News tagged with botanic garden
Earth history and evolution
In classical mythology, the cypress tree is associated with death, the underworld and eternity. Indeed, the family to which cypresses belong, is an ancient lineage of conifers, and a new study of their evolution affords a ...
May 03, 2012 |
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Putting plants online: Four leading botanical gardens to create first online catalog of all plants
The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG); the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG); The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew); and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) have announced plans to develop the World Flora—the first ...
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Mission critical: Species explorers propose steps to map biosphere
Scientists say worldwide collections, existing experts and technology make charting 10 million species in less than 50 years achievable; a necessary step to sustain planet’s biodiversity.
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Indigenous peoples at forefront of climate change offer lessons on plant biodiversity
Humans are frequently blamed for deforestation and the destruction of environments, yet there are also examples of peoples and cultures around the world that have learned to manage and conserve the precious resources around ...
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Half of species found by 'great plant hunters'
(PhysOrg.com) -- With an estimated 15-30% of the world’s flowering plants yet to be discovered, finding and recording new plant species is vital to our understanding of global biodiversity.
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Prolific plant hunters provide insight in strategy for collecting undiscovered plant species
Today's alarmingly high rate of plant extinction necessitates an increased understanding of the world's biodiversity. An estimated 15 to 30 percent of the world's flowering plants have yet to be discovered, making efficiency ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Scientists examine toxicity of medicinal plants in Peru
Many developing countries rely on traditional medicine as an accessible and affordable treatment option for human maladies. However, until now, scientific data has not existed to evaluate the potential toxicity of medicinal ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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First known night-flowering orchid discovered
Botanists have discovered the first known species of orchid that flowers at night, London's Kew Gardens announced on Tuesday.
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Hidden soil fungus, now revealed, is in a class all its own
A type of fungus that's been lurking underground for millions of years, previously known to science only through its DNA, has been cultured, photographed, named and assigned a place on the tree of life.
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Electronic publishing 'goes live': News from the International Botanical Congress in Melbourne
The Nomenclature Section of the 18th International Botanical Congress in Melbourne, in July 2011, proposed and approved sweeping changes to the way scientists name new plants, algae, and fungi. To demonstrate the efficiency ...
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Home-made honey could fight superbugs
Cardiff University researchers and the National Botanic Garden of Wales are appealing for help in building up a DNA profile of the nation’s honey. They hope to use the information to identify plants which ...
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Missouri Botanical Garden makes rare discovery of plant genus
The Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) has played a significant role in identifying a new genus, Yasunia, with two confirmed species from Ecuador and Peru, Y. quadrata and Y. sessiliflora.
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Discovering new localities of a rare species in Georgia
The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership team in Georgia made an exciting discovery in October last year when local nature lovers alerted the team to the presence of cyclamen in a district in West Georgia. ...
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Aspects of prescribed burning questioned by experts
The scientists (from The University of Western Australia, Kings Park and Botanic Garden, and Kew) argue that deliberately increasing the frequency of fires may lead to ecosystem degradation and loss of biodiversity.
Feb 18, 2011 |
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New botanic database holds a million plant names
Capping the UN's International Year of Biodiversity, botanists in Britain and the United States on Wednesday unveiled a library of plant names aimed at helping conservationists, drug designers and agriculture ...
Dec 29, 2010 |
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