Maura C. Flannery @flannerm.bsky.social
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Prof Emerita of Biology, St. John's U; Res Affiliate, U of South Carolina herbarium; author In the Herbarium: The Hidden World of Collecting Plants, Yale Press
Aiken, South Carolina
Joined August 2010
Post from Herbarium World on the art of Sam van Aken
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Sam van Aken’s specimen of Prunus persica “Peregrine” from The Open Orchid Project Sam van Aken seems to be as obsessed with fruit trees as I am with herbaria. For years he has been growing t…
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Your posts always bring me joy! Thank you @malikDOHEM
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#SmellingTheBouquet Elephant Tree or Torote (Bursera microphylla) is native to the Sonoran Desert, from the southwest US to northwest Mexico. Indigenous people of this region—Comcáac and Coahuilla—use it medicinally and burn its resin (copal) as fragrant incense in ceremonies.
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Post from Herbarium World on the plant-related art of James Prosek:
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James Prosek’s watercolor Liatris (Gayfeather), Blackjack Oak, Post Oak, Maximilian Sunflower after a rain, between Forestburg and Greenwood, Texas, November One of my favorite topics in the herbar…
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Could be a her!
🌿Planta Insumisa (1961) de Remedios Varo. Un enfrentamiento entre la ciencia y la fuerza indomable de la naturaleza. En una mesa de botánico, lejos de dominar su objeto de estudio, el científico es absorbido por él. La planta parece intentar fagocitarlo progresivamente.
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Post from Herbarium World on the Fernery at Benmore Botanic Garden: https://t.co/cyqcQjRr5W
@BenmoreBotGdn
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The rebuilt Fernery at Benmore Botanic Garden, Scotland, part of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Sixteen years ago, I visited the Tropical Ravine at the Botanic Gardens in Belfast. I had …
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Post from Herbarium World on the wood collection at the University of California Berkeley thanksto information from Shirley Watts and Mitchell Maher: https://t.co/3SnlZjb69I
#wood
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Stack of wood specimens at the Forest Products Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley. Photo courtesy of Mitchell Maher This series of posts is about topics in the plant world that, to me, …
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Post from Herbarium World on Smelling the Bouquet, an exhibit at the Missouri Botanical Gardens Sachs Museum https://t.co/fZXp5fWQZi
@MobotMuseum
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A well-scented flower, Nerium oleander. Photo by Alvesgaspar. I’ve decided to have fun with this series of posts and look at some different approaches to the plant world, beginning with scent, but …
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I think doing this in a public viewing area is a wonderful idea. @timutteridge
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Post from Herbarium World on biogeography: https://t.co/6HzW0bScTd
@biogeography
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Today, biogeography is a significant area of research in herbaria. Now that substantial numbers of specimen records have been digitized, it’s possible to study at least some species’ geographic ra…
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Librarian Charlotte A. Tancin has retired after 41 years at the Hunt Institute. Effective 30 September she will be an adjunct research scholar at the Institute. We wish her well and thank her for everything she has done for the Institute and the Library over those years.
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Post from Herbarium World on reflectance spectroscopy:
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There seems to be a great deal going on in the world of herbaria right now, from new approaches to studying specimens to asking new questions about plant collections. I tackle this topic with…
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Open Access, wonderful!
Curtis's Botanical Magazine Singapore Botanic Gardens special - now published in a volume, all articles available here online... https://t.co/lPnHfIhbe1
#SBGScience @nparksbuzz @wileyplantsci
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Post from Herbarium World on my visits with artists Laurence Hill and Tracey Bush in England https://t.co/7K7nZ1kWjF
@botanical
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Fritillaria meleagris – First Among Equals, photograph by Laurence Hill. For the last post in this series (1,2,3) on herbaria and gardens in London, I’m taking a more metaphorical approach an…
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Post from Herbarium World on my visit to the amazing South London Botanical Institute with thanks to the director, Elyssa Livergant
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One of the cabinets used to store specimens at the South London Botanical Institute. I knew about South London Botanical Institute from social media and it seemed intriguing. It sponsor…
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Botanical time machines: AI is unlocking a treasure trove of data held in herbarium collections https://t.co/pmPMLHHjkG via @ConversationEDU
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Advances in imaging, text recognition and machine learning are transforming what can be done with collections of plants and fungi in herbaria and museums globally.
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Post from Herbarium World: exploring exsiccatae at Kew Library, thanks to Anne Griffin
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Table of contents page from an anonymous 1791 herbarium. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Sticking to the theme of this series of posts on gardens and herbaria in London, I’m going to discuss a day I sp…
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Slavery in Oman only abolished in 1970, Equatorial Guinea in 1979 and Mauritania in 1981
Forgotten colonial empire of Oman from 1696 to 1856, Example of Arab Colonialism
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Post from Herbarium World on British gardening https://t.co/ISRAu1YkA1
#gardens
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Monument to Philip Miller at Chelsea Old Church I had such a great time in London that one series of posts just wasn’t enough to do it justice, so here’s the second installment. It’s focused …
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