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, Examples of the basal diverging grass lineages. A-Pharus latifolius, showing oblique pinnate leaf venation; B-Streptochaeta sodiroana. Taken from The Field Museum (1999-2005).
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The grasses are a notoriously difficult family to identify, which are often avoided, and therefore understudied, despite their importance in tropical ecosystems. Conservation assessments and floristic surveys within Belize have been frequently hindered by the inability of surveyors to identify this key plant family. The primary focus of the project...
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Between 2001 and 2017, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh conducted training and research in Belize built around an annual two-week field course, part of the Edinburgh M.Sc. programme in Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants , focused on tropical plant identification, botanical-collecting and tropical fieldwork skills. This long-term collaboration in one country has led to additional benefits, most notably capacity building, acquisition of new country records, completion of M.Sc. thesis projects and publication of the findings in journal articles, and continued cooperation. Detailed summaries are provided for the specimens collected by students during the field course or return visits to Belize for M.Sc. thesis projects. Additionally, 15 species not recorded in the national checklist for Belize are reported. The information in this paper highlights the benefits of collaborations between institutions and countries for periods greater than the typical funding cycles of three to five years.
