[Taxacom] Sample request

[Alan Forrest]

Dear Colleagues,

We are requesting some assistance in locating samples from certain taxa, to compile molecular data on a range of Arabian and Socotran taxa. We have extensive collections of these, but are lacking con-generic taxa from other regions. Therefore, we would be grateful to hear from anyone who could supply us with vouchered material (available for loan, and DNA intact for extraction!) of the taxa in the following groups:

Cryptolepis (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae)

Seddera (Convolvulaceae, especially S. evolvuloides from India)

Boswellia ( Burseraceae: taxa from central and western Africa and India)

Garuga (Burseraceae)

Leucas (Lamiaceae)

Polycarpaea (Caryophyllaceae)

Thanks very much.

Dr Alan Forrest
Centre for Middle Eastern Plants
RBG Edinburgh

A.Forrest at rbge.ac.uk