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Thank you for this series of posts. In times like these, we all have to speak up in whatever way we can. We MUST speak up.
What times are these, in which
A conversation about trees is almost a crime
For in doing so we maintain our silence about so much wrongdoing
-- Bertolt Brecht, To those who come after (An Die Nachegeborenen)
A conversation about trees is almost a crime
For in doing so we maintain our silence about so much wrongdoing
-- Bertolt Brecht, To those who come after (An Die Nachegeborenen)
January 26, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Thank you for this series of posts. In times like these, we all have to speak up in whatever way we can. We MUST speak up.
Another Herbarium World post on a historical herbarium, that of Jean-Pierre Fusée-Aublet: herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/a...
Archives and Herbaria: Jean-Baptiste Fusée-Aublet
Illustration of Siparuna guyannensis in Fusée-Aublet’s Histoire des plants de la Guiane françoise. This series of posts deals with research on historical herbaria and what it can reveal about…
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January 23, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Another Herbarium World post on a historical herbarium, that of Jean-Pierre Fusée-Aublet: herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/a...
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A mapped distribution of Najas species in the territory of Lithuania: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#herbarium #plants
#herbarium #plants
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 PM
A mapped distribution of Najas species in the territory of Lithuania: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
#herbarium #plants
#herbarium #plants
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Reflecting today on this quote etched into a bench on campus, as I wonder how many on that campus understand its message.
"You died when you refused to stand up for right, you died when you refused to stand up for truth, you died when you refused to stand up for justice." youtu.be/pOjpaIO2seY?...
"You died when you refused to stand up for right, you died when you refused to stand up for truth, you died when you refused to stand up for justice." youtu.be/pOjpaIO2seY?...
January 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Reflecting today on this quote etched into a bench on campus, as I wonder how many on that campus understand its message.
"You died when you refused to stand up for right, you died when you refused to stand up for truth, you died when you refused to stand up for justice." youtu.be/pOjpaIO2seY?...
"You died when you refused to stand up for right, you died when you refused to stand up for truth, you died when you refused to stand up for justice." youtu.be/pOjpaIO2seY?...
This is a beautiful example of the difficulties of taxonomy!
This week I spent the day at the Natural History Museum trying to decipher a herbarium sheet of Nitella dixonii with more labels than plant🌿
Taxonomy is basically historical detective work with dried algae & decades of marginalia= notes, scribbles and polite disagreements written all over the sheet.
Taxonomy is basically historical detective work with dried algae & decades of marginalia= notes, scribbles and polite disagreements written all over the sheet.
January 19, 2026 at 11:06 AM
This is a beautiful example of the difficulties of taxonomy!
Post from Herbarium World on Joseph de Jussieu's plants from South America: herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/a...
Archives and Herbaria: Joseph de Jussieu
Bust of Joseph de Jussieu at the Monument to the Equator, north of Quito, Ecuador. This series of posts deals with the relationship between manuscripts in archives and herbarium specimens from hist…
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January 15, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Post from Herbarium World on Joseph de Jussieu's plants from South America: herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/a...
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Catoscopium nigritum from "Barrie Sands" in south Wales collected by Edward Morell Holmes probably in the 1890s. In the moss collection of Henry Guermonprez at @portsmouthnh.bsky.social
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
#bryophytes
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
#bryophytes
January 12, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Catoscopium nigritum from "Barrie Sands" in south Wales collected by Edward Morell Holmes probably in the 1890s. In the moss collection of Henry Guermonprez at @portsmouthnh.bsky.social
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
#bryophytes
@bbsbryology.bsky.social
#bryophytes
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A beautiful watercolour of an Amanita by Louis C. C. Krieger. The details are really astonishing. From University of Michigan Herbarium, Krieger's Watercolors of Fungi #FungiFriends #FungiFriday quod.lib.umich.edu/f/fuwatic
January 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
A beautiful watercolour of an Amanita by Louis C. C. Krieger. The details are really astonishing. From University of Michigan Herbarium, Krieger's Watercolors of Fungi #FungiFriends #FungiFriday quod.lib.umich.edu/f/fuwatic
Post from Herbarium World on historical herbaria and specifically the Chinese plants collected by Pierre d'Incarville herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/a...
Archives and Herbaria: Pierre d’Incarville
On the left, specimen of Litchi chinensis collected by Pierre d’Incarville in China in 1740. National Museum of Natural History, Paris I find Archives of Natural History an interesting journa…
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January 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Post from Herbarium World on historical herbaria and specifically the Chinese plants collected by Pierre d'Incarville herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/a...
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Madeleine Françoise Basseporte (1701–1780) was a French painter.
