Celebrating 2010, the International Year on Biodiversity, we are organising an international symposium about the Macaronesian flora. Macaronesian islands are considered as important biodiversity hotspots, including a wealth of plant biodiversity. This meeting will give a broad overview of Macaronesian plant diversity, from marine algae to angiosperms, in areas encompassing systematics, phylogenetics, evolution, biogeography, ecology, conservation, ethnobotany and plant resources. We also welcome communications dealing with the botanical history of Macaronesia. The symposium will address the flora from a biological perspective, but also facing it as crucial resource for sustainable development.

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