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Inspired by Seaweeds from the Herbarium

On Friday 15 March 2019, the RBGE Herbarium and Edinburgh Shoreline Project joined forces for a half-day mixed media workshop inspired by algae specimens in the RBGE Herbarium. The morning…

Herbarium Recuration & Increasing the Resolution of South Asia

A herbarium is a collection of preserved plants (known as specimens) stored, catalogued and arranged systematically. The specimens that are stored in the herbarium are a working reference collection used…

Capturing Genes from Herbaria. VIII. Amplification

…second row – 2009 herbarium, 2009 silica, 2009 herbarium; third row – 1948; 1948; 2004 herbarium; fourth row – 2004 herbarium; 1932 flower; 1932 flower; bottom row – 1932 leaf;…

Capturing Genes from Herbaria. VII. Comparisons.

…NEB ng Library no. 2009 Herbarium Leaf DNeasy no 8 yes normal 101 100 1- 2009 Herbarium Leaf DNeasy yes 8 yes normal 101 101.5 1+ 2009 Herbarium Leaf QiaQuick…

My first taxonomic revision – experiences from the Edinburgh herbarium – by Julia Wellsow

…a herbarium sheet at Edinburgh herbarium. The specimen is also available online at Edinburgh herbarium E00930974 Things needed to mount herbarium specimens: cardboard sheets, acid free glue, needle and thread,…

The Indian botanical drawings reproduced in Ocean Flowers

…drawings were in the Library; those the size of herbarium sheets on the top floor of Wing D of the Herbarium. In 2004 nobody at Kew knew anything about the…

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Describing your DNA

herbarium; 1932 herbarium; 1932 herbarium; 1835 herbarium; 2009 silica; 1932 herbarium; 1932 herbarium One metric that can be obtained from a Genomic DNA ScreenTape assay is a DNA Integrity Number…

Using Herbarium Specimens to Understand Patterns of Plant Diversity

…what can we do do with herbarium data. One such method is Species Distribution Modelling. Here, we take all of the herbarium records for a single species and examine the…

Erophila verna on a black ground: a miniature painting in the Lightfoot Herbarium at Kew

…the herbarium of the Rev John Lightfoot (1735–1788), author of Flora Scotica, and chaplain-naturalist to the Duchess of Portland. In 1788, following the cleric-naturalist’s death his herbarium had been purchased…

Choose your transcription path through people and plants

The RBGE Herbarium and citizen research Since 2017 the RBGE Herbarium has enlisted the help of volunteers to undertake the transcription of collection label information from herbarium specimens. We are…

Meet the Botanics Sniffer in Residence

Herbarium, asking ‘What is the smell of the Herbarium?’ the answer that came back was similarly reflexive and tautological: ‘It smells like the Herbarium.’ Herbarium folder containing specimens of the…

Capturing Genes from Herbaria. VI. Size selection

…top row – unrepaired DNA: 2009 herbarium; 2009 silica; 2009 silica; repaired DNA: second row – 2009 herbarium, 2009 silica, 2009 herbarium; third row – 1948; 1948; 2004 herbarium; fourth…

Harvesting Collections for Social Benefit: Hidden Stories at the Herbarium of RBGE

…Why Herbarium Collections? Herbarium Collections – a collections of plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study and for species definitions – tell stories of a particular time and…

Taking digitisation to the next level for the Flora of Nepal

…database records and making these available online. The National Herbarium and Plant Laboratories (KATH), Kathmandu, Nepal – part of DPR – is a small herbarium that contains approximately 165,000 herbarium

From the herbarium, with love…

Dilsea carnosa Whilst digitising the British algae, we have been finding some interesting and beautiful seaweeds. This Dilsea carnosa, collected in Shetland, is particularly appropriate with Valentines day this weekend……

Herbarium specimens collected during World War I

4th August 1914 – collections on the day that war was declared between Britain and Germany On the 4th August 1914 the tension was building during the day as the…

Capturing Genes from Herbaria. I. What it’s all about.

…DNA extractable from the sample. This let us genetically characterise samples collected on recent field work, as well as samples collected many years ago. The RBGE Herbarium http://www.scotsman.com/news/what-s-in-a-name-a-mass-of-analysis-1-3666334 The Herbarium

Gifted herbaria and volunteers

…by herbarium technicians. Likes: Stepping into the Herbarium, a haven of tranquillity. Meeting people from a variety of backgrounds, both staff and other volunteers is a bonus. Dislikes: Visitors who…

Backhouse specimens in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The Backhouse family is more widely known for their nursery based in the north of England. However, several members of the family also collected herbarium specimens which are now held…