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38. Platanus orientalis L. PLATANACEAE Eastern plane, chinar This species has commonly been considered to be one of the parents of the more widely planted London plane (Platanus × hispanica),…
…Botanic Garden is well known. The plant is believed to have originated on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily as a hybrid between Senecio aethnensis and S. chrysanthemifolius and…
…considered Liverpool his home city. Shortly after completing his PhD, and marrying Pamela “Pam” Allsop, in 1960, Jim accepted the position of Scientific Officer at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh….
…Arboretum, USA, Rakan Zahawi of Lyon Botanical Garden, Hawaii, and Paul Smith of Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Professor Hollingsworth spoke on behalf of the international attendees to commend the excellent…
…1879, and not without considerable acrimony, Kew received all the botanical material – in vast quantities. Among the economic botanical material were 36 tons of wood samples (largely subsequently destroyed),…
…of two floristic regions, the Eastern Asiatic region to the north in China, and the Malesian region to the south. These regions have influenced Thailand’s flora and botanically make it…
6. Tacca chantrieri André DIOSCOREACEAE One of the so-called ‘bat flowers’, with brownish flowers surrounded by pairs of paler, petal-like bracts and drooping, thread-like bracteoles. This species occurs from Meghalaya…
…and more resilient to change. Air pollution sensitive fruticose (bushy) lichen Usnea subfloridana growing on the Azalea branches In the 1970’s there were no bushy lichens in the Royal Botanic…
20. Rhaphidophora glauca (Wallich) Schott ARACEAE This is a climbing member of the aroid family. It resembles a smaller form of the familiar Swiss-cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa), a popular house-plant…
…My starting point – the information about the men on the memorial published in the Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, v.21 – as we’ll see below, some of…
Photo: Mike Sutcliffe @britishlichens.co.uk Welcome to the world of the small! Let us take you on a tour of the lichens you can find here at the Royal Botanic Garden…
We are enjoying the autumn colour here at the botanic gardens but the leaves are now falling thick and fast. We do not want to miss out on this precious…
…it was described by William Wright Smith, Regius Keeper. He named after Robert Harrow, curator at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 1902 – 1931. Sorbus harrowiana Sorbus harrowiana…
…the collection. In our current series of virtual Digivol expeditions we are exploring the Lilliaceae family. Sign up as a volunteer at https://volunteer.ala.org.au and search for Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh….
…Inverleith House Gallery at RBGE until September and is not to be missed! Our Schools’ team were at Logan Botanic Garden for a week in April to welcome 367 children…
Hug a tree at the Botanics on 1st December at 12 noon and help break a world record. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is putting out the call for people…
…in the past two decades. July 25th and Cambridge Botanic Garden recorded the hottest day ever recorded in the UK at 38.7°C. A month of magnificent Hydrangea flowering. Did the…
…check first. Here is a list of five we grow in the Edible Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Borage – has a mild cucumber flavour. The flowers look…
A new Postcards from the Biomes following the move of the last fern to leave the Ferns and Fossils Glasshouse at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh….
Rhododendron horlickianum Kingdon-Ward 9403 I have a fair interest in Rhododendron because the are such a ubiquitous Scottish garden plant, but at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh we have a world…