Acknowledgments

• American Council of Learned Societies/Social Science Research Council (ACLS/SSRC) Working Group on Cuba, for the participation of Cuban botanists with funds from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and The Christopher Reynolds Foundation
• The Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, Scott A. Mori, Director
• The Torrey Botanical Society
• Walter L. Meagher

For making their facilities available to participants of the Symposium, we also thank The Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden and The LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden.

Thanks for assistance to Myrna Alvarez of The Institute of Systematic Botany and JoAnn Gutin of the Communications Department of The New York Botanical Garden

For help with reception and hospitality, we thank Amna Ahmad, Rocio Cortes, Gena Fernández, Nora Martínez, Gabriela Ocampo, Adreiana Ososki, and Lauren Raz.

For help with audio-visual equipment, we thank Nate Smith.