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Promoting the worldwide impact of botanists and botanical science.
Botany One interviews Dr Marcelo A. Aizen, an Argentinian researcher fascinated for the interactions between plants and pollinators.
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Marcelo A. Aizen: “Pollination is More Than Just Animals Visiting Flowers”
Botany One interviews Dr Marcelo A. Aizen, an Argentinian researcher fascinated for the interactions between plants and pollinators.
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April 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Botany One interviews Dr Marcelo A. Aizen, an Argentinian researcher fascinated for the interactions between plants and pollinators.
botany.one/2025/04/marc...
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Mediterranean plants say thank you!
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Cagliari, botanist Gianluigi Bacchetta receives the prestigious Golden Oak Award - L'Unione Sarda English
Recognition for his "exceptional dedication" and "remarkable scientific contributions to the conservation of Mediterranean flora and habitats"
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April 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Mediterranean plants say thank you!
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Building on a long history of successful collaboration, Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden are welcoming two internationally recognized botanists who will have joint appointments with both research institutions.
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World-renowned experts in tropical plant biodiversity join WashU, Missouri Botanical Garden
Lúcia Lohmann and Toby Pennington will have joint appointments with both research institutions.
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April 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Building on a long history of successful collaboration, Washington University in St. Louis and the Missouri Botanical Garden are welcoming two internationally recognized botanists who will have joint appointments with both research institutions.
source.washu.edu/2025/03/worl...
source.washu.edu/2025/03/worl...
If you are in London this summer, you might not want to miss this.
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WORLD LEADING RHS BOTANICAL ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW RETURNS TO SAATCHI GALLERY THIS SUMMER
Botanical art and photography from around the world will be on show at the Saatchi Gallery this summer as the annual RHS exhibition returns for a fifth year. The RHS Botanical Art and Photography...
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April 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you are in London this summer, you might not want to miss this.
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The Botanical Society of South Africa along with the South African National Botanical Institute (SANBI) have teamed up to give young people a chance to upskill themselves, build green careers and better the environment through the project’s various programs.
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New Natural Heritage Project Nurtures Careers and Conservation
Several young people are to be a part of an exciting project that’ll nurture both their careers and conservation efforts!
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April 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Botanical Society of South Africa along with the South African National Botanical Institute (SANBI) have teamed up to give young people a chance to upskill themselves, build green careers and better the environment through the project’s various programs.
www.goodthingsguy.com/environment/...
www.goodthingsguy.com/environment/...
This is a great way to improve your botany study skills.
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A Botanist's Guide to Effective Study Methods in Plant Science
Combining field observation, lab analysis, and digital resources elevates botanical research to new heights.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is a great way to improve your botany study skills.
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Always fun to see a plant you haven't seen in a century!
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Rare plant rediscovered in Arunachal after a century | Arunachal Observer
By A O News Service ITANAGAR, Mar 15: Researchers have rediscovered a rare plant species from the Apiaceae family, Hymenidium amabile, in India after more than a century. A team of researchers of Tawa...
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April 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Always fun to see a plant you haven't seen in a century!
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arunachalobserver.org/2025/03/16/r...
A botanist was kidnapped in Colombia and used his time well.
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Kent exotic garden dreamt up during nine-month captivity
Tom Hart Dyke is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his World Garden near Eynsford.
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April 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A botanist was kidnapped in Colombia and used his time well.
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Paleobotanists make an interesting discovery about ancient African forests.
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Discovery of a new species of fossil tree helps paint picture of ancient African forest
Recent research by scientists at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), Texas Tech University, and several other collaborating institutions have identified ancient fossils of a newly descri...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Paleobotanists make an interesting discovery about ancient African forests.
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For all you botanical illustrators out there, a new book, Botanical Revolutions, offers a global history of plants in art.
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New Book Explores How Botanical World Changed the Trajectory of Art | Art & Object
Author Giovanni Aloi delves into the interconnectedness of humanity, art, and plants
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April 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
For all you botanical illustrators out there, a new book, Botanical Revolutions, offers a global history of plants in art.
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www.artandobject.com/press-releas...
Amateur botanists release new guide to Minnesota Wildflowers.
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Putting passion to pages: Minnesota authors release second guide to state wildflowers | Great Lakes Echo
By Shealyn Paulis Two Minnesota nature enthusiasts have spent years chasing the state’s most elusive wildflowers. Their journey, filled with adventure and discovery, is now captured in their upcoming ...
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March 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Amateur botanists release new guide to Minnesota Wildflowers.
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Botanist Gary Krupnick used specimens in the US National Herbarium to discover that Heliconia species are on the decline.
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Half of the world's Heliconia species are at risk of extinction
Nearly half of Heliconia species—tropical plants vital to rainforest ecosystems—are at risk of extinction, according to new research.
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March 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Botanist Gary Krupnick used specimens in the US National Herbarium to discover that Heliconia species are on the decline.
