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Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle Prize 2008

Release date	06/09/2007
Contributor	Yves Samyn

The Geneva “Société de Physique et d’Histoire naturelle” (SPHN) is pleased to announce that in 2008 it will award the Botany Prize, named the AUGUSTIN-PYRAMUS DE CANDOLLE PRIZE which will recognize the author or co-authors of the best monograph of a genus or family of plants. Monographs to be considered should be unpublished or published after 31st December 2005).
The monograph should be a complete coverage of the group considered and include its arrangement in a system of hierarchical classification. It should also contain descriptions of external morphological characters and internal characters - anatomical, caryological, physiological and molecular - as far as they can be used to distinguish the sub-groups. A complete bibliography, critical synonymy, and identification keys are requested, and the work should comply with the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.  Partial treatments, i.e. a monograph of a sub-family, tribe, sub-genus or section, would be acceptable provided that the group is defined clearly with respect to its neighbours.
The Prize is open to authors of any nationality or domicile. The text may be written in Latin, French, German, English, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese. A summary, restricted to a maximum of 4000 words, must be provided in French or English.  Two copies of the manuscript, along with author’s curriculum vitae, must be submitted to the following address before 31st March, 2008: