Organization for the Phyto-Taxonomic Investigation of the Mediterranean Area

The OPTIMA commissions focus on a variety of areas, such as the establishment of the Herbarium Mediterraneum, the consolidation of the existing karyosystematic and threatened-plant databases, among others. Meetings, publications and botanical expeditions provide opportunities for contacts among botanists interested in the Mediterranean area. Every 3 years OPTIMA organizes an international meeting structured in multidisciplinary symposia which cover different aspects of Mediterranean botany.