Event program 2021

Our special exhibitions are the undisputed favourites. For example, the annual exhibition of tropical butterflies, the outdoor rose exhibition offering an opportunity to purchase some of the fine varieties on show, the fungi exhibition.

Overview of events

This is only a short extract from the much longer German list of events.

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, P: 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, P: 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, P: 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, P: 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, P: 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, P: 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.
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, P: 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, P: 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, P: Botany) More information on botany seminar of the LMU
24 December 2021 Friday	The Botanical Garden is closed!
31 December 2021 Friday	The Botanical Garden is closed!

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Botanical Garden München-Nymphenburg

This information is subject to change, last update: 2021-04-19