Unlocking the mechanical secrets of giant Amazonian waterlilies
Researchers studying giant Amazonian waterlilies grown at the University of Oxford's Botanic Garden have unraveled the engineering enigma behind the largest floating leaves in nature.
Researchers studying giant Amazonian waterlilies grown at the University of Oxford's Botanic Garden have unraveled the engineering enigma behind the largest floating leaves in nature.
Plants & Animals
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The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's top propagation 'code-breaker', horticulturist Carlos Magdalena, has cracked the enigma of growing a rare species of African waterlily - believed to be the smallest waterlily in the world ...
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2010
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Approximately 120-130 million years ago, one of the most significant events in the history of the Earth occurred: the first flowering plants, or angiosperms, arose. In the late 1800s, Darwin referred to their development ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2009
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