Dr. Concepción Obón is a Full Professor at Miguel Hernández University, renowned for her distinguished career in botany. With a PhD in Biology from the University of Murcia, her research has been recognized with honors such as the OPTIMA silver medal. She currently serves as Secretary of the Institutional Chair of the Palmeral of Elche and is an active member of prestigious societies, including the Linnaean Society.
Miguel Hernandez University
Elche, Spain
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SILVER MEDAL OPTIMA 1994. The OPTIMA Silver Medal is awarded every three years to the authors of the
OPTIMA (Organization for the Phyto-Taxonomic Investigation of the Mediterranean Area )
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.In 1994, the prize was awarded to the book Obón, C., & Rivera, D. (1994). A taxonomic revision of the section Sideritis (genus Sideritis)(Labiatae). J. Cramer, Phanerogamarum Monographiae, Volume 21, 1-640, 123 figures, 13 tables, 74 maps, ISBN 978-3-443-78003-6,