Botany and Biodiversity Research Group

Diversity of the flora and vegetation in African and Malagasy rainforests.

Diversity and taxonomy of selected plant groups: red algae, lichens, mosses, ferns, orchids, spring herbs and angiosperms s.l.

• Melsheimer Herbarium containing specimens for the *Flora of the Middle Rhine* (1884)

• Reiter Herbarium containing specimens from the Middle Rhine and South America (c. 1830)

• Research collection: Lichens, with a geographical focus on Central Europe and East Africa, comprising approx. 10,000 specimens

• Research collection: mosses, with a geographical focus on Central Europe and East Africa, comprising approx. 8,000 specimens

• Research collection: vascular plants, with a geographical focus on East Africa (particularly Rwanda) and Madagascar, comprising approx. 5,000 specimens

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The greenhouse is divided into two sections: the warm house features a recreated savannah landscape, with a focus on African plants. The cold house features a recreated cloud forest. Read more here