Nearly half of popular tropical plant groups related to birds-of-paradise and bananas are threatened with extinction
A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals that nearly half of the genus ...
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The U.S. National Herbarium at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. (IMAGE)
The U.S. National Herbarium includes more than 5 million plant specimens and records, many of which have been referenced and studied to analyze and categorize which plants are likely to be winners ...
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Plant libraries hold essential clues about climate change, but they're vulnerable to funding cuts
Matthew Austin, curator of biodiversity data at the Missouri Botanical Garden, looks through Dogwood tree samples in the herbarium.. Austin’s research shows Dogwood trees are blooming earlier in ...