DNA and 90 million-year-old pollen fossils reveal new insights into evolution of Asian tropics
In a new study published today in Science, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), together with global ...
A British surgeon’s documentation of the flora in 17th Century Madras
Samuel Browne's botanical explorations in 17th-century Madras offer insights into traditional plant uses and changing flora ...
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Nearly Half of the Colorful and Charismatic Heliconia Tropical Plant Species Are Threatened With Extinction, New Study Reveals
Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, ...
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Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium
The Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium (MU) is a broad collection, both taxonomically and geographically. Holdings include specimens of vascular plants, mosses, fungi, and algae, along with our special ...
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What’s it like working with Kew’s Herbarium collection?
One of Ellen’s main tasks at Kew was working on the Africa ‘naming wall’ – an area where unidentified specimens are stored, ...
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Sac State professor restores dormant campus herbarium, offering new opportunities for research and learning
Sac State’s herbarium lay dormant for nearly 20 years until Biology Professor Marina LaForgia joined the University. Now it is a thriving space to study plants.
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Meet Sylvia Earle, the Trailblazing Marine Biologist Who Has Spent Her Career Giving Algae Their Long-Deserved Due
For International Women and Girls in Science Day, the museum’s Ocean Portal spoke with “Her Deepness” about science, seaweed ...
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Plant libraries hold essential clues about climate change, but they're vulnerable to funding cuts
Early last year an announcement sent waves through the botany community — Duke University planned to get rid of its herbarium, a collection of more than 800,000 specimens. “I was called into ...
The Cornell Daily Sun14d
The Scientists Behind Cornell’s Mushroom Museum
For Teresa Iturriaga, the curator of CUP, fascination with these tiny mushrooms began during her doctoral studies in mycology ...
The Chronicle21d
Paper promises, priceless losses: The closure of Duke’s herbarium
Furthermore, as Griebeler’s research demonstrated, the herbarium is more than just a repository of plant specimens — it is also a hub of expertise. The knowledge tied to these collections is ...
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Plant libraries hold essential clues about climate change, but they're vulnerable to funding cuts
Early last year an announcement sent waves through the botany community — Duke University planned to get rid of its herbarium, a collection of more than 800,000 specimens. “I was called into the ...