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Archive 2021

Events

18 December 2020 Friday until 14 March 2021 Sunday	Tropical butterflies The exhibition was cancelled.
17 February 2021 Wednesday	Why do we eat wheat? The history of crop origins and its significance for modern food production. Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) More information on botany seminar of the LMU
24 February 2021 Wednesday	Leveraging botanical specimens in biodiversity research From alpha taxonomy to community patterns in Melastomataceae Online lecture by Dr. Fabian Michelangeli, Institute of Systematic Botany, New York Botanical Garden, New York, United States of America Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) More information on botany seminar of the LMU
14 April 2021 Wednesday	Solanaceae Systematics: Permanent Polytomies and Evolution of Epiphytes Online lecture by Dr. Tiina Sarkinen, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, United Kingdom Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) More information on botany seminar of the LMU
21 April 2021 Wednesday	Arctic-alpine plant phylogeography, and how we found population genomic evidence for plant glacial survival in Scandinavia Online lecture by Dr. Kristine Westergaard, Norsk Institutt for Naturforskning, Trondheim, Norway Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminar of the LMU
28 April 2021 Wednesday	Genomics on protistan parasites and plankton: from cultures to single cells Online lecture by Jan Janouškovec, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Digyalum Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminar of the LMU
5 May 2021 Wednesday	Reading population histories from genomics data Online lecture by Jarkko Salojarvi, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminar of the LMU
12 May 2021 Wednesday	The rare emergence of a photosynthetic organelle Online lecture by Prof. Dr. Debashish Bhattacharya, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, United States of America Dividing Paulinella cells Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminar of the LMU
19 May 2021 Wednesday	Tackling the taxonomy of Nothoscordum (Amaryllidaceae, Allioideae) Online lecture by Dr. Agostina Sassone, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany Nothoscordum Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminar of the LMU
26 May 2021 Wednesday	Two botany seminars *Molecular breeding bases of trifoliate yam (Dioscorea dumetorum* (Kunth) Pax) against post-harvest hardening phenomenon of tubers. Online lecture (30 minutes) by Dr. Christian Siadjeu, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany Genes documenting history: Biogeographical dynamics of selected Brassicaceae taxa and climate-landscape history of the Eurasian steppe belt. Online lecture (30 minutes) by Dr. Anže Žerdoner Čalasan, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany Start: 4:15 p.m.** (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
30 May 2021 Sunday	La Flora de Chile (en Español) Guided tour in Spanish with Dr. Simon Pfanzelt Meeting point: 10 a.m. in front of the greenhouse entrance The tour only takes place if current COVID-19 rules allow it.
2 June 2021 Wednesday	The evolution of reciprocity in fungal-algal mutualisms: what do we know? Online lecture by Dr. Toby Spribille, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
9 June 2021 Wednesday	Herbaria: Collectively Saving Plant and Fungal Biodiversity Online lecture by Dr. Barbara M. Thiers, New York Botanical Garden, United States of America Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
16 June 2021 Wednesday	Plant diversity and phylogenetic patterns across the tepuis of the Guiana Shield Online lecture by Dr. Ricarda Riina, Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid, Spain Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminar of the LMU
20 June 2021 Sunday	La flora mediterranea (in Italiano) Guided tour in Italian with Mr. Angelo Razeto Meeting point: 10 a.m. in front of the greenhouse entrance The tour only takes place if current COVID-19 rules allow it.
23 June 2021 Wednesday	Flower and fruit evolution in Boraginales Online lecture by Dr. Julius Jeiter, Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, University of Bonn, Germany Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminar of the LMU
30 June 2021 Wednesday	Interaction among social insects and plants shapes ecosystems and landscapes in African dryands and wetlands Online lecture by Prof. Dr. Norbert Jürgens, Department for Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology, University of Hamburg Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminar of the LMU
7 July 2021 Wednesday	Form and function of the dandelion fruit Online lecture by Dr. Madeleine Seale, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminar of the LMU
14 July 2021 Wednesday	Why botanists should follow zoologists in permitting nuclear DNA sequences (or assembled genomes) as de facto nomenclatural types Online lecture by Prof. Dr. Susanne S. Renner, Washington University, Department of Biology, Saint Louis, United States of America Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminar of the LMU
17 September 2021 Friday until 19 September 2021 Sunday	Mushroom exhibition A living exhibition in the winter hall on the diversity of native mushroom species Admission charges regular € 6.50, concessions € 4.50