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Chinese delegation visits Leiden Hortus 18 July 2018
In the interests of knowledge exchange and research, a delegation from the China Academy of Chinese Medicinal Sciences (CACMS) in Beijing paid a visit...
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Green miner: new plant species mines metal 25 June 2018
A plant that takes metal from the ground all by itself: a natural way to mine or to clean the soil. PhD student Roderick Bouman (Hortus Botanicus Leid...
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New rare species named after Hortus prefect Paul Kessler 09 November 2017
A new plant species was named after Paul Kessler, prefect of the Leiden Hortus botanicus. Kessler discovered the small tree, which is related to the k...
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Hortus botanicus increases focus on Asia 18 April 2017
The Hortus botanicus Leiden has one of Europe’s largest collections of living plants from the Asian region. This rich resource is no longer the sole d...
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Paul Keβler professor by special appointment 24 February 2017
Professor Paul Keβler, prefect of the Leiden Hortus botanicus, holds the special chair Botanical gardens and botany of South-East Asia since 1 Februar...
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Leiden to focus on Asia and the Asian Library in 2017 05 September 2016
The programme for the Leiden Asia Year in 2017 is now available. Rector Carel Stolker launched the new website www.leidenasiayear.nl at the opening of...
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How Witte, the garden manager, made the Hortus flourish 10 August 2016
For more than forty years Heinrich Witte was responsible for the flora in the Hortus botanicus in Leiden. The 19th-century garden manager made the Net...
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Meet and greet Jane Goodall in Leiden’s Hortus 22 May 2015
Primate and test specialist Jane Goodall paid a visit to the Hortus botanicus in Leiden on 21 May for a ‘meet & greet’. Goodall, a world-famous resear...
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The Hortus Botanicus: from herb garden to crown jewel 16 February 2015
The Hortus Botanicus is celebrating its 425-year anniversary this year. It’s the oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands, but how did it come into ...
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The Hortus Botanicus: from herb garden to crown jewel 11 February 2015
The Hortus Botanicus is celebrating its 425-year anniversary this year. It’s the oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands, but how did it come into ...
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Queen Máxima opens renovated tropical greenhouse at Leiden's Hortus 04 September 2013
On Wednesday 4 September, Queen Máxima opened the renovated tropical greenhouse complex of the Leiden Hortus Botanicus, an event that attracted wide p...
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Genome size of wild tulips determined 18 August 2009
Leiden researcher Dr Ben Zonneveld has determined the size of the genome - the amount of DNA per nucleus - of wild tulips. His conclusion is that ther...