Dear Dr  Kozlowski

I am working on genetic diversity and phylogeography of Hyrcanain forest in North of Iran as a relict forest and hotspot in the world.

there are some tree species that exclusively distribute in Hyrcanaian forest such as Parrotia persica, Gleditsia caspica, Zelkova carpinifolia and ...

Also the flora of Hyrcanain forest is very rich in terms of including wild horticulture trees such as Malus, Pyrus, Prunus and ...

I am working on the taxonomic status of Petrocarya fraxinifolia in Iran now. It is my honor to accept help us to writing the papers of this thesis as coauthor.

Best regards,

Hamed Yousefzadeh

Dear Hamed,

Thanks for the proposition. Let's stay in contact. We have just started a molecular work/study on Pterocarya fraxinifolia in Georgia and will try to cover with our sammpling & collaboration the whole Transcaucasia and Caspian region.

Best regards,

Greg

Dear Gregor,

 here a link from a collague of mine showing vegetation distribution in Japan:

http://www.biodic.go.jp/vg_map/vg_html/en/html/vg_map_frm_e.html

Regards

               Kirsten

Dear Kirsten,

Great, thanks for this. Greetings from Switzerland!

Greg

Dear Gregor,

I just stepped into this tool from Oxford: http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/florajapan

Not yet tested, please let me know if it works and fits your needs.

Regards,

Guido

http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/florajapan

Thanks for this. However, many families interesting for us (e.g. Ulmaceae, Hamamelidaceae, Juglandaceae, etc.) are not yet included in this online platform.

Best regards,

Greg

Hi Gregor,

Here is a link from National Museum of Nature and Science of Japan http://science-net.kahaku.go.jp/. Distribution of many species is also avilable on http://www.gbif.org/species.

Thanks for this! Best regards,

Greg