Processing of Malawi bryophyte collections

1. There will be a coordinator appointed for each family (but sometimes also to specific genera within a family) - see Expedition to Mount Mulanje, Malawi - Taxonomic Responsibilities.

2. All an individuals collections are held personally, and each individual has the responsibility of identifying their collections at least to family/genus level, and then passing these to the coordinator for that family/genus.

3. The coordinator will then either:

• confirm the identification , or
• identify the specimen, or
• send to an expert for identification, and
• coordinate the taxonomic publication relating to the family/genus.

4. Following identification, the coordinator will return specimens to the collector (so they can record the identification, and see the identified specimen), who will in turn send the identified specimen to Royce Longton (RNG) for distribution. The collector may keep a reference collection if there is sufficient material for distribution.

5. Royce Longton will coordinate the receipt of all specimens and the distribution of these to the following herbaria:
Edinburgh,
Zomba,
Missouri,
Reading.

TBG/malcolpr - Issue 1 - 17 Feb 1998