From 1741 until her death, she served as the Royal Painter for the King's Garden and Cabinet (now the Jardin des Plantes), an unprecedented appointment for a woman artist at the time.
#WomensArt
From 1741 until her death, she served as the Royal Painter for the King's Garden and Cabinet (now the Jardin des Plantes), an unprecedented appointment for a woman artist at the time.
#WomensArt
July 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Madeleine Françoise Basseporte (1701–1780) was a French painter.
From 1741 until her death, she served as the Royal Painter for the King's Garden and Cabinet (now the Jardin des Plantes), an unprecedented appointment for a woman artist at the time.
#WomensArt
From 1741 until her death, she served as the Royal Painter for the King's Garden and Cabinet (now the Jardin des Plantes), an unprecedented appointment for a woman artist at the time.
#WomensArt
Post from Herbarium World on the In Search of Thoreau's Flowers exhibit at the Gregg Museum of Art and Design in Raleigh with works by Leah Sobsey and Robin Vuchnich herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/b...
Botany and Art: Thoreau
Leah Sobsey’s Wavy Leaf Aster Symphyotrichum undulate, cyanotype with Thoreau’s handwritten notes in the background, on glass with 23K gold leaf (2022). Courtesy of the artist. Though I had just tr…
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December 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Post from Herbarium World on the In Search of Thoreau's Flowers exhibit at the Gregg Museum of Art and Design in Raleigh with works by Leah Sobsey and Robin Vuchnich herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/b...
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Through the power of digitisation, this work can be carried out at an unprecedented level.
Over 7 million of Kew's plant and fungal specimens have now stepped out of the archives and into the hands of the world 🌿
Dive into our datal, and tell us what you find!
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
Over 7 million of Kew's plant and fungal specimens have now stepped out of the archives and into the hands of the world 🌿
Dive into our datal, and tell us what you find!
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
How herbarium specimens hold the key to combating climate change
Many see them as dried, perhaps useless plant specimens of little purpose - but did you know that our specimens are actively being used to combat climate change?
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December 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Through the power of digitisation, this work can be carried out at an unprecedented level.
Over 7 million of Kew's plant and fungal specimens have now stepped out of the archives and into the hands of the world 🌿
Dive into our datal, and tell us what you find!
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
Over 7 million of Kew's plant and fungal specimens have now stepped out of the archives and into the hands of the world 🌿
Dive into our datal, and tell us what you find!
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
This is definitely something to think about @nataliajagielska.bsky.social
And I use "stylized" in quotes given it's a normal style in the region to realistically capture the natural world with. "Realism" is also a style.
bsky.app/profile/nata...
bsky.app/profile/nata...
Before the European Enlightenment, cultures across the world engaged scientifically with the natural history, and showcased it visually with their own unique visual language and perception of the living world. I do not understand the current aversion to different "styles" in scientific visual art.
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This is definitely something to think about @nataliajagielska.bsky.social
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New blog on doing #botanicalillustrations of Scottish urban #wildflowers for an #identificationguide:
lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/12/guid...
I am passionate about the beauty, diversity, and resilience of "weeds", so this was a dream job. Most of the species were growing within half a mile of my home!
lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/12/guid...
I am passionate about the beauty, diversity, and resilience of "weeds", so this was a dream job. Most of the species were growing within half a mile of my home!
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
New blog on doing #botanicalillustrations of Scottish urban #wildflowers for an #identificationguide:
lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/12/guid...
I am passionate about the beauty, diversity, and resilience of "weeds", so this was a dream job. Most of the species were growing within half a mile of my home!
lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/12/guid...
I am passionate about the beauty, diversity, and resilience of "weeds", so this was a dream job. Most of the species were growing within half a mile of my home!
Post from Herbarium World about the Plants on Paper Exhibit at the Yale Haas Family Arts Library: herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/b...
Botany and Art in New Haven
Pages on Eva Ekeblat from Dmitry Sayenko’s Botanica: de Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes = Notable Commentaires on the History of Plants (2014). Haas Family Arts Library, Yale Universit…
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December 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Post from Herbarium World about the Plants on Paper Exhibit at the Yale Haas Family Arts Library: herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/b...
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iNaturalist projects represent a valuable resource for aggregating plant observations and engaging society: A case study of the Flora of Mongolia project
Shukherdorj Baasanmunkh, et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#PlantScience #LatestIssue @inaturalist.bsky.social
Shukherdorj Baasanmunkh, et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#PlantScience #LatestIssue @inaturalist.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
iNaturalist projects represent a valuable resource for aggregating plant observations and engaging society: A case study of the Flora of Mongolia project
Shukherdorj Baasanmunkh, et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#PlantScience #LatestIssue @inaturalist.bsky.social
Shukherdorj Baasanmunkh, et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#PlantScience #LatestIssue @inaturalist.bsky.social
You've worked hard this year, and thought hard!
