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…and those plants, herbarium specimens and DNA samples will be an asset in years to come, particularly if habitat fragmentation continues at its current rate. The trip was a positive…
Some of the herbarium collections of Marchantia held in the RBGE herbarium Many new species are already included in natural history collections around the world, it’s just that nobody has…
…year included the Herbarium Lift replacement, which was especially welcomed by the Herbarium team who have to transport hundreds of specimens to and from the facility and novelty of stairs…
…also included a mixture of silica-dried plant material and herbarium specimens, as we’re involved in an EU-funded SYNTHESYS programme that investigates different ways of using our historic collections, including unlocking…
The type specimen of Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi) from the RBGE herbarium. 160 years after the disappearance of young Scottish plant-hunter John Jeffrey, a reimagining of his missing journals finally…
Cornus capitata FED 331 1995.2647 by Inverleith House In previous Botanics Stories I have written about the joys of Herbarium Angling, but fusty old botanists do occasionally emerge into the…
…wild, as large specimens are dug up and transplanted to gardens. Photograph of two scales of cone of a female plant, RBGE herbarium RBGE Living Collections Accession Factsheet Accession…
…but not formally described until 1878 by Sulpiz Kurz, curator of the herbarium of the Calcutta Botanic Garden. The Lepchas, the indigenous people of Sikkim, knew the plant as ‘tiang-moo-foo-goom’,…
…the whole of the trek, and though this was disappointing the lack of views became a running joke for us all. Back in the herbarium at RBGE the next phase…
…23rd, while a Rabbit Hutch Spider (Steatoda bipunctata) found inside the Herbarium basement was November’s fourth new Garden record. A few galls made by three gall-mites remained on those leaves…
…Grey Herons were also present regularly throughout August, with three seen together on at least one date (29th). Nuthatch was heard calling near the herbarium on 31st, and Stock Dove…
…plants. Jennifer Wood: two photographs, one press cutting and two herbarium specimens, 1965 I have included some of my highlights from the RBGE library, archives and herbarium, including interesting objects…
…in 2003 by George from a single preserved herbarium collection made by Dr Joannes Mogea, the former curator of Herbarium Bogoriense. Rhododendron mogeanum Argent. CASK 63. Accession Number:20110220*A . Photo:…
…as an exhibition hall for its flower shows, to be staged in the heart of the Society’s garden. From 1864 until 1964, it housed the Herbarium, the Royal Botanic Garden…
…of Edinburgh, the origins of the three-million strong herbarium and botanical library, and the construction of glasshouses accommodating everything from tropical palms to montane rhododendrons, cacti, ferns, the giant waterlily…
…Balfour was very interested in the flora of China, and when in 1904 he got the chance, he recommended one of his herbarium clerks, George Forrest, to go on a…
…and included 86 colour plates, simple species descriptions, recommendations for laying out and arranging specimens in the herbarium, and a key for identification. Plate XLIII, British Sea-Weeds, V.2., 1872 Gatty,…
…deny safe anchorages to German vessels during WWII. She travelled and worked across South and North America, building up an extensive collection of herbarium specimens. She became the director of…
…preserved in perpetuity as a pressed specimen in the Garden’s herbarium collection of around 3 million specimens that is a critical resource for botanical research. Voucher specimen of small adder’s-tongue,…
…Stella Ross-Craig A very delightful day – first being taken to Branstone Lodge, Kew Road (now demolished), by Mr Cotton (“Bunny”), Keeper of the Herbarium, who, on the way, told…