Aloes of the World: African Plants Initiative. An international webbased collaboration to promote scholarly research on Aloe L.

Gideon F. Smith; Michele Walters; Ronell R. Klopper; Neil R. Crouch

doi:10.25223/brad.n26.2008.a2

1 July 2008 Aloes of the World: African Plants Initiative. An international webbased collaboration to promote scholarly research on Aloe L.

Gideon F. Smith, Michele Walters, Ronell R. Klopper, Neil R. Crouch

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Bradleya, 2008(26):121-128 (2008). https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n26.2008.a2

Abstract

In November 2007, a group of about 40 international experts on the genus Aloe L. met in South Africa for a workshop to seek consensus on achievable, key objectives for the Aloes of the World Project (AWP). This was the first event of its kind where Aloe alone was approached on this scale. The Aloes of the World Project aims ultimately to compile as much information as is possible to facilitate internet-based scholarly research on the genus. The process and subsequent outcomes of the Pretoria workshop are discussed. Delegates acknowledged that an interim compromise may be achieved initially, where a minimum of essential elements are hosted on the Aluka (African Plants Initiative) website, with later upgrading of the information base in line with ongoing development of Aluka.

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Gideon F. Smith, Michele Walters, Ronell R. Klopper, and Neil R. Crouch "Aloes of the World: African Plants Initiative. An international webbased collaboration to promote scholarly research on Aloe L.," Bradleya 2008(26), 121-128, (1 July 2008). https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n26.2008.a2

Published: 1 July 2008

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