ENG: What a major achievement for the conservation of plant biodiversity in Bolivia! On March 18th, the book “Tropical Important Plant Areas (TIPAs) in Bolivia” was presented. I contributed information (such as species occurrences) about the musical bamboos of the Bolivian Andes. I am happy to have played a small but meaningful role in this […]
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Preliminary Checklist of Musical Bamboos
ENG: The National Herbarium of La Paz supports a preliminary checklist of musical bamboos of highland and lowland Bolivia. The reason for publishing the letter and checklist is related to conservation efforts and the Tropical Important Plant Areas (TIPAs) project of Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, Museo de Historia Natural Noell Kempf Mercado and Fundación Amigos […]
Visiting the National Herbarium of La Paz
ENG: After six years I returned to the National Herbarium of La Paz (LPB) in order to meet some old and new friends, and supporters of my project. In the meanwhile, the National Herbarium of La Paz inaugurated new facilities with more space for collections, meeting rooms, and project working spaces. It was so lovely […]
The Musical Bamboos of the Bolivian Andes 