Robbie Hart
@oreotrephes.bsky.social
Director, William L. Brown Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden -- plants for people (and vice versa). Programs in Himalayan climate change, mountain plant ecology, community based conservation in Madagascar, and ethnobotany.
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Do you work with medicinal plants? Here is a great funding opportunity from the Garden Club of America, deadline of January 31st!
December 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Do you work with medicinal plants? Here is a great funding opportunity from the Garden Club of America, deadline of January 31st!
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Reminder--nominations are still open for positions on our student committee! These are a great way for undergraduates or graduate students to get involved with the Society and to meet others in the discipline! Pleas reach out if you have any questions.
Do you want to get more engaged with the SEB Society? Now is the perfect opportunity to do so! We are seeking 1 Student Representative-Elect and 3 Student Committee Members for the upcoming council term. (1/3)
January 16, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Reminder--nominations are still open for positions on our student committee! These are a great way for undergraduates or graduate students to get involved with the Society and to meet others in the discipline! Pleas reach out if you have any questions.
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Hunter-gatherers in southern Africa laced their stone arrow tips with poison roughly 60,000 years ago, a new #ScienceAdvances study finds.
The discovery pushes back the timeline for poison weapon use from the mid-Holocene to the Late Pleistocene. https://scim.ag/4aQDXqI
The discovery pushes back the timeline for poison weapon use from the mid-Holocene to the Late Pleistocene. https://scim.ag/4aQDXqI
Direct evidence for poison use on microlithic arrowheads in Southern Africa at 60,000 years ago
Earliest proof of plant poisons on arrows reveals complex Pleistocene hunting in southern Africa.
scim.ag
January 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Hunter-gatherers in southern Africa laced their stone arrow tips with poison roughly 60,000 years ago, a new #ScienceAdvances study finds.
The discovery pushes back the timeline for poison weapon use from the mid-Holocene to the Late Pleistocene. https://scim.ag/4aQDXqI
The discovery pushes back the timeline for poison weapon use from the mid-Holocene to the Late Pleistocene. https://scim.ag/4aQDXqI
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Special exhibition @mobotgarden.bsky.social this summer! 🤩🤩🤩
Stay tuned for more details in April 2026.
Stay tuned for more details in April 2026.
Imagery from Dimensions, an original artwork owned and commissioned by Sensorio.
Imagery from Desert Botanical Garden.
Imagery from Desert Botanical Garden.
January 8, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Special exhibition @mobotgarden.bsky.social this summer! 🤩🤩🤩
Stay tuned for more details in April 2026.
Stay tuned for more details in April 2026.
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But in the climbing ecstasy of thought,
Ere consummation, ere the final peak,
Come hours like this…
—Nan Shepherd, “Summit of Coire Etchachan”
published in WANDERERS: A History of Women Walking, by @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social
11 Dec is #InternationalMountainDay
#poetry
www.un.org/en/observanc...
Ere consummation, ere the final peak,
Come hours like this…
—Nan Shepherd, “Summit of Coire Etchachan”
published in WANDERERS: A History of Women Walking, by @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social
11 Dec is #InternationalMountainDay
#poetry
www.un.org/en/observanc...
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
But in the climbing ecstasy of thought,
Ere consummation, ere the final peak,
Come hours like this…
—Nan Shepherd, “Summit of Coire Etchachan”
published in WANDERERS: A History of Women Walking, by @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social
11 Dec is #InternationalMountainDay
#poetry
www.un.org/en/observanc...
Ere consummation, ere the final peak,
Come hours like this…
—Nan Shepherd, “Summit of Coire Etchachan”
published in WANDERERS: A History of Women Walking, by @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social
11 Dec is #InternationalMountainDay
#poetry
www.un.org/en/observanc...
Happy International Mountain Day! I'm feeling grateful for Elk Mountain and Gray Wolf Mountain, which hosted our alpine plant fieldwork this summer as part of the Garden's research with the GLORIA consortium on climate change impacts on mountain plants. #InternationalMountainDay
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Happy International Mountain Day! I'm feeling grateful for Elk Mountain and Gray Wolf Mountain, which hosted our alpine plant fieldwork this summer as part of the Garden's research with the GLORIA consortium on climate change impacts on mountain plants. #InternationalMountainDay
This snowy morning, I've been reminding myself what a great winter read The White Mirror is. "The charm and excitement of a snowbound Agatha Christie mystery", indeed! (per Wall Street Journal!) bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
December 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This snowy morning, I've been reminding myself what a great winter read The White Mirror is. "The charm and excitement of a snowbound Agatha Christie mystery", indeed! (per Wall Street Journal!) bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Really nice coverage in Harvard Gazette of our recent article on global patterns of medicinal plant species richness.
