International Cichorieae Network

This letter is to inform you about a new project that will provide a web-distributed revision of the Compositae tribe Cichorieae (= Lactuceae) As an expert in this field, we would like to invite you to participate in building a global network of Cichorieae specialists (tentatively titled the International Cichorieae Network).

Preliminary concept for the web revision of the Compositae tribe Cichorieae

On 1 March 2006 the European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT) has been launched. EDIT is a European Union funded so-called "Network of Excellence".

For four years, a consortium of 26 organisations under the leadership of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN) Paris is working together on revolutionising the ways of doing and presenting taxonomy: