Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy
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The Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) was established by Dr. K. S. Manilal
and his colleagues in the year 1990. The IAAT is head quartered at the Department of Botany, Calicut University, Kozhikode
, India.
The IAAT works to promote the science of Angiosperm Taxonomy in India, to provide a common forum for Angiosperm taxonomists in India to organize meetings, hold discussions and exchange ideas on scientific and academic matters, and encourage collaborative work among taxonomists.
The IAAT publishes a journal Rheedea (named after Hendrik van Rheede
). The Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy works as an affiliate of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy
.
K. S. Manilal
Professor Kattungal Subramaniam Manilal, of Kozhikode, is an Emeritus of the Calicut University, a botany scholar and taxonomist, who devoted over 35 years of his life to research, translation and annotation work of the Latin botanical treatise Hortus Malabaricus...
and his colleagues in the year 1990. The IAAT is head quartered at the Department of Botany, Calicut University, Kozhikode
Kozhikode
Kozhikode During Classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, Kozhikkode was dubbed the "City of Spices" for its role as the major trading point of eastern spices. Kozhikode was once the capital of an independent kingdom of the same name and later of the erstwhile Malabar District...
, India.
The IAAT works to promote the science of Angiosperm Taxonomy in India, to provide a common forum for Angiosperm taxonomists in India to organize meetings, hold discussions and exchange ideas on scientific and academic matters, and encourage collaborative work among taxonomists.
The IAAT publishes a journal Rheedea (named after Hendrik van Rheede
Hendrik van Rheede
Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein was a military man and a colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company and naturalist. Between 1670 and 1677 he served as a governor of Dutch Malabar and employed 25 people on his book Hortus Malabaricus, describing 740 plants in the region...
). The Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy works as an affiliate of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy
International Association for Plant Taxonomy
The International Association for Plant Taxonomy promotes an understanding of plant biodiversity, facilitates international communication of research between botanists, and oversees matters of uniformity and stability in plant names . The IAPT was founded on July 18, 1950 at the Seventh...
.