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Rosularia muratdaghensis

…plant not one made in the field all those years earlier. Unsupported repository item type: Herbarium Specimen Scan   This plant along with Rhododendron horlickianum are examples of a living…

Capturing Genes from Herbaria. V. Fragmenting the DNA

…cycles sonication; 2009 herbarium material, repaired, 8 cycles sonication; 2004 herbarium material, repaired, 3 cycles sonication; 2004 herbarium material, repaired, 3 cycles sonication; 1932 herbarium leaf material, repaired, 3 cycles…

Siân Bowen’s Leverhulme Research Fellowship Exhibition: After Hortus Malabaricus: Sensing and Presencing Rare Plants

…of herbarium specimens The Bound Herbarium and Artist Books Also exhibited are some of a number of artist books that I have been working on. Early historical herbaria took the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Part 1/2: ‘Sensing and Presencing the Imperceptible’, Siân Bowen’s Micro-conference

herbarium curator, took us to the Herbarium and shared intriguing and fascinating facts about plants and species stored within. This tour was an important insight into Siân Bowen’s process of…

Towards 3 million specimens: It’s a steal for Magnolias!

The following post was written by Chris Knowles, a digitiser working in the RBGE Herbarium. As part of my first year at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh as a herbarium

Festival Fun with Frankenstein’s Plants

This year for the first time, the herbarium team ran Frankenstein’s Plants, an event for the Edinburgh Science Festival. Participants were able to build their very own unique herbarium specimen…