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Our catalogue is now available online and orders can be placed from 1 November 2024 until 28 March 2025. The catalogue is open for registered users only. Each order is limited to 25 items.

Seeds from the Index Seminum are not for sale, but are available on an exchange basis exclusively for scientific, educational and nature conservation purposes. The orders will be dispatched according to the availability of seeds.

For orders from outside the EU please contact us before placing your order, especially if your country requires a phytosanitary certificate or if additional import arrangements need to be made. Please place your orders online via this website.

Please note our two deadlines for placing orders. For early orders the deadline is 4 January 2025. For late orders the deadline is 28 March 2025.

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Expand the list below and mark the seeds in the list that you would like to order. Then, press the [Place order] button to complete and send your order.
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Terms and conditions

Against the background of the provisions and decisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and in particular those on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing, the University Utrecht Botanic Gardens are dedicated to promoting the conservation, sustainable use, and research of biological diversity. The garden therefore expects its partners in acquiring, maintaining and transferring plant material to always act in accordance with the CBD. Furthermore when using or sharing this data please do so according to the GDPR privacy regulation.

The responsibility for legal handling of living plant material passes on to the recipient of the material. The requested plant material will be supplied on the following conditions, as drafted by the International Plant Exchange Network (IPEN):

  1. The plant material is supplied only for non-commercial use such as science, conservation and educational purposes. Should the recipient at a later date intend a commercial use or a transfer for commercial use, the country of origin's prior informed consent (PIC) must be obtained in writing before the material is used or transferred. The recipient is responsible for ensuring an equitable sharing of benefits.
  2. On receiving the plant material, the recipient endeavors to document the received plant material, its origin (country of origin, first receiving garden, 'donor' of the plant material, year of collection) as well as the acquisition and transfer conditions in a comprehensible manner.
  3. In the event that scientific publications are produced on the supplied plant material, the recipient is obliged to indicate the origin of the material (the supplying garden and the country of origin) and to send these publications to the garden and to the country of origin without request.
  4. On request, the garden will forward relevant information on the transfer of the plant material to the body charged with implementing the CBD (ideally, the national focal point in the garden's home country).
  5. The recipient may transfer the received plant material to third parties only under these terms and conditions and must document the transfer in a suitable manner.
  6. The recipient may transfer relevant data to third parties in accordance to the GDPR privacy regulation.

By ordering seeds or other plant material, the recipient accepts the above terms and conditions and pledges to act accordingly.

Utrecht, Netherlands (U), 2024. Utrecht University Botanic Gardens , Budapestlaan 17, 3584 CD Utrecht, Netherlands. seedlist@uu.nl

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Information

  • Seeds collected in the garden (incl. glasshouses), are from open- or hand-pollinated plants. Where known, the origin of the mother plant is given.
  • Classification is based on the following sources:
    • Angiosperms: APG IV (2016), where for Bromeliaceae, the Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads is followed
    • Gymnosperms: Christenhusz et al. (2011)
    • Lycopods and Ferns: Christenhusz & Chase (2014)
    • Mosses: Goffinet et al. (2008) and Söderström et al. (2016)
    • Nomenclature follows POWO
  • Our BGCI and IPEN institution code is U (CITES institution registration is NL007).
  • Geographical position of the Garden is 52° 05' 17" N - 5° 10' 12" E.
  • Average rainfall is 800 mm and Min./Max. temperatures are -24 / +37°C (mean daily coldest moth -0,6°C, warmest month +21,6°C).

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