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Ever wonder how the largest herbarium in the US works?
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Go Inside One of the World's LARGEST HERBARIUMS — Ep. 355
YouTube video by Summer Rayne Oakes
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March 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Ever wonder how the largest herbarium in the US works?
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Reposted by Botany Visible
Dr. Onstein studies botanical diversity with a statistical mind, seeking patterns across evolution, functional ecology, and paleobiology. From fieldwork in Madagascar to leading research at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, she reveals how plant adaptations shape entire ecosystems.
Renske Onstein: A Passion for "Big" Plant Questions
Botany One interviews Dr Renske Onstein, a research passionate for the evolution of plants and their characteristics on a...
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March 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Dr. Onstein studies botanical diversity with a statistical mind, seeking patterns across evolution, functional ecology, and paleobiology. From fieldwork in Madagascar to leading research at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, she reveals how plant adaptations shape entire ecosystems.
Here is part two of the botanical adventure to the Berkeley Herbarium, this time to show how plants are made ready for filing there.
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Plant Collecting & Herbarium Research! Pt 2
YouTube video by Science IRL
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March 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here is part two of the botanical adventure to the Berkeley Herbarium, this time to show how plants are made ready for filing there.
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Six minute video on collecting plants for the Berkeley herbarium. Very informative!
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Plant Collecting & Herbarium Research! Pt 1
YouTube video by Science IRL
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March 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Six minute video on collecting plants for the Berkeley herbarium. Very informative!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Oz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Oz...
A group of botanists has discovered a new species of rainforest tree in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains. Tessmania princeps is in the Fabaceae and it is huge.
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‘3,000 year-old’ trees in Tanzania are new species
Botanist Andrea Bianchi and local plant experts Aloyce Mwakisoma and his brother Ruben were exploring two tiny village forest reserves in the Udzungwa mountains in 2019, when they stumbled upon some i...
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March 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A group of botanists has discovered a new species of rainforest tree in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains. Tessmania princeps is in the Fabaceae and it is huge.
news.mongabay.com/2025/03/3000...
news.mongabay.com/2025/03/3000...
Botanists discover beautiful new iris family species in South Africa.
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New plant discovered in Stellenbosch
“Miracle” iris emerges after decades under a pine plantation
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March 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Botanists discover beautiful new iris family species in South Africa.
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Fourteen artists have joined forces for a botanical-themed art exhibition at the Malaysian National Art Gallery Langkawi from today until July 31. Wish we could go!
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14 artists collaborate for botanical-themed art exhibition at Langkawi National Art Gallery | New Straits Times
LANGKAWI: Fourteen artists have joined forces for a botanical-themed art exhibition at the National Art Gallery Langkawi from today until July 31.
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March 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Fourteen artists have joined forces for a botanical-themed art exhibition at the Malaysian National Art Gallery Langkawi from today until July 31. Wish we could go!
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www.nst.com.my/news/nation/...
Plant libraries, known as herbaria, are invaluable facilities to study all aspects of plant science. They must be saved!
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Plant libraries hold essential clues about climate change, but they're vulnerable to funding cuts
Scientists say amid climate change and biodiversity loss, the world’s herbaria could hold the keys to overcoming the crises in their folders of dried plant specimens. But their future is in question a...
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March 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Plant libraries, known as herbaria, are invaluable facilities to study all aspects of plant science. They must be saved!
www.ksmu.org/news/2025-02...
www.ksmu.org/news/2025-02...
California research scientists discovered a new species of manzanita, Arctostaphylos nipumu, named for the Nipomo Mesa south of San Luis Obispo.
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California researchers find new manzanita with gray shaggy bark growing near Santa Barbara
Researchers from U.C. Riverside announced in January they found an entirely new species of California manzanita. Its bark is gray instead of red.
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March 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
California research scientists discovered a new species of manzanita, Arctostaphylos nipumu, named for the Nipomo Mesa south of San Luis Obispo.
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Check out the review of a new British book on mosses and lichens. We love cryptogams!
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Moss and lichen: A deep dive into cryptogams
Elizabeth Lawson’s “Moss and Lichen” is a groundbreaking addition to Reaktion Books’ Botanical series, shifting focus from vascular to non-vascular plants and encompassing f…
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March 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Check out the review of a new British book on mosses and lichens. We love cryptogams!
plantcuttings.uk/2025/02/28/m...
plantcuttings.uk/2025/02/28/m...
Botany students get a taste of the flora of Panama in this adventure by NYBG.
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Field Studies in Panama: Researching Aquatic Flora | New York Botanical Garden
Assistant Curator Ana María Bedoya, Ph.D., recently returned from her field studies in Panama and shares her experience researching aquatic plants in the region. I have been in Panama with students an...
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March 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Botany students get a taste of the flora of Panama in this adventure by NYBG.
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