Commission on Mediterranean Herbaria (2007-2013)

Chair:        M. Fennane, Rabat

Secretary:        G. Domina, Palermo

Members:        D. Jeanmonod, Geneva
                      J. Mathez, Montpellier
                      J. Molina, Montpellier
                      J. M. Montserrat, Barcelona
                      P. A. Schäfer, Montpellier
                      E. Vitek, Wien
                      R. Vogt, Berlin

This Commission was established at the XI OPTIMA Meeting in Belgrade with the aim to establish links between herbaria and coordinate activities.  These activities should follow GBIF standards and include the compilation of information concerning availability of holdings, the presentation of herbarium specimens on the internet and lobbying for the network. 

2008. A questionnaire was prepared and is to be circulated to all Mediterranean herbaria, so as to assess their concrete conditions and needs. A request has been addressed to Index Herbariorum, for information of the minimal condition a herbarium must meet to be registered, and suggest that exceptions be possible for historical or geographical reasons.

2007. The Commission was established and the components are Mathez and Schäfer from Montpellier , Montserrat from Barcelona , Vogt from Berlin and Vitek from Wien.

A first attempt was made to prepare a form to be distributed to the European and Mediterranean Herbaria. A discussion has begun on how to improve the links between herbaria by traditional and modern technologies.

This page last updated 02 November, 2009.