The SEBOT Chorology Working Group (https://www.sebot.org/grupos-de-trabajo/#corologia) has published AFLIBER v.2, a new version of the database on the distributions of Iberian and Balearic vascular plants. Following several years of compiling and filtering published references and records from regional repositories and databases, more than four hundred … Read more
The fourth edition of SEBOTA took place on the last weekend of June; this initiative forms part of SEBOT’s activities and involves organising botanical excursions across the Iberian Peninsula. This year we visited the area around the Sierra de Gredos, particularly its western massif, to study the vascular flora … Read more
The SEBOT Grants support botanical research carried out by those at the start of their research careers. Applications are open to early-career researchers who are currently undertaking their doctoral studies or who have recently obtained their PhD. The grant must be used to fund research-related expenses that facilitate the progress of the research: interaction with … Read more
On 28 and 29 November, 145 botanists attended the latest edition of the Annual Botany Symposium, held under the title “Botanical databases and biodiversity (from the field notebook to Big Data)” and organised by the University of Oviedo. As is usually the case, the majority of attendees were young female botanists … Read more
As part of the public consultation sessions for the National Plan – which involve NGOs, scientific societies, public authorities, community groups and businesses – SEBOT contributed its ideas on habitat restoration, taking into account climate change, gaps in information and mapping, and the difficulties in integrating such compartmentalised perspectives and areas of expertise … Read more
The SEBOT conference took place at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville from 22 to 25 September, attended by 340 botanists. Over the course of three days, there were five invited lectures, 160 oral presentations spread across 27 thematic symposia, and 123 posters on display across the campus. Prior to the opening of the … Read more
The third circular for the 2nd Spanish Botany Congress, which will take place in Seville on the campus of Pablo de Olavide University from 22 to 25 September 2025, has been issued. Further information
Following an agreement negotiated with Ediciones Complutense (its current publisher) and the current scientific editors, SEBOT will gradually take over responsibility for the publication of *Mediterranean Botany* (formerly *Lazaroa*). Mediterranean Botany is the Spanish journal with the greatest international impact in the Plant Sciences category; it is published as an open-access journal and is free of charge for both authors and readers. … Read more
During the 17th Recognition Night, organised by the Madrid Convention Bureau – a municipal department dedicated to supporting and attracting conferences and conventions to the city – Gonzalo Nieto and Juan Carlos Moreno, president and vice-president respectively of the IBC organising committee, were honoured as “Ambassadors” for Madrid. The awards ceremony took place … Read more
