It is with great pleasure and honour that we announce that the XXIII AETFAT Congress will take place in Accra, University of Ghana from 3rd to 8th August 2025. AETFAT [French: Association pour l’Etude Taxonomique de la Flore d’Afrique Tropicale // English: Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa] was established at the Botanical Institute of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium in 1950, and the first AETFAT Congress was held in the Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium in 1951. AETFAT congresses take place every three years, organised and hosted by the Secretary General of AETFAT with assistance from members of the Advisory, Scientific, and Organising committees.
The theme for the Congress is “Diversity, conservation, and sustainable use of African and Madagascan plants in a changing natural world”. A number of symposia relating to the theme are planned for the Congress. Research papers on the general theme of the Congress, symposia themes (click here), and symposia abstracts (click here) are invited for presentation at the Congress. Your talk should fit one of the symposia themes or symposia abstracts.