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Botanic Garden Meise

Meise Botanic Garden (the former National Botanic Garden of Belgium) is situated in the heart of Belgium, just north of the capital city Brussels. Located in a historic park of 92 ha, this garden is home to several internationally important collections, among which the living collection with nearly 18.000 plant species, the seed bank, the library, and the herbarium and its almost 3.500.000 specimens.

The garden and some collections (such as the greenhouses and the library) are publicly accessible and mostly used for recreative and educational purposes. Other collections are primarily used for research by scientists all over the world. Meise Botanic Garden also contributes towards conservation of biodiversity. In partnership with national and international sister-institutions, the aim is to protect plants and deepen our knowledge thereof both in and ex situ.

A visit to the Plant Palace, completely renovated and opened in 2017, is surely worth it. In the upcoming years, several changes await, namely de complete renovation of the domain and its buildings, including among others two visitor centres, the making of several thematic gardens, and a wood museum.

If you wish to keep informed about everything what happens in Meise Botanic Garden, you can surf to www.plantentuinmeise.be. Our collections are virtually accessible as well under www.botanicalcollections.be. Via the DoeDat-platform, you can help us to further unlock our collection to an ever broader audience!

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Asteraceae (Centaurea)

 The daisy family in Belgium: With more than 30.000 species, the Asteraceae (daisy family) belong together with the Orchidaceae (orchids) t…

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Araceae

The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is us…

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Thelypteridaceae

The maiden fern family in Belgium:Ferns belong to a group of primitive plants which appeared on Earth even before the dinosaurs. They made the change…

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Chenopodioideae (III)

This is a subfamily of the Amaranthaceae. They range from annuals or perennials to shrubs and small trees. The leaves are usually alternating and fla…

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Maleae (II)

This group, belonging to the Rosaceae family, mainly contains plants with economically important fruits such as eg. apples. Some of them are also gro…

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Euphorbiaceae (I)

The spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) is a family of dicot plants. They are mostly herbaceous plants, but in the tropics they can also be shrubs, trees a…

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Remaining collections Belgian Herbarium bis (09)

Most of the Belgian Herbarium has since been entered by you, for which we sincerely thank you. However, there is an amount for which we do not yet ha…

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Country search (01)

For this project, we only require the following information: -The scientific name of the plant.-The country of origin. Please note: The country is …

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Typhaceae

The cattail family in Belgium:This small family consists only of two genera: bur-reed (Sparganium) and cattail (Typha). Both occur in Belgium. Althou…

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Maleae (I)

This group, belonging to the Rosaceae family, mainly contains plants with economically important fruits such as eg. apples. Some of them are also gro…

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