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Finding Monocarpus, in the herbarium

…Monocarpus – http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17112 Finding Monocarpus, in the Herbarium – http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17146 Finding Monocarpus, in the field – http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17272 Lost before found: Was there more than one species in Monocarpus? – http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17904…

Project Soothe is Three

the exhibition is over Project Soothe is going from strength to strength on-line. You can take part in the research by visiting their website. All Project Soothe Stories What soothes…

Pride Tree

…– we would love to see our Pride Tree covered in your stories, hopes, aspirations and experiences. Please take photos while you’re at the tree and tag them on social…

Notes on the complex thalloid liverwort genus Plagiochasma

…pull together some of the published information about the species, thinking about public interpretation. This Botanics Stories post, therefore, does not contain any new information about the plants, but is…

Alpine blue-sow-thistle conservation

Reintroduction of the rare and threatened alpine blue-sow-thistle to the Cairngorms Natioanl Park is described in a short film by Dr Aline Finger….

Interleaving in the RBGE Collections, Part 1: The Flora of Forfarshire

…book, even more surprises await… Throughout the text, one of the former owners (likely Hutcheson, based on dates) has pasted in various stories from local newspapers that he found of…

Finding Monocarpus, in the field

…Monocarpus – http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17112 Finding Monocarpus, in the Herbarium – http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17146 Finding Monocarpus, in the field – http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17272 Lost before found: Was there more than one species in Monocarpus? – http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17904…

False Habitats and the Twisted Threads of Fate

…are used again and again. In this sense buildings and products tell their own stories; but, more interestingly, they are also like stories, handed down from generation to generation, from

Unlocking the power of poo

A short video by Dr Linda Neaves about the challenges of finding giant panda poo in the mountains of China, and how poo samples can unlock the mystery of the

Food Security? Try Raspberry Pi!

…each iPad: Settings > Wifi > DigitalStories Home Screen > DigitalStories Triple tap home button to start Guided Access Adding or removing videos from the presentation is as simple as…

What’s the story when there’s no variation?

…J. Milne, D. Schill, R.D. Seppelt, J.C. Villarreal. 2015. On Monocarpus (Monocarpaceae, Marchantiopsida), an isolated salt-pan complex thalloid liverwort. Australian Systematic Botany 28: 137-144.     https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17112 https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17146 https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17272 https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/17904…

Blue pollen, a story of kōtukutuku

…attract endemic geckos ( more information here – https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/25796 ) Based on literature it is endemic birds which is similar to the hummingbird pollinators in Central and South America. I…

Volunteering at the Botanics – bryophytes in our living landscape

…– bryophytes in our living landscape http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24333 Campylopus introflexus, an invasive alien on the glasshouse roof http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24359 The trials and tribulations of a moss in the lab: DNA extraction http://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24399…

The liverwort genus Haplomitrium

Life gets littered with untold stories; here’s one that did get told, briefly, and then got forgotten. It was told at the Botany meeting in Austin in August 2005. That…

Tidying up in Aneura

…– Botanics Stories (2020) Barcoding Britain’s Liverworts – progress to date – Botanics Stories (2017) A mixed message on PCR additives in Aneura – Botanics Stories (2016) The Aneura Working…

The Secret World of Rhododendrons – A talk by Dr Richard Milne

Botanical Society of Scotland together with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh invites you to a talk by Dr Richard Milne, University of Edinburgh on Thursday 30th November 2017 in the

What’s the matter with Nardia?

…in Trondheim has kindly sent us Norwegian samples of the two British red-listed species, Nardia breidleri and Nardia insecta. Further reading: https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/26378 Vadim A. Bakalin. 2012. Nardia hiroshii Amakawa –…

Redefining Aneura maxima and other Pellia-like Aneura

…lʼHerbier Boissier 7: 727–764. Botanics Stories – Aneura Tidying up in Aneura – Botanics Stories (2023) Narrowing down Aneura pinguis – Botanics Stories (2023) The simple thalloid liverwort Aneura –…

Ganoderma wood decay on Nothofagus betuloides

Last week we reported a branch failure in the Nothofagus betuloides in the Secret Garden: https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/28644 The decision was made to remove this tree and a Nothofagus solandri due to…

The Lost Words Recovered

…Yet surely they need this vocabulary to understand and enjoy our heritage of poetry, stories and songs, stretching back through the generations? The Lost Words project is the antidote to…