Royal Museum of Central Africa - Metafro-Infosys - Xylarium
Citation
Belgian Biodiversity Platform. Royal Museum of Central Africa - Metafro-Infosys - Xylarium. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yhf28u accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-25.Description
The Xylarium of Tervuren (Tw) : the collection of wood includes 56,000 specimens of 13,600 different botanical species from around the world. It is therefore the second largest collection in the world and the largest in Europe. It contains wood from all growing plant forms which produce secondary xylem. Lignified plant tissues are omnipresent in the terrestrial living nature. Also a big part of the material culture consists of wooden objects. Because of the multifunctional character of wood, the Tervuren Xylarium should in principle serve the different disciplines interested in wood research: technology, ecology, palaeontology, art history, archaeology, etc. Since the Tervuren Xylarium is the only governmental wood collection in Belgium there is no geographical limitation: it has a worldwide concern. Because of the scientific nature of the collection, the validation of it depends largely on derivative collections like thin sections for microscopy and microphotographs. Moreover there are collections of stem discs that make dendrochronological research possible.Taxonomic Coverages
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Contacts
Beeckman Hansposition: Curator
Telephone: +32 2 769 56 11
email: hans.beeckman@africamuseum.be
Nkundabagenzi Fabien
position: Project Manager
Telephone: +32 2 769 57 59
email: fabien.nkundabagenzi@africamuseum.be
Baltus Jean
position: Developer
Telephone: +32 2 769 57 27
email: jean.baltus@africamuseum.be