Meise Botanic Garden Herbarium (BR)

Dataset

Description

Meise Botanic Garden was founded in the early 18th century and is one of the 15 largest botanic gardens, covering 92ha and containing 4 million preserved and living specimens. The collection has a global scope with a focus on Central Africa, Belgium, and South-West Europe. There are also important historical herbarium collections from Latin America, India and Australia. Notable collectors who have contributed to the herbarium, include Van Heurck, Von Martius, Sieber-von Reichenbach and Crepin. A wide range of taxonomic groups are covered including: vascular plants, lichens, mosses, liverworts, fungi, myxomycetes and algae.

Date made available	9-May-2018
Publisher	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Temporal coverage	31-Dec-1726 - 30-Apr-2018
Date of data production	31-Dec-1726 - 30-Apr-2018
Geographical coverage	Global

Research outputs

The Meise Botanic Garden Herbarium Data Management Plan
Dillen, M., Abraham, L., Bogaerts, A., Smedt, S. D., Riley Engledow, H., Leliaert, F., Trekels, M., Dessein, S. & Groom, Q., 2024, In: Research Ideas and Outcomes. 10, e124288.
Research output: Contribution to journal › A2: International peer reviewed article (not A1-type) › peer-review
Ten lessons learned from the mass digitisation of a herbarium collection
Smedt, S. D., Bogaerts, A., Meeter, N. D., Dillen, M., Engledow, H., Wambeke, P. V., Leliaert, F. & Groom, Q., 2024, In: PhytoKeys. 244, p. 23-37 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review

Projects

NaturalHeritage: NaturalHeritage.be: Modular interoperable database system and Portal for Belgian Natural History Collections
Semal, P., Vanden Spiegel, D., Engledow, H., Casino, A., Smirnova, L., Mergen, P., Vanderborght, T., Groom, Q. J. & Theeten, F.
1/01/17 → 1/01/21
Project: Research
DiSSCo Flanders: Towards a collection management infrastructure for Flanders
Mergen, P., Trekels, M., Leliaert, F., Groom, Q. J., Bogaerts, A., De Smedt, S., Meeus, S., Dillen, M., Huybrechts, P., Engledow, H., Tack, W., Dessein, S., Triest, L., Vanpaemel, G., Verstockt, S., van Diggelen, R., Hostens, K., Mees, J., De Wever, A., Dugardin, C., Pereboom, Z., De Nolf, M., Abraham, L. & Breugelmans, L.
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
CANATHIST: The Natural History collections collected in central Africa by Belgian institutions
VandenSpiegel, D., Semal, P., Heughebaert, A., Leliaert, F., Francis, F., Kaplin, B., Hatungimana, B., Dudu, A. M. & de Clippele, M.
1/12/23 → 1/12/26
Project: Research