Authors of this major classification include RBGE_Herbarium's own Elspeth Haston

Urban #biodiversity is fundamental to making cities more liveable.

Ensure your city can calculate its ecological performance with the IUCN Urban Nature Indexes.

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UNEP-WCMC Urban Biodiversity Hub

Are you interested in scientific collections? Join fellow scientists and experts at the GRSciColl Community Call to get an update on its implementation and the latest news.
📆 17 APR 15h CEST

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Proudly sharing with you this epic taxonomic revision of #Ipomoea for #Ghana , with so much cool information about the species and their traditional uses.

It is a result of the 2022 #Plant #Taxonomy Skills course done by Kew Africa team and GC Herbarium-well done to African Taxonomists Network!

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New plant genus honoring a 👩🏻 botanist: 🤩Marijordaania! “The generic name commemorates Dr Marie Jordaan (née Prins) [1948–], in recognition of her considerable contributions towards the taxonomy of the southern African flora in general, and the Celastraceae in particular.”

Yay! Help support SHC support students in herbaria! Read more about Searrah's work in the Vasculum and about to submit to another publication soon. issuu.com/thevasculum/do…

Keita is a new genus of liana from Republic of #Guinea in this photo we can see K. deniseae a #new #species named after Denise Molmou, leading field botanist from the National #Herbarium of Guinea who is depicted collecting the #type specimen🇬🇳Kew Bulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225…

Please share this fantastic opportunity of a mentored experience at #Botany2024 with underrepresented plant-science-curious undergrads that you know! The deadline to apply is March 1, 2024.

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🌿🎨 From #PlantSciBull 's #SciArt special issue 🎨🌿

Reaching Across Audiences: Connecting to & Communicating Botanical Concepts Through Art

By Janette Davidson, Sienna Wessel, Jennifer Shoemaker, Alexandra Rose & Lauren Shoemaker

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We care about a safe and inspiring learning environment, to educate students to be the botanists of tomorrow. That's why we are delighted that our PhD student Sam and MSc student Marie Declercq work with Ana Rita Simões at Kew Gardens to study African #Ipomoea this week.

Timeline of decision to close Duke Herbarium reveals limited communication over multiple years dukechronicle.com/article/2024/0…

Duke University's decision to close major plant collection sparks outrage ehn.org/duke-universit…

HUH Curator of Vascular Plants, Professor Charles Davis, discusses the importance of #herbaria . #CollectionsAreImportant #ClimateChange #Digitization
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Please RT. We are looking for two talented scientists to join my team Bayer U.S. 🇺🇸 | Crop Science . If you are a molecular geneticist with an interest in data science, this might be a perfect role for you. Please feel free to reach out

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Today we headed into the Sumatran wilderness to look for a titan and look: we found it. The titan atum is the world's largest unbranched inflorescence, and one of nature's greatest wonders. To see one in cultivation is a treat; but to see one in the wild is special.

Important that #herbarium specimens are identified and curated:

“Leafing through pre-existing collections formed a significant part of logging new records for plant species, with taxonomic studies accounting for 56.8 per cent of records”

Our Palm House 💚 Have you been lucky enough to visit and journey up the spiral staircase?

👩‍🔬 Vacancy: Head of Science Services 👩‍🔬

Oversee the strategic development of:
- Administration and Governance
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Apply by 25 Feb 👇
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