Botanists gear up for second phase of Red List project
Museum scientists are planning the next stage of a study to reveal the global destruction of plant life.
Ecology
Dec 19, 2013
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Protecting juniper from a berry uncertain future
Forest Research scientists have collected berries from juniper bushes across Great Britain as part of the UK National Tree Seed Project overseen by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The berries are sent to the Millennium Seed ...
Ecology
Dec 12, 2013
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Not just a pretty space
The magnificent plants at Oxford University's Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum are always popular with visitors, but many people don't realise that they also have great scientific value.
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2013
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Tasmania home to first alpine sword-sedge
Researchers from the University of New England (Australia) and the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney (Australia), have discovered a high-altitude species of sedge from south-western Tasmania. A small clumping ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 15, 2013
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Simple plants aren't always easy: Revision of the liverwort Radula buccinifera complex
The supposedly widespread and variable Australasian liverwort species Radula buccinifera is nothing of the kind. The species was described in 1844, and reported for New Zealand in 1855. It has gone on to be the most commonly ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2013
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Hotspot reveals new kangaroo paws
Two new species of kangaroo paw have been discovered in WA's biodiversity hotspot – the south-west of Australia – thanks to DNA sequencing.
Plants & Animals
Oct 23, 2013
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Two million and counting: NYBG digitization project reaches major milestone
Marking a milestone achievement in the global effort to make scientific collections widely available online, The New York Botanical Garden recently added the two-millionth plant specimen to its digital research collection, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 3, 2013
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A plant believed to be endemic to Morocco appears in Spain for the first time
Polygala webbiana is a species which was thought to be exclusive to North Africa. However, researchers from the Real Jardín Botánico (Royal Botanic Gardens of Madrid), and the Alcalá and Coimbra Universities have discovered ...
Ecology
Sep 25, 2013
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Stinky corpse flower blooms in Washington
A towering plant that smells like rotting meat and is native to the Indonesian rainforest is in full bloom in the US capital, drawing throngs of tourists, officials said Monday.
Plants & Animals
Jul 22, 2013
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Grazing slugs hinder grassland restoration
Selective grazing by slugs may prevent key grassland species from taking hold and hampers efforts to restore our hay meadows, new research has shown.
Ecology
Jul 11, 2013
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