Dr Peter Gasson, at Kew, is compiling a new edition of Index
Xylariorum, a guide to institutional wood collections around the
world, to be published by the International Association of Wood
Anatomists. He would be glad to include entries for significant
wood collections (say 500+ specimens) housed in archaeology
labs.
He asks that curators of such collections fill in the questionnaire
below and email it to him, if possible by the end of March 2007.
His contact details are: [log in to unmask]
Thanks Mark
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1. Complete name and address of the institution in which the
wood collection is housed. Website address of wood collection (if
available)
2. If your wood collection has a special name, please state it.
3. Year of foundation of the collection.
4. Name of the curator or individual in charge of the collection,
his/her official institutional title (e.g. Prof., Curator, Keeper);
degree title (e.g. Dr., Ing.) and area of research. Please give
email address(es) if available.
5. Other personnel associated with the collection, their titles and
areas of research if relevant. Please give email address(es) if
available.
6. Number of specimens in the wood collection.
7. Number of genera represented in the collection.
8. Regions, countries or taxa in which your wood collection
specialises.
9. Is a herbarium containing vouchers for the wood collection
associated with the wood collection?
(a) If so, how many specimens are in the whole herbarium?
(b) If there is no herbarium directly associated with the wood
collection, do you maintain records showing where herbarium
vouchers are deposited?
10. About what proportion of the wood collection is associated
with herbarium vouchers?
11. List any major special collections, e.g. Desch’s Malayan
woods, Gamble’s Indian woods, Jessup collection of woods of
North America, Krukoff’s Brazilian woods, Koorder’s Javanese
woods.
12. Are any periodicals dealing wholly or in part with woods
published by your institution? If so, please name them.
13. Will you make available small samples of wood suitable for
research to qualified scientists?
14. Do you maintain a microscope slide collection of woods?
(a) How many slides are in the collection?
(b) Are these slides available on loan to qualified investigators?
(c) Do you have any slides for exchange?
15. Are duplicate wood specimens available for exchange or
distribution?
(a) From what areas or taxa are wood specimens desired?
(b) From what areas or taxa can wood specimens be provided?
16. Is there a catalogue of the wood collection? If so, what form
does it take (e.g. hard copy, computer database, internet site)?
17. Please record below any other information of importance
concerning your wood collection.
18. Do you know of any institutional wood collections which were
not included in Index Xylariorum 3? If so, please give the names
and addresses of these below.
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Dr Mark Nesbitt
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Dr Mark Nesbitt
Jodrell Laboratory
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
Richmond, Surrey
TW9 3AE
Tel (direct): +44 (0)20 8332 5386 or 5771
Fax: +44 (0)20 8332 5310
www.kew.org/scihort/ecbot
www.plantcultures.org.uk
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