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O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R This Commission was set up at the XI OP- TIMA Meeting in Belgrade, in 2004, with the aim to establish links between herbaria and coordinate their activities. Based on GBIF standards, information on the availability of holdings was to be compiled, the presentation of herbarium specimens on the internet was to be promoted, and lobbying for a the network of Mediterranean herbaria was to ensue. 2007. The Commission became operational at the Pisa Meeting, when a first attempt was made to prepare a questionnaire for distribution to the European and Mediterranean Means to improve the links between herbaria by traditional and modern technologies were discussed. A top priority is to improve the accessibility of collections, in particular by encouraging and coordinating databasing of label information and preparation of high-resolution specimen images. Other Commission tasks are those initially defined in Belgrade. Contacts are being sought with the Index Herbariorum, in order to ascertain the conditions a herbarium must meet to be registered and to suggest that exceptions be made for historical or geographical reasons. Additional Commission members are to be sought in countries such as Israel, Turkey and the Balkan states. COMMISSION FOR LICHENS Secretary: M. Seaward, Bradford Members: nominations pending 2004-2006. Checklists for most of the countries or territories of the Mediterranean had been published or were well advanced. The Commission planned to link these lists on the Internet and to wanted to promote the application of the extant data to generate new outputs such as predictive maps by means of a GIS. Regrettably, P. L. Nimis’ resignation as Secretary of the Commission resulted in misunderstandings and resulted in a lack of communication. It was only after the Pisa Meeting (2007) that the Lichen Commission was revived, under a new leadership. The Commission supports the idea to hold its own meetings every few years, at a convenient locality, not necessarily to coincide with the venue of the main OPTIMA Meeting. The idea of a joint Meeting with Mediterranean specialists for other groups of avascular cryptogams is favourably envisaged. O B I T U A R Y N O T I C E S Dr Nikola Diklić (1925–2008), one of the greatest Serbian botanists, passed away on 16 November 2008. The scientific value of his results, his contribution to the knowledge of the flora of the Balkans, his influence on maintaining high standards of floristic and taxonomic studies in Serbia, and his contribution to the education of young researchers place him among the outstanding scientific personalities of his country. None of the databases on the flora of Europe can do without the data included in the Flora of SR Serbia / Flora of Serbia edited by him. During over NIKOLA DIKLIĆ half a century he published numerous papers, collected plants for the General Herbarium of the Balkan Peninsula, which he scientifically processed. Nikola Diklić became a member of OP- TIMA in 1977, he has been member of its International Board, Executive Council and Commission for Collections and Herbaria, served as Vice- President for the term 1989-1995, and was president of the XI OPTIMA Meeting Programme Committee, Belgrade 2004. At that Meeting, in 2004, he was awarded the well earned OPTIMA Gold Medal. Olja Vasić 20 OPTIMA Newsletter No. 38 May 2009
O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R I N S T I T U T I O N S HERBARIUM MEDITERRANEUM: THE GREUTER HERBARIUM AND LIBRARY TRANSFERRED TO PALERMO by Francesco M. Raimondo The Herbarium Mediterraneum Panormitanum (PAL) is proud to announce the receipt of the personal herbarium and botanical library of Werner Greuter, former director of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. The herbarium comprises well over 100,000 specimens, including Greuter’s own gatherings (particularly important for Greece), material sent to him in exchange or as gift, and two historical herbaria he had acquired. It will remain a separate unit within PAL, to be referred to as PAL-Gr. These collections, donated to the Università degli Studi in Palermo with the explicit aim to strengthen the scientific potential of the Palermo Herbarium, are available for consultation by visitors, and digital images of specimens will be prepared on request. W E B N E W S ∗ THE NEW OPTIMA WEBSITE WWW.OPTIMA-BOT.ORG Following the transfer of the Optima Secretariat from Madrid to Palermo, the correlated activities and services have been moved to the new office location. Among them is the care for the Optima Website, in which is now hosted by a server in Palermo and is updated directly from the Secretariat. by Gianniantonio Domina The collections are kept in the original, historical location of the Palermo Herbarium, the SW wing of the neoclassical building known as the Gymnasium, built around 1790, following plans by the French architect Léon Dufourny. They will be curated by the donor himself, who has elected Palermo as his part-time residence, and are expected to continue growing indefinitely in the future, maintaining their primarily Mediterranean profile (Mediterranean in the wide sense, extending to the Macaronesian Islands, Central Europe, Caucasia, and other regions with a Mediterranean climate, such as Australia and southern Africa). PAL-Gr welcomes gifts of publications related to any pure and applied aspects of Mediterranean botany anf of plant specimens from this area. Exchange is also possible (please enquire). The Website, for the time being, maintains its familiar layout so as not to confuse the users. Howwever, the contents are now continuously updated, and new sections have been added. A section with book notices and reviews of recently published works (http://www.optimabot.org/Rec_publ/default.htm) is a choice means for bringing your own publications to the attention ∗ Please send all items suitable for publication under this heading to the editor of this column: Gianniantonio Domina. OPTIMA secretariat, via Lincoln, 2 I- 90123 Palermo, Italy. secr@optima-bot.org May 2009 OPTIMA Newsletter No. 38 21
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