Taiwan

National Plant Societies

Botanical (and related) Societies in Taiwan

1. The Taiwan Society of Plant Biologists

http://tspb.org.tw/TSPB_en/index.php

Universities strong in botany

1. National Taiwan University

Botany related institutes:
a. Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (IEEB, NTU)
Contact website: https://ecology.lifescience.ntu.edu.tw/doku.php/en/start

b. Institute of Plant Biology (IPB, NTU)
Contact website: http://plantbio.lifescience.ntu.edu.tw/english/index.htm

c. Other departments from the College of Bioresources and Agriculture, including
» Department of Horticulture (http://www.hort.ntu.edu.tw/?locale=en)
» Department of Agronomy (http://www.agron.ntu.edu.tw/main.php)
» Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology (http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~ppm/ppm_english/index.html)
» School of Forestry and Resource Conservation (http://www.fo.ntu.edu.tw/?locale=en).

2. Academia Sinica

Botany related institutes:
a. Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology (IPMB)
Contact website: https://ipmb.sinica.edu.tw/en

b. Research Center for Biodiversity (RCB)
Contact website: http://www.biodiv.tw/en/

3. National Chung-Hsing University

Department of Life Sciences
Contact website: http://lifesci.nchu.edu.tw/en_index.asp

4. National Taiwan Normal University

Department of Life Sciences
Contact website: http://www.biol.ntnu.edu.tw/

5. Endemic Species Research Institute (ESRI)

Contact website: https://tesrieng.tesri.gov.tw/show_index.php

Important journals in botanical research (Taiwan)

1. Botanical Studies (formally Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica) (http://ejournal.sinica.edu.tw/bbas/)
Published by the Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology
Notes: Four volumes per year

2. Taiwania (http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/)
Published by the Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University
Notes: Four volumes per year

Experts of botany related studies in Taiwan

A database has been compiled for biodiversity experts in Taiwan, named 'TaiBNET (Taiwan Biodiversity National Information Network)'
Contact website: http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw/home_eng.php

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