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[Science News] – Meise Botanic Garden leads the International network for the Coffee family
Meise Botanic Garden is taking the lead of the Taxonomic Expert Network (TEN) for the plant family Rubiaceae within the international World Flora Online initiative...
[Science News] – The Semois Valley reveals exceptional lichen biodiversity
As part of a mission commissioned by the Semois Valley National Park, Meise Botanic Garden conducted an in‑depth lichen inventory between 2024 and 2025...
[Science News] – 5th edition of the INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment 2026
Meise Botanic Garden invites anyone with a vegetable garden, balcony or terrace to take part in the European citizen science project INCREASE...
[Science News] – A comprehensive handbook for measurements of plant reproductive traits: from flowers to seedlings
Standardising sampling protocols is important to reliably compare scientific studies and to combine data from different studies...
[Science News] – Fractions, labels and investigative work: Giorgio Jan's hidden hand in the herbarium
The Van Heurck herbarium (AWH), kept at Meise Botanic Garden, contains thousands of specimens with labels bearing very little information. However, intensive research can, in some cases, reveal the identity of the collector and/or the location and date of collection of the plants...