<br><tt><font size=4 color=#a00000><b>Inventory Lists 19,232 Newly Discovered
Species During Latest Count</b></font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=3 color=#5f5f5f><i>ScienceDaily (Jan. 18, 2012)</i></font></tt><tt><font size=3>
— More than half of the 19,232 species newly known to science in 2009,
the most recent calendar year of compilation, were insects -- 9,738 or
50.6 percent -- according to the 2011 State of Observed Species (SOS) report
released Jan. 18 by the International Institute for Species Exploration
at Arizona State University.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>Full story: </font></tt><a href=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120118173248.htm><tt><font size=2>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120118173248.htm</font></tt></a>
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<br><tt><font size=4 color=#008000><b>Revised Rules for botanical taxonomy
take effect</b></font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=3>09 Jan 2012 | Posted by </font></tt><a href="http://blogs.nature.com/news/author/Brian-Owens"><tt><font size=3>Brian
Owens</font></tt></a><tt><font size=3> | Category: </font></tt><a href="http://blogs.nature.com/news/category/biology-biotechnology"><tt><font size=3>Biology
& Biotechnology</font></tt></a><tt><font size=3>, </font></tt><a href="http://blogs.nature.com/news/category/lab-life"><tt><font size=3>Lab
life</font></tt></a>
<br><font size=3 color=#2f2f2f>Since Linnaean taxonomy took hold in the
eighteenth century, Latin has been the lingua franca of botany. In addition
to designating the names of ranked genus and subspecies in Latin, botanists
have also used the language to describe new taxa.</font>
<br><tt><font size=2>Full story: </font></tt><a href="http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/01/revised-rules-for-botanical-taxonomy-take-effect.html" target=_blank><tt><font size=2 color=#4040c2><u>http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/01/revised-rules-for-botanical-taxonomy-take-effect.html</u></font></tt></a>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.<br>
Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife Service<br>
Chair, Medicinal Plant Working Group-Plant Conservation Alliance<br>
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110<br>
Arlington, VA 22203<br>
703-358-1708 x1753<br>
FAX: 703-358-2276<br>
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Promoting sustainable use and conservation of our native medicinal plants.<br>
<www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal><br>
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