#PlantsAndPeople
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#PlantsAndPeople
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Mapping our deep-rooted relationship with medicinal plants— Harvard Gazette
Regions with longer histories of human settlement tend to have greater variety, study finds.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Really nice coverage in Harvard Gazette of our recent article on global patterns of medicinal plant species richness.
#PlantsAndPeople
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
#PlantsAndPeople
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
SEB's 65th Annual Meeting will be in Montpellier, France, 31 May–4 June 2026. This year’s theme, Undisciplined Ethnobotany, reimagines the field by centering plant–people stories, cross-cultural insight, & hybrid methods.
#SEB2026
More information soon: ethnobotany.org/home/meeting...
#SEB2026
More information soon: ethnobotany.org/home/meeting...
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
SEB's 65th Annual Meeting will be in Montpellier, France, 31 May–4 June 2026. This year’s theme, Undisciplined Ethnobotany, reimagines the field by centering plant–people stories, cross-cultural insight, & hybrid methods.
#SEB2026
More information soon: ethnobotany.org/home/meeting...
#SEB2026
More information soon: ethnobotany.org/home/meeting...
WashU Kemper Museum was a perfect setting for scintillating conversation last night at the transdisciplinary
Incubator panel with Rodrigo Reis of
@washupublichealth.bsky.social, Tanslu Daylan and @otherrock.bsky.social of @washuartsci.bsky.social, and Lúcia Lohmann of @mobotgarden.bsky.social.
Incubator panel with Rodrigo Reis of
@washupublichealth.bsky.social, Tanslu Daylan and @otherrock.bsky.social of @washuartsci.bsky.social, and Lúcia Lohmann of @mobotgarden.bsky.social.
November 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
WashU Kemper Museum was a perfect setting for scintillating conversation last night at the transdisciplinary
Incubator panel with Rodrigo Reis of
@washupublichealth.bsky.social, Tanslu Daylan and @otherrock.bsky.social of @washuartsci.bsky.social, and Lúcia Lohmann of @mobotgarden.bsky.social.
Incubator panel with Rodrigo Reis of
@washupublichealth.bsky.social, Tanslu Daylan and @otherrock.bsky.social of @washuartsci.bsky.social, and Lúcia Lohmann of @mobotgarden.bsky.social.
How do social and ecological factors shape the global distribution of medicinal plants? Nawal Shrestha et al. show variable documented medicinal plant richness, test human drivers, and emphasize the need for integrated conservation strategies. #PlantsAndPeople www.cell.com/current-biol...
The human fingerprint of medicinal plant species diversity
Shrestha et al. show that human ecology significantly impacts global medicinal plant
diversity. While overall plant diversity remains the primary driver, longer human
occupancy increases medicinal pla...
www.cell.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
How do social and ecological factors shape the global distribution of medicinal plants? Nawal Shrestha et al. show variable documented medicinal plant richness, test human drivers, and emphasize the need for integrated conservation strategies. #PlantsAndPeople www.cell.com/current-biol...
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#Postdoc in #landscape ecology with me
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Landscape Ecology
Department of Physical Geography is one of the major departments within the Faculty of Science. The department has approximately 100 employees and educates approximately 1 000 students annually. Our r
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October 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#Postdoc in #landscape ecology with me
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Alpine plants used as incense in Bhutan are also being impacted by climate change in the Himalayas. Currently on view in the #SmellingTheBouquet #PlantsAndScentsInTheGarden @mobotmuseum.bsky.social
Learn more link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Learn more link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Alpine plants used as incense in Bhutan are also being impacted by climate change in the Himalayas. Currently on view in the #SmellingTheBouquet #PlantsAndScentsInTheGarden @mobotmuseum.bsky.social
Learn more link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Learn more link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Have you seen the pink lanterns (𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢) in the📍Climatron?
