The Marimurtra Botanical Garden participated in the twentieth edition of the International Botany Congress (IBC), held in Madrid in the last week of July. The event brought together, at IFEMA, more than 3,000 botany professionals, who enjoyed plenary lectures, symposia, exhibitors, short courses and various workshops. It was a very interesting meeting that allowed them to learn about the latest studies and practices related to botanical science.
Marimurtra was represented by Pere Fraga (botanical curator), Carles Burguera (herbarium curator) and Anna Sans (outreach curator), who presented these communications in poster format.
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At the same time, it has participated in several meetings related to botanical gardens around the world (BGCI), herbarium curators (AHIM), the Spanish Society of Botany (SEBOT) and Jóvenes por la Botany (JxBE).
List of Marimurtra communications:
• Soto, I., Fàbregas, J., Sans, A., Burguera, C., Fraga, P. (2024, July). The Cycads collection at the Marimurtra Botanical Garden, a resource for ex situ conservation. [Poster]. international
l Botanical Congress, Madrid, Spain.
• Burguera, C., Font Castell, F.J., Fraga, P. (2024, July). Allochthonous plants in three green areas of Barcelona. [Poster]. International Botanical Congress, Madrid, Spain.
• Sans, A., Fraga, P., Fàbregas, J., Torroella, B., Soto, I., Plata, Y., García, P., Muñoz, I., Caba, G., Jiménez, J., Aguilar, A., Garriga, S., Barril, E., Hernández, G., Obré, J. Taking action: promoting biodiversity and environmental sustainability at Marimurtra Botanical Garden. [Poster]. International Botanical Congress, Madrid, Spain.
• Sans, A., Garriga, S., Barril, E., Hernández, G., Burguera, C., Obré, J., Fraga, P., Fàbregas, J., Aguilar, A. Fostering botanical education and promoting scientific vocations at Marimurtra Botanical Garden. [Poster]. International Botanical Congress, Madrid, Spain.
The International Congress of Botany has expanded its scope for more than a century and has become an integrated forum for knowledge about the plant and mycological world, for Marimurtra it is an honor to participate in an event of this nature.
This congress takes place every six years, under the supervision of the International Association of Botanical and Mycological Societies (IABMS). This twentieth edition was to be held in Brazil, in 2023, after the nineteenth edition held in Shenzhen, China, in 2017, but it was not possible due to the pandemic.