Information about training programme

• Title of training: Malesian plant families
• Description of project: A series of lectures, practicals, and literature study presenting diagnostic information on the morphology and ecology of the major plant families in SE Asia, using herbarium and hortus collections.
• Duration of training: 3 weeks

Type of training

Practical experiences

• Plant identification
• Recognition of ca. 30 major plant families
• Preparing herbarium material

Lectures

• Introduction to each of the families
• Introduction to the Malesian flora and vegetation
• Introduction to plant morphology and anatomy
• Collecting plants, handling herbarium material and label information
• Data basing