Meise Botanic Garden

Meise Botanic Garden (MeiseBG) has a long history that goes back to 1796. Today, it is an internationally recognized botanic garden in a domain of 92 hectares, and a center of excellence for plant biodiversity research with a rich collection. MeiseBG houses the 15th largest herbarium in the world, holding 4 million preserved specimens, a rich botanical library, a seed bank and a living plant collection with 25,000 different accessions from all around the world. Research focuses on plant, algal and fungal taxonomy, evolution, biodiversity conservation, ecosystems and ethnobotany.