Basel University, Switzerland
Organizer:
University of Basel, Department of Environmental Science - Botany & Basel Botanical Society
Bauhin 2022 symposium – 400 Years of Botanical Collections – Implications for Present-Day Research
Inspiring and showcasing herbarium-based scientific research, and celebrating 400 years of Caspar Bauhin's pioneering Flora of Basel.
International Symposium in honour of Caspar Bauhin (1560-1624)
Caspar Bauhin (1560-1624) was the first professor of Botany at the University of Basel and one of the most prominent plant systematists of his time, a forerunner of Linnaeus. He also founded one of the first University Botanical Gardens and collected a herbarium of thousands of plants which are preserved until today.
He published his pioneering Flora of Basel „Catalogus Plantarum circa Basileam sponte nascentium“ exactly 400 years ago – one of the first comprehensive local floras. This international Symposium will trace 400 years back from the origin of local floras and botanical collections to their significance for present-day research in Evolution, Systematics, and Global Change.
Website
https://bauhin2022.ch
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