And here we go, last post of the year, which is always a round-up of all the posts I have written over the year - enjoy! makingsciencepublic.com/2025/12/12/m...
Making Science Public 2025: End-of-year round-up of blog posts
This year has been quite a year! First, I had to move the blog to a new independent home after the University of Nottingham shut down their blogging platform (I wrote two posts, one reflecting on t…
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December 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
You've worked hard this year, and thought hard!
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The iris rhizome is the source of orris root, which is cultivated and aged for years before use in perfumery. The sweet, earthy, woody quality comes from triterpenoid breakdown into irones, which are close in structure and aroma to violet ionones, and responsible for the characteristic scent.
December 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The iris rhizome is the source of orris root, which is cultivated and aged for years before use in perfumery. The sweet, earthy, woody quality comes from triterpenoid breakdown into irones, which are close in structure and aroma to violet ionones, and responsible for the characteristic scent.
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Citrus aurantium flower yields neroli oil by steam distillation, which has delicate tones marked by a sharp slightly terpenic top note that is pleasantly bitter, floral, fresh, citrusy, and herbal. The fruit rind is expressed, yielding oils that are classically citrus. Pix: @mobotgarden Herbarium
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Citrus aurantium flower yields neroli oil by steam distillation, which has delicate tones marked by a sharp slightly terpenic top note that is pleasantly bitter, floral, fresh, citrusy, and herbal. The fruit rind is expressed, yielding oils that are classically citrus. Pix: @mobotgarden Herbarium
From studying Hans Sloane to William Henry Fox Talbot, @trichocolea.bsky.social, you are a multi-faceted man.
Moss specimens from the 1810s in the herbarium of William Henry Fox Talbot, the photography pioneer, at the British Library, including some supplied by his cousin Jane Talbot (1796–1874)
You can read about the family and their moss interests in BJHS: dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000... #bryology #bryophytes
You can read about the family and their moss interests in BJHS: dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000... #bryology #bryophytes
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
From studying Hans Sloane to William Henry Fox Talbot, @trichocolea.bsky.social, you are a multi-faceted man.
Post from Herbarium World on botany and sculpture at the Storm King Art Center herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/m...
More Botany and Art: Storm King
The Arch (1975) by Alexander Calder. Storm King Art Center As I was finishing up the last series of posts on herbaria and art, I was also traveling, first to western Connecticut to see family, and …
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December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Post from Herbarium World on botany and sculpture at the Storm King Art Center herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/m...
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A #botany achievement: I determined my first #Palicourea #Rubiaceae specimen to species- P. atlantica!! But my collaborator and coffee family mentor Charlotte Taylor’s name still made it to the label, since she is an author of the species.
May not seem like much, but feels like a big deal to me! 🤓
May not seem like much, but feels like a big deal to me! 🤓
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A #botany achievement: I determined my first #Palicourea #Rubiaceae specimen to species- P. atlantica!! But my collaborator and coffee family mentor Charlotte Taylor’s name still made it to the label, since she is an author of the species.
May not seem like much, but feels like a big deal to me! 🤓
May not seem like much, but feels like a big deal to me! 🤓
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Ever seen fungal illustrations? 🍄 Our Fungarium Sequencing Project Team is thrilled to show some of the original illustrations that were created when the species were first described as new to science. In some cases, this is the only visual reference material of the original fungus that we have! 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Ever seen fungal illustrations? 🍄 Our Fungarium Sequencing Project Team is thrilled to show some of the original illustrations that were created when the species were first described as new to science. In some cases, this is the only visual reference material of the original fungus that we have! 🧵👇
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Good thread about scientific illustrations, and the current oversimplification in images. When you look in the microscope, the reality you see rarely matches the drawn textbook images.
The hidden danger of Biorender
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
(& the death of scientific illustration)
A short thread 🧵
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Good thread about scientific illustrations, and the current oversimplification in images. When you look in the microscope, the reality you see rarely matches the drawn textbook images.
Post from Herbarium World on Nature Prints and pressed plant photographs including the work of the Indian artist Mridula Vichitra herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/h...
Herbaria and Art: Nature Prints and Photographs
Photograph of pressed trumpet vine flower, Mridula Vichitra The artists I’ve highlighted in the last three posts (1,2,3) are all well-known in the art world, but there are a great many more artists…
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December 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Post from Herbarium World on Nature Prints and pressed plant photographs including the work of the Indian artist Mridula Vichitra herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/h...