GENMEDA

GENMEDA, Réseau deCentres de Conservation de Flore Méditerranéenne, est un réseau de banques de graines et d’autres centres de conservation de ressources génétiques de la flore Méditerranéenne qui partagent la région floristique, la zone géographique, le paysage similaire mais aussi les problèmes concernant la perturbation de l’ environnement naturel. Les 25 membres de GENMEDA et les 2 nouveaux membres associés venant de 12 pays de la région Méditerranéenne, contribuent à la conservation des ressources génétiques de la flore Méditerranéenne.

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GENMEDA est parmi les organisateurs de la 4^eSemaine pour la Conservation des Plantes Mediterranéennes

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13 November 2023

GENMEDA at the 4th Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week

The history of the GENMEDA network and its activities as well as the future challenges for the conservation of the Mediterranean flora were presented at the 4th Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week (4MPCW) which took place in Valencia, Spain, from 23 to 27 October 2023. GENMEDA was among the organisers of the event together with the GENMEDA members Centre for Forestry Research and Experimentation (CIEF, Generalitat Valenciana), Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia (BGUV) and IUCN.

GENMEDA General Assembly meeting 2023

The General Assembly annual meeting of GENMEDA took place at the Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia on 23 October 2023. The meeting took place in conjunction with the 4th Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week (4MPCW), 23 - 27 October 2023, which was organised by the GENMEDA members in Valencia, CIEF and JBUV. Most GENMEDA members were participating and contributed to the 4MPCW which included an oral communication about the GENMEDA network and its activities.

The rediscovery after 61 years of Consolida samia, a rare plant of the Greek flora

On May 27, 2023, a research team of the Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), located a sizeable population of the plant Consolida samia, at the southwestern slopes of Mt Kerkis, in the western part of Samos Island, probably at the same place (locus classicus) where the plant was discovered for the first time (26.5.1962) by the Swedish botanist Sven Snogerup. The NKUA discovery field team was ...