslev, Henrik:Distribution patterns of Ecuadorean plant species/ De Granville,Jean-Jacques: Phytogeographical characteristics of the Guianan forests/Huber, Otto: Guayana highlands versus Guayana lowlands, a reappraisal/Pocs, Tamas: Biogeography of the Cuban bryophyte flora/ Ashton, PeterS.: Systematics and ecology of rain forest trees/ Gottsberger, Gerhard:The reproductive biology of primitive angiosperms/ Le Thomas, Annik:Variation de la region aperturale dans le pollen des Annonacees/Weberling, Focko: Inflorescence structure in primitive angiosperms/Vink, Wim: Taxonomy in Winteraceae/ Behnke, H.-Dietmar: Sieve-elementplastids, phloem protein, and evolution of flowering plants: III.Magnoliidae/ Pankhurst, R.J.: Database design for monographs and floras/Pankhurst, R.J.: An interactive program for the construction ofidentification keys/ Allkin, R. and F.A.Bisby: The structure ofmonographic databases/ Gomez-Pompa, Arturo and Lorin I.Nevling, jr.:Some reflections on floristic databases/ Stearn, William T.: CarlLinnaeus's acquaintance with tropical plants/ Ewan, Joseph: Field noteson five "Jackdaws of Scholarship"/ Stafleu, Frans A.: The prehistory andhistory of IAPT/ News and Notes.