Belize and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh:

Reflecting on 16 years of

collaborative research

Zoë Goodwin

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (ex-Edinburgh)

• Training

• Collections

• Science

• Long-term impact

Training

242 MSc students 25 postgraduate 9 other

28 Belizeans

Collections

>1,700 herbarium specimens >600 different species

Endemic species

Ipomoea aristolochiifolia G. Don Solanum torvum Sw.

17 new country records

Matelea magnifolia (Pittier) Woodson

Pinguicula lilacina Schltdl. & Cham.

17 new country records

Science

Long-term impact