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Science Division, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Advancing knowledge of plants, algae and fungi via biodiversity research & the State Botanical Collection.
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Joined September 2018
Shining a light on mycorrhizal "dark taxa"—species known only from their DNA sequences that can’t be linked to named or described species @RBG_Victoria #RBGVScience.Available online:
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In this review, van Galen et al. use global soil metabarcoding databases to evaluate current estimates of the total number of ectomycorrhizal (EcM) fungal species on Earth, outline the current state...
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Two #scientificillustration students finished . studentships @RBG_Victoria Over 9 wks, they illustrated #fungi for new edition of 'Fungi Down Under', & leafy #liverworts, for #VicFlora.Thanks Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation (USA) & RBG . Foundation for funding. #botanicalart
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Big news for #bryophyte fans! @RBG_Victoria’s #VicFlora now has multi-access ID #keys for all 651 Victorian bryophyte species!.Explore user-friendly ID keys for #mosses, leafy #liverworts, thallose liverworts & #hornworts → . #RBGVScience #Botany #PlantID
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Meg Hirst @RBG_Victoria & colleagues published . Thermal germination niche: implications for seed‐based restoration in climate‐sensitive alpine environments, in Restoration Ecology #alpine #climatechange #germinationniche #revegetation #Seeds #RBGVScience
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Understanding the germination requirements of native plant species is crucial for restoration practitioners to ensure successful outcomes, especially as restoration efforts expand and global initia...
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Paper in @ScientificData by Camille Truong @RBG_Victoria & colleagues, unveils a curated soil #fungus dataset of >2000 eDNA samples that will advance fungal ecology and #conservation research in Australia and Antarctica! .#microbiome #biodiversity .
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If you're around Melbourne Gardens @RBG_Victoria , pop into our Tropical Glasshouse to see this wonderful plant in person!.
Our Observation of the Day is this flowering Napoleonaea vogelii plant, seen in Liberia by careljongkind!. This species is in the Lecythidaceae family, which also includes the Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa). More details at:
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New book on Wattles of Victoria written by #RBGVScience botanists, Neville Walsh & Dan Murphy, with Arthur Court (dec.) and Allan Gibb (dec.). Published by CSIRO Publishing #Acacia #wattle.
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Congratulations to Neville Walsh and Daniel Murphy on the publication of Wattles of Victoria and Tasmania! 🥳 This guide to 121 Acacia species is grounded in the research of Arthur Court (1927–2012...
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Sequencing data supports new circumscriptions in Gompholobium, including a newly named taxon: #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria 📸: Nicole Crosswell (illustrations); Michael Mathieson (photos)
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A study from RBGV mycologist Camille Truong investigates mycorrhizae of Melaleuca alternifolia (tea-tree), providing promising insights for sustainable production in the face of climate change: 📸: (1) C. Truong (2) L. Florence #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria
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Named after the orangutan 🦧, a new pitcher plant is described from Borneo by Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria botanist Dr Alastair Robinson @botanydoc and colleagues in Malaysia. See: 📸: A. Damit; A. Robinson; Nur Adillah Yusof.#RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria
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Surveys of over 2,000 plant and animal taxa since the 2019–2020 megafires have revealed the effects of the fires on biodiversity in a new paper published in Nature:. 📸: (1,2) N. Reiter, (3) A. Messina. #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria
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Our Collections Manager discusses our Global Collection with Radio National's Jonathan Green! Learn about the rich history hiding behind one of the specimens in the collection here:.📸: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria
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We are using collections in our specimen management software to manage incoming exchange data—read more here: 📸: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria
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Like many herbaria and botanic gardens, we are reflecting on the colonial history of the collection and how First Peoples’ contributions to botanical science have been obscured. See: 📸: (1,2) Michael Lawrence-Taylor; (3,4) RBGV.#RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria
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Conservation horticulture and predictive modelling are being used to safeguard the future of 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘢 (Baw Baw berry). Learn more here: 📸: Virginia Williamson (1,2), Daniel White (3).#RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria
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New paper characterising ectomycorrhizal associations in deciduous & evergreen 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘧𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘴 forests!.📷: Role of ectomycorrhizal fungi for nitrogen cycling in 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘧𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘴 forests of Patagonia #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria. Learn more:
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First Australian record of feather-inhabiting fungus 𝘖𝘯𝘺𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘢 made via iNaturalist. 📷: Sporing bodies on bird carcass: Eleanor Brand; views of sporing bodies with powdery spore mass: Luke Vaughan #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria Learn more:
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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria's Jim Willis vacation studentships for 2024–25 are now open to applications. Third or fourth year university science students with interests in plant and/or fungal systematics are invited to apply! #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria.
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Vacation studentships honouring the late Dr James Hamlyn Willis
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RT @atlaslivingaust: Despite providing 5% of @GBIF's global observations, the ALA's research impact is greater than it seems. 🧑🏼🔬🧫. New @….
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Putting names to spine fungi in a newly published paper involving RBGV mycologists 📸: John Walter #RBGVScience @RBG_Victoria #mycology #sarcodon #hydnellum #neosarcodon #bankeraceae
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