Its nickname "pink lantern" came about due to the way its pink flowers droop on the arched stems in a way that the whole effect resembles a lantern!🏮
📸 Nathan Kwarta
#MOBOTGarden
Its nickname "pink lantern" came about due to the way its pink flowers droop on the arched stems in a way that the whole effect resembles a lantern!🏮
📸 Nathan Kwarta
#MOBOTGarden
June 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Have you seen the pink lanterns (𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢) in the📍Climatron?
Its nickname "pink lantern" came about due to the way its pink flowers droop on the arched stems in a way that the whole effect resembles a lantern!🏮
📸 Nathan Kwarta
#MOBOTGarden
Its nickname "pink lantern" came about due to the way its pink flowers droop on the arched stems in a way that the whole effect resembles a lantern!🏮
📸 Nathan Kwarta
#MOBOTGarden
What is the scope of ethnobotany data in herbaria, and what are the next steps to effectively and ethically share this information?
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
Repositories of biocultural diversity: Toward best practices for empowering ethnobotany in digital herbaria
As herbaria digitize millions of plant specimens, ethnobotanical information associated with them is becoming increasingly accessible. These biocultural data include plant uses, names, and/or managem....
doi.org
June 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
What is the scope of ethnobotany data in herbaria, and what are the next steps to effectively and ethically share this information?
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
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Get to know 4️⃣ #BlackBotanists throughout history as welcome all to join us in this year's Juneteenth celebration at the Garden!
🌱 Juneteenth at the Garden | June 19 from 9 a.m.–8 p.m.
Learn more: buff.ly/m0MauwI
📸 Tom Incrocci
#MOBOTGarden
🌱 Juneteenth at the Garden | June 19 from 9 a.m.–8 p.m.
Learn more: buff.ly/m0MauwI
📸 Tom Incrocci
#MOBOTGarden
June 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Get to know 4️⃣ #BlackBotanists throughout history as welcome all to join us in this year's Juneteenth celebration at the Garden!
🌱 Juneteenth at the Garden | June 19 from 9 a.m.–8 p.m.
Learn more: buff.ly/m0MauwI
📸 Tom Incrocci
#MOBOTGarden
🌱 Juneteenth at the Garden | June 19 from 9 a.m.–8 p.m.
Learn more: buff.ly/m0MauwI
📸 Tom Incrocci
#MOBOTGarden
Climate change affects not only plants for food and health, but also those important to daily practice, our sensory experience of the world, and traditional culture. 🏔️ 🌱
A Swirling Offering: Climate Change Impacts on Incense and Other Useful Alpine Plants of Bhutan:
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A Swirling Offering: Climate Change Impacts on Incense and Other Useful Alpine Plants of Bhutan:
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A Swirling Offering: Climate Change Impacts on Incense and Other Useful Alpine Plants of Bhutan - Economic Botany
Climate change impacts on social-ecological systems —such as useful plant harvest— can be elucidated through local perceptions and ecological monitoring. To better understand how these two approaches ...
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June 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Climate change affects not only plants for food and health, but also those important to daily practice, our sensory experience of the world, and traditional culture. 🏔️ 🌱
A Swirling Offering: Climate Change Impacts on Incense and Other Useful Alpine Plants of Bhutan:
idp.springer.com/authorize?re...
A Swirling Offering: Climate Change Impacts on Incense and Other Useful Alpine Plants of Bhutan:
idp.springer.com/authorize?re...
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A single domestication origin of adzuki bean in Japan and the evolution of domestication genes |
Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Do you love もち (mochi)? If so (or even if you don't), this is an interesting article on the origin of adzuki beans (あずき), source of "red bean paste".
Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Do you love もち (mochi)? If so (or even if you don't), this is an interesting article on the origin of adzuki beans (あずき), source of "red bean paste".
A single domestication origin of adzuki bean in Japan and the evolution of domestication genes
Adzuki is a central legume in East Asian culinary culture, yet its domestication origin remains debated. Using ~700 accessions across Asia, we show that the initial domestication happened three to fiv...
www.science.org
June 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A single domestication origin of adzuki bean in Japan and the evolution of domestication genes |
Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Do you love もち (mochi)? If so (or even if you don't), this is an interesting article on the origin of adzuki beans (あずき), source of "red bean paste".
Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Do you love もち (mochi)? If so (or even if you don't), this is an interesting article on the origin of adzuki beans (あずき), source of "red bean paste".
