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OPTIMA Medals

    GOLD Medals

    gold medal

    This prize is awarded every three years to a botanist who, by his or her activity, is considered to have made an outstanding contribution to the phytotaxonomy of the Mediterranean area.

    1977 - A. Fernandes, Coimbra
    1980 - K.-H. Rechinger, Wien
    1983 - S. Pignatti, Rome
    1986 - N. Feinbrun, Jerusalem
    1989 - B. Valdés, Sevilla
    1993 - H. Runemark, Lund
    1995 - C. Heyn, Jerusalem
    1998 - W. Greuter, Berlin
    2001 - D. Phitos, Patras
    2004 - N. Diklić
    2007 - V. H. Heywood
    2010 - F. Ehrendorfer
    2013 - L. Boulos
    2016 - F.M. Raimondo

      SILVER Medals

      silver medal

      The OPTIMA Silver Medal is awarded every three years to the authors of the best papers or books on the phytotaxonomy of the Mediterranean area that were published in the preceding three-year period.

      1976 - P. Zangheri, Forlì
      1977 - L. Engstrand, Lund
      1978 - M. Erben, München
      1979 - C. J. Humphries, London
      1980 - J. H. Ietswaart, Amsterdam
      1981 - F. Speta, Linz
      1982 - G. Kamari, Patras
      1984 - O. de Bolòs & J. Vigo, Barcelona
      1984 - B. Mathew, Kew & T. Baytop, Istanbul
      1985 - H. Freitag, Kassel
      1986 - M. Lidén, Göteborg
      1988 - P. H. Davis, K. Tan & R. Mill, Edinburgh
      1988 - D. A. Sutton, London
      1990 - P.-A. Hinz, Aying
      1991 - U. Schippmann, Bonn
      1991 - R. Vogt, Berlin
      1992 - N. Andreev, M. Anchev, S. Kozuharov, M. Markova, D. Peev & A. Petrova, Sofia
      1993 - P. L. Nimis, Trieste
      1994 - C. Obón & D. Rivera, Murcia
      1995 - T. H. M. Mes, Utrecht
      1996 - Z. Díaz Lifante & B. Valdés, Sevilla
      1997 - M. Raffaelli & L. Baldoin, Italy
      1998 - C. Oberprieler, Berlin
      1999 - J. Simon & J. Vicens, Barcelona & Mallorca
      1999 - W. Lack, Berlin
      2001 - X. Llimona & N. L. Hladun, Barcelona
      2002 - H. Kretzschmar, G. Kretzschmar & W. Eccarius, Germany
      2003 - A. A. El Kadmiri, J. M. Montserrat & M. Rejdali, Rabat & Barcelona
      2004 - I. Herrnstadt, Jerusalem
      2005 - T. Nikolić & J. Topić, Zagreb
      2006 - P. V. Arrigoni, Firenze
      2007 - Jean-Pierre Reduron, Mulhouse, France
      2008 - I. Camarda & F. Valsecchi, Sassari
      2009 - S. Castroviejo (general editor), C. Benedí, E. Rico, J. Güemes & A. Herrero, Spain
      2010 - R. M. Lo Presti, Regensburg
      2010 - S. Amigues, Paris
      2011 - A. Dobignard & C. Chatelain, Genève
      2012 - P. Mazzola, Palermo
      2014 - Jean-Marc Tison, Philippe Jauzein & Henri Michaud, L'Isle-d'Abeau, Louveciennes & Hyères
      2014 - Mohammed Ibn Tattou & Jalal El-Oualidi, Rabat
      2015 - E. Nardi, Firenze