MadBryo Project

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The MADBRYO project is an international, collaborative effort to enhance our knowledge of Malagasy bryophytes. MADBRYO is linked to the related BRYOTAN project.


Since the beginning of the eighteenth century, botanists have collected mosses, liverworts, and hornworts in Madagascar. However, many of these collections still remain in need of curation and/or study by taxonomic experts. Several botanists, supported by their institutions, have decided to combine their efforts in an open project with the aim to curate collections, review taxonomy, explore new areas for bryophytes, and investigate further scientific questions concerning the Malagasy bryoflora.

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News

  • Recent publications

    The BM herbarium (Natural History Museum, London bryophyte herbarium) joins the project.


    See BM Herbarium

  • Fourth Steering Commitee in Geneva, Nov. 2019

    MADBRYO sterring members met on Thursday November 14th, at the Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique de Genève and by video-conference. We were welcomed by Michelle Price, Head of science and curator of the bryophyte Herbarium. 

  • MADBRYO at IAB congress, July 2019

    We present a poster at the IAB congress in Madrid, Spain 9-12 July 2019.

  • MADBRYO and BRYOTAN at the ATBC congres, August 2019

    We present two posters about MADBRYO and BRYOTAN projects, at the ATBC congress, Madagascar, 30 July-3rd August 2019

  • BRYOTAN project

    BRYOTAN is a GBIF BID funded project that aims to facilitate the development of the bryophyte herbarium at Parc Botanique Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo, Madagascar (TAN).

  • Tropicos database

    Tropicos® is the Missouri Botanical Garden's database for nomenclature, specimens, and related data. The Catalog of the Plants of Madagascar, uses Tropicos to provide public access to information concerning the Malagasy flora. As of 2018, the MadCat now includes bryophytes.

  • SYNTHESYS Call deadline 12th April 2019

    A SYNTHESYS call is open to facilitate visits to certain European natural history institutions that are partners in the project. More than 9,000 occurences of Malagasy mosses were gathered together and databased in MNHN, Paris, France (PC). For more information: catherine.reeb-at-mnhn.fr

MadBryo Blog

By Catherine Reeb 30 Jan, 2023
These last two years things had slowed, thanks to the pandemia. Nethertheless, targeted projects are still under way, some new ones just began and they will be presented on the Madbryo websites. We can mention among others: Leucobryum (Dicranaceae) species delimitation Sphagnum collection identification in EGR and PC New databases, moving from Xper LUCID Study on Malagasy hornworts (PHD) Study of the Roger Heim collection, collected in 1934, 1935 by Roger Heim, a mycologist who was also interested in bryophytes. Coming soon Web pages about publications dedicated to Malagasy bryophytes Focus on targeted species.
By Catherine Reeb 16 Jan, 2020
We spent 5 days working on Malagasy bryophytes at the Herbarium of the Conservatoire Botanique de la ville de Genève (CJBG), Switzerland. Three of us were present all along this week: John Brinda from MBG, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Michelle Price, Curator of bryophytes, head of science at CJBG and Catherine Reeb, Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, MNHN, Paris, France. The Steering Commitee took place on Thursday 14th, by video-conference and exchanges with the present members. The other days were dedicated to study of the rich bryophytes collection from Madagascar at G Herbarium.
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