Boyekoli Ebale Botany

Boyekoli Ebale Congo 2010 is the name of a large biodiversity expedition on the Congo River, organised by several National Belgian Institutes in corporation with the University of Kisangani. The name means 'Study the River' in the Congolese language Lingala. The National Botanic Garden of Belgium was one of the participating institutes and it formed a team of scientists to undertake extensive botanical fieldwork during the expedition. Some participants worked during the entire period of the expedition, while others were replaced about half way during the expedition. All plant specimens collected by the team have been labelled under the name Boyekoli Ebale Botany (BEB).

The following people were part of this team for the entire duration:

Bart Wursten (National Botanic Garden of Belgium)
Elasi Ramazani Kitima (National Herbarium of Yangambi)
Christof Lomba Bosombo Lifindiki (University of Kisangani)
Ndjango Ngona Bosco (University of Kisangani)

For the first period the team was joined by:
Alexandra Ley (Universitee Libre de Bruxelles)
Camille Couralet (Afrika Museum Tervuren)

For the second period the team was joined by:
Steven Dessein (National Botanic Garden of Belgium)
Thomas Janssen (National Botanic Garden of Belgium)