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The June solstice has passed, which means we have a fresh update for our WFO Plant List! The big news since December is we now have more than 200 named co-authors on the WFO Plant List. Watch to see what else is new and visit worldfloraonline.org to browse the Plant List.
June 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The June solstice has passed, which means we have a fresh update for our WFO Plant List! The big news since December is we now have more than 200 named co-authors on the WFO Plant List. Watch to see what else is new and visit worldfloraonline.org to browse the Plant List.
June 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The June solstice has passed, which means we have a fresh update for our WFO Plant List! The big news since December is we now have more than 200 named co-authors on the WFO Plant List. Watch to see what else is new and visit worldfloraonline.org to browse the Plant List.
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My month away gave me the chance to make some photographs - and a video.
My month away gave me the chance to make some photographs - and a video.
Strathglass - May 2025
YouTube video by Roger Hyam
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June 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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My month away gave me the chance to make some photographs - and a video.
My month away gave me the chance to make some photographs - and a video.
We think we have discovered a "feature" of LLMs that will cause havoc for taxonomists and nomenclature people. They are likely to pollute the literature and databases with hallucinated junk names. 🧪 #botany #taxonomy #systematics #nomenclature #biodiversity
stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/40107
stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/40107
Will generative AI lead to the zombie name apocalypse?
An online discussion about exchanging seeds of a new species called Meconopsis jiajinshanensis led to the Chinese botanical website iplant.cn and the page for Meconopsis balangensis var. atrata.
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stories.rbge.org.uk
April 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We think we have discovered a "feature" of LLMs that will cause havoc for taxonomists and nomenclature people. They are likely to pollute the literature and databases with hallucinated junk names. 🧪 #botany #taxonomy #systematics #nomenclature #biodiversity
stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/40107
stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/40107
stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/39789
A follow up to my post on the rate of species description. It is usually the next question people ask but not so easy to answer. 🧪
#botany #taxonomy #systematics @diimoffatt.bsky.social
A follow up to my post on the rate of species description. It is usually the next question people ask but not so easy to answer. 🧪
#botany #taxonomy #systematics @diimoffatt.bsky.social
There are more plant taxonomists today than there have ever been
In a previous post I proposed that the rate of plant species discovery had not significantly changed in the last fifty years despite enormous changes in technology. A comment was made that this might ...
stories.rbge.org.uk
January 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/39789
A follow up to my post on the rate of species description. It is usually the next question people ask but not so easy to answer. 🧪
#botany #taxonomy #systematics @diimoffatt.bsky.social
A follow up to my post on the rate of species description. It is usually the next question people ask but not so easy to answer. 🧪
#botany #taxonomy #systematics @diimoffatt.bsky.social
I wrote this thought piece for the Christmas & New Year holiday break. I'd love it if someone took this further next year. stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/39768
#botany #biodiversity #taxonomy
#botany #biodiversity #taxonomy
Molecular biology and the internet have had no effect on the rate of plant species discovery
The title is somewhat clickbaity but probably correct.
Working on the World Flora Online Plant List means we are continuously processing and reprocessing a list of all known vascular plant and bryo...
stories.rbge.org.uk
December 18, 2024 at 12:25 PM
I wrote this thought piece for the Christmas & New Year holiday break. I'd love it if someone took this further next year. stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/39768
#botany #biodiversity #taxonomy
#botany #biodiversity #taxonomy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sign of the way our system works. Ownership of the site falls to the Crown who will sell it. But they don't appear to have liability to secure the site as the owners should. Free money for the crown - again!
Sign of the way our system works. Ownership of the site falls to the Crown who will sell it. But they don't appear to have liability to secure the site as the owners should. Free money for the crown - again!
Dealing with a giant relic of Dumfries's industrial past
What can be done with a derelict site which once produced cars, aircraft and even wellington boots?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 10:58 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sign of the way our system works. Ownership of the site falls to the Crown who will sell it. But they don't appear to have liability to secure the site as the owners should. Free money for the crown - again!
Sign of the way our system works. Ownership of the site falls to the Crown who will sell it. But they don't appear to have liability to secure the site as the owners should. Free money for the crown - again!
Briefly there was snow
November 23, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Briefly there was snow
I've done another YouTube video. I wonder why. www.youtube.com/watch?si=Sar...
Making a photo during anticyclonic gloom - slow photography.
YouTube video by Roger Hyam
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November 22, 2024 at 12:29 AM
I've done another YouTube video. I wonder why. www.youtube.com/watch?si=Sar...
Finally let's try a link to a YouTube video
youtu.be/rZq80PO2Cgc?...
youtu.be/rZq80PO2Cgc?...
From trash film to fun with a pinhole camera. Slow photography.
YouTube video by Roger Hyam
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November 19, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Finally let's try a link to a YouTube video
youtu.be/rZq80PO2Cgc?...
youtu.be/rZq80PO2Cgc?...
How about links? Can I link to my blog?
www.hyam.net/blog/
www.hyam.net/blog/
Roger Hyam
www.hyam.net
November 19, 2024 at 9:15 PM
How about links? Can I link to my blog?
www.hyam.net/blog/
www.hyam.net/blog/
How does this do images?
November 19, 2024 at 9:15 PM
How does this do images?
I'm here just to make the numbers look bigger. Let's see if we can get this to critical mass - then I'll leave.
November 19, 2024 at 9:15 PM
I'm here just to make the numbers look bigger. Let's see if we can get this to critical mass - then I'll leave.