The willowherb family in Belgium:
The Onagraceae (willowherb family) occur practically everywhere in the world, being only absent from cold and warm deserts. The family is specially species-rich in the temperate zones of North America. In Belgium, approximately one half of the species is indigenous while the other half is exotic. In this project, we will deal with the indigenous Onagraceae. To this group belong, among others, the rather common enchanter’s-nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) and several species of willowherbs and spike-primroses (genus Epilobium).
The Belgian Herbarium:
The Botanic Garden Meise holds the largest herbarium collection of Belgian plant specimens. Each of these herbarium specimens has a label with valuable information such as the plant’s identification, and when, where, and who collected the plant. These specimens can be used in many domains of research, such as conservation, evolution, ecology and systematics. These data help us to better understand the plants of Belgium, their history and that of people who collected them. There are about 200,000 specimens in the Belgian Herbarium of the Botanic Garden Meise and we want to document them all! These data will then be made available online at www.botanicalcollections.be.
Keywords (Latin):
Belgium, Onagraceae, Herbae, Hortus Botanicus Meise, Botanica.
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On this map you find all the locations of transcribed records of the project "Onagraceae indigenae".
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