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Enabling Botanical Collaboration through Digitisation of the Meise Botanic Garden and Central African Herbaria

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Collected over centuries of field explorations, herbarium collections provide a permanent record of global plant diversity. Knowledge derived from specimens has made important contributions to botanical research. However, collections are still underused due to their accessibility, which is especially critical for researchers from developing countries. The earliest collections in tropical regions were often made during European exploring expeditions, and a large share of these specimens are stored in European institutions, hampering traceability. Digitisation of collections removes the obstacle of untraceability. Meise Botanic Garden made significant efforts in digitising its herbarium collections, including the largest collection of vascular plants from Central Africa on a global scale, increasing knowledge-sharing and collaboration with researchers from DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. In addition, Meise Botanic Garden is continuing its efforts in rehabilitation and digitisation of collections housed in tropical African institutions, including the herbarium of the Institut national pour l’Étude et la Recherche agronomiques at Yangambi Research Station. The European infrastructure DiSSCo (Distributed System of Scientific Collections) offers new perspectives for increasing access to digital collections by ensuring that all collection data are easily findable and accessible.
Originele taal-2Engels
TijdschriftProceedings of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences
Volume4
Nummer van het tijdschrift1
Pagina's (van-tot)93-108
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StatusGepubliceerd - 1-jun.-2026

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  • DiSSCo Flanders 2.0: Enhancing access to Flemish collections through integration with DiSSCo

    Leliaert, F. (Promoter), Mergen, P. (Co-promoter), Groom, Q. J. (Co-promoter), Trekels, M. (Project coördinator), Verstockt, S. (Co-promoter), Bauters, K. (Co-promoter), Demarsin, B. (Co-promoter), Poot, N. (Co-promoter), Brendonck, L. (Co-promoter), Elsen, J. (Co-promoter), Muchez, P. (Co-promoter), Speijer, R. (Co-promoter), Van Campenhout, K. (Co-promoter), De Wever, A. (Co-promoter), Vanden Broeck, A. (Co-promoter), De Vos, B. (Co-promoter), Cox, K. (Co-promoter), Baert, K. (Co-promoter), Verstraeten, A. (Co-promoter), Teunen, L. (Co-promoter), Hostens, K. (Co-promoter), Van Huylenbroeck, J. (Co-promoter), Rasschaert, G. (Co-promoter), Pereboom, Z. (Co-promoter), Helsen, P. (Co-promoter), Vandepitte, L. (Co-promoter), van Frankenhuijsen, M. (Co-promoter), Van Aerde, N. (Co-promoter), Artois, T. J. (Co-promoter), Kmentová, N. (Co-promoter), Monnens, M. (Co-promoter), Vanhove, M. P. M. (Co-promoter), Ceulemans, T. (Co-promoter), Vanschoenwinkel, B. (Co-promoter), Dugardin, C. (Co-promoter), Silvestre, F. (Co-promoter), Lepoint, G. (Co-promoter), De Nil, K. (Co-promoter), Scory, S. (Co-promoter), Paleco, C. (Co-promoter), Lymer, G. (Co-promoter), Semal, P. (Co-promoter), Vanden Spiegel, D. (Co-promoter), Michiels, C. (Co-promoter), Martin, P. (Co-promoter), Meerts, P. (Co-promoter), Dupont, N. (PI), Gohy, L. (Co-promoter), Magain, N. (Co-promoter), Jacquemart, A.-L. (Co-promoter), Abraham, L. (Participant), Dillen, M. (Participant), Breugelmans, L. (Participant), De Smedt, S. (Participant), Engledow, H. (Participant), Tack, W. (Participant) & Bogaerts, A. (Participant)

    1/01/2531/12/28

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