中国苦苣苔科植物保育中心成员赴美国参加世界苦苣苔协会第62届会年及学术交流活动(Ⅰ)
Members of Gesneriad Conservation Center of China (GCCC) Attended The 62nd Annual Congress of The Gesneriad Society And Related Academic Activities in The USA(Ⅰ)
2018年7月1日至7月7日,中国苦苣苔科植物保育中心(Gesneriad Conservation Center of China, GCCC)韦毅刚研究员和温放博士应邀参加了在美国麻塞诸塞州波士顿市弗莱明翰举行的世界苦苣苔协会(The Gesneriad Society)第62届年会及相关的学术交流活动。
During July 1st to July 7th 2018, Prof. Wei Yi-Gang and Dr. Wen Fang represented the Gesneriad Conservation Center of China (GCCC) to attend the 62nd annual congress and related academic activities of the Gesneriad Society at Framingham, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Fig. 1 Dr. Wen Fang making presentations

Fig. 2 Prof. Wei Yi-Gang and the presentation, “Annual Works Report for the Past Two Years (GCCC)”
本次会议共有来自来自美国、加拿大、中国、新加坡、越南、巴俄罗斯等国家及地区的百余名代表参加。韦毅刚研究员和温放博士参加了年会参展项目裁判培训课程以及花展评判的相关活动;应大会组委会特邀韦毅刚和温放分别作了题为《Annual Works Report for the Past Two Years》、《The Biodiversity & Distribution of Chinese Gesneriaceae in New Classification System》和《The biodiversity and conservation of Gesneriaceae in countries of Indochina Peninsula ----taking Thailand, Vietnam and Laos as examples》的学术报告,不仅向与会代表介绍了我所与世界苦苣苔协会合作建设的中国苦苣苔科植物保育中心在过去一年内取得的成绩,也在获得泰方、越方和老方提供的素材情况下,对我们日益关注的华南至中南半岛喀斯特地区的植物保育与研究方面,以苦苣苔科为例,为世界苦苣苔科植物科研者、从业者和爱好者们做了相当精彩的报告。另外,Stephen Maciejewskii先生制作的“苦苣苔科植物一特有珍稀濒危新种——池州报春苣苔”展板获得了大会苦苣苔科植物科普教育项的最高奖项——蓝带奖。上述的这些都极大地扩大了我单位在苦苣苔科植物研究和保育的国际影响力。
There are many representatives from many countries presented at the congress including America, Canada, China, Singapore, Vietnam and Russia, and so on. Prof. Wei Yi-Gang and Dr. Wen Fang took part in the jury training of the presenting programs on the congress as well as the related flower show assessment. Responding to the invitation, Prof. Wei and Dr. Wen made three oral presentations, named as “Annual Works Report for the Past Two Years”, “The Biodiversity & Distribution of Chinese Gesneriaceae in New Classification System” and “The biodiversity and conservation of Gesneriaceae in countries of Indochina Peninsula ----taking Thailand, Vietnam and Laos as examples”. With the supporting materials provided by Thailand, Vietnam and Laos, they not only summarized the achievements we had during the last year’s work at GCCC, but also presented an interesting story of the plant conservation and study in the Karst Area from South China to Indo-China Peninsula taking the Gesneriaceae as an example. On the other hand, the poster “Primulina chizhouensis – A New Endangered Endemic Species of Gesneriaceae” made by Mr. Stephen Maciejewski was awarded the Blue Ribbon Prize, which is the highest award in the gesneriads popularization module of the congress. All the activities above have greatly improved the international effects of our institute in the Gesneriaceae plant research and conservation.

Fig. 3 Prof. Wei articipating the flower show assessment

Fig. 4 Dr. Wen participating the flower show assessment

Fig. 5 Prof. Wei (left) and Mr. Stephen Maciejewski (right) and the educational poster of Primulina chizhouensis