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New paper: The composition of Arctic plant communities appears to be more related to fine-scale environmental variation than to large-scale variation in summer temperatures, and microhabitat buffering may thus delay the effects of #ClimateChange at least in W Greenland doi.org/10.1002/ecog... 🌱🧪🌐
May 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New paper: The composition of Arctic plant communities appears to be more related to fine-scale environmental variation than to large-scale variation in summer temperatures, and microhabitat buffering may thus delay the effects of #ClimateChange at least in W Greenland doi.org/10.1002/ecog... 🌱🧪🌐
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How does plant diversity respond to the rising temperatures in the Arctic?
@nanitundra.bsky.social has superbly led the complex data through to this fantastic @nature.com article out today.
rdcu.be/ej7AE
@nanitundra.bsky.social has superbly led the complex data through to this fantastic @nature.com article out today.
rdcu.be/ej7AE
April 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
How does plant diversity respond to the rising temperatures in the Arctic?
@nanitundra.bsky.social has superbly led the complex data through to this fantastic @nature.com article out today.
rdcu.be/ej7AE
@nanitundra.bsky.social has superbly led the complex data through to this fantastic @nature.com article out today.
rdcu.be/ej7AE
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The Biodiversity Heritage Library has just surpassed 63 million pages! Spanning 1469–2025, BHL provides invaluable #OpenAccess to the foundation of our understanding of biodiversity. 🌎 📚 🌱 #ILoveBHL #BHLib ➡️ www.biodiversitylibrary.org
April 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The Biodiversity Heritage Library has just surpassed 63 million pages! Spanning 1469–2025, BHL provides invaluable #OpenAccess to the foundation of our understanding of biodiversity. 🌎 📚 🌱 #ILoveBHL #BHLib ➡️ www.biodiversitylibrary.org
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April 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Hi Bluesky, the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest #OpenAccess digital library of biodiversity literature and archives. We're a global consortium of 660 contributors who've made 63 million pages of biodiversity knowledge freely accessible online. www.biodiversitylibrary.org
April 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Hi Bluesky, the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest #OpenAccess digital library of biodiversity literature and archives. We're a global consortium of 660 contributors who've made 63 million pages of biodiversity knowledge freely accessible online. www.biodiversitylibrary.org
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A new 35m canopy tree species discovered in Tambopata, Amazon Peru. Drypetes oliveri Vásquez, R.Rojas & L.Valenz. sp. nov.
First collected in 1986 by Gentry & Núñez in a 1-ha plot, fertile material was finally found by Rodolfo Vásquez's team in 2023.
revistas.unamad.edu.pe/index.php/ge...
First collected in 1986 by Gentry & Núñez in a 1-ha plot, fertile material was finally found by Rodolfo Vásquez's team in 2023.
revistas.unamad.edu.pe/index.php/ge...
April 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A new 35m canopy tree species discovered in Tambopata, Amazon Peru. Drypetes oliveri Vásquez, R.Rojas & L.Valenz. sp. nov.
First collected in 1986 by Gentry & Núñez in a 1-ha plot, fertile material was finally found by Rodolfo Vásquez's team in 2023.
revistas.unamad.edu.pe/index.php/ge...
First collected in 1986 by Gentry & Núñez in a 1-ha plot, fertile material was finally found by Rodolfo Vásquez's team in 2023.
revistas.unamad.edu.pe/index.php/ge...
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The botanist Al Gentry changed tropical ecology and helped create the global science of today.
This new article celebrates Gentry's unique innovations, achievements and lasting influence, more than 30 years after his untimely death.
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annals.mobot.org/index.php/an...
This new article celebrates Gentry's unique innovations, achievements and lasting influence, more than 30 years after his untimely death.
rainfor.org/wp-content/u...
annals.mobot.org/index.php/an...
March 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The botanist Al Gentry changed tropical ecology and helped create the global science of today.
This new article celebrates Gentry's unique innovations, achievements and lasting influence, more than 30 years after his untimely death.
rainfor.org/wp-content/u...
annals.mobot.org/index.php/an...
This new article celebrates Gentry's unique innovations, achievements and lasting influence, more than 30 years after his untimely death.
rainfor.org/wp-content/u...
annals.mobot.org/index.php/an...