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flannerm.bsky.social @flannerm.bsky.social · 11d

Someday I'd like to attend one of these delicious events! @utkherbarium.bsky.social‬

UTK Herbarium - TENN @utkherbarium.bsky.social · 12d

Don't forget to stop by at the UT Herbarium next week for some delicious scones and engaging conversation! We will be giving tours of the herbarium while highlighting many of our amazing specimens!

Fungi ✅
Flowers✅
Moss ✅
Scones ✅
Biologists ✅

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De Gruyter Brill Medieval & Early Modern Studies @dgb-mem.bsky.social · 15d

As autumn sets in, take a look at flowers that bloom forever
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In this new illustrated #openaccess book @jessiewhchen.bsky.social approaches 17th-c. florilegia as material objects reflecting the diverse plant knowledge of gardeners, compilers & image-makers!

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#EarlyModern

Book cover with a dark green floral patterned background. Title: “Everlasting Flowers between the Pages: The Making of Seventeenth-Century Florilegia” by Jessie Wei-Hsuan Chen, published by Brill in the series “Emergence of Natural History 9.” The cover illustration shows several varieties of red and pink anemones, taken from Franciscus de Geest’s Jardin de rares et curieux fleurs, second half of the seventeenth century (Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, VA).

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 20d

Another week, another beautiful item spotted in our Reading Room at Kew! These incredible drawings of 'submersed algae' are from Sir William Hooker's collection (safely stored within our Archives). Check out the incredible detail in each line 👇
#KewLA

A close-up of a coloured illustration of a brown algae. There is a central 'stem' with equally thick sections branching off from it.

A coloured illustration of an algae that resembles a bushel of grass. The stems are tightly packed towards the bottom of the illustration and branch outwards towards the top, much like wheat or grass.

Two partial coloured illustrations on overlaying pages. The page on the top shows an illustration at the bototm of the picture, which could be a close-up or a cross-section of an algae. Small green squares are grouped, resembling illustrations of cells, and small black circular specs are grouped together across the surface. The illustration on the page below is only partial and also shows a cross section of a beige-brown algae.

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Luiza Teixeira-Costa @l-teixeiracosta.bsky.social · 20d

"(...) biology, which, like philosophy, IS its own history; and a study of the course, which biological science has taken, confirms the idea that repeated scrutiny of its embryonic phases is essential to its progress."
Agnes Arber in her 1950 book "The Natural Philosophy of Plant Form". 🌱

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flannerm.bsky.social @flannerm.bsky.social · 19d

This is a wonderful presentation by two leaders in the field of the plant humanities.

The Plant Initiative @theplantinitiative.bsky.social · 20d

The video recording is now available free of the Plant Initiative webinar Strangers at Home: Plant-Human Migrations: A conversation with Yota Batsaki and Giovanni Aloi, that was held Sep 18, 2025. Topics include invasive plants, plant humanities, and more. youtu.be/TLpmI9sIlJs

Strangers at Home: Plant-Human Migrations - A conversation with Yota Batsaki and Giovanni Aloi

YouTube video by The Plant Initiative

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flannerm.bsky.social @flannerm.bsky.social · 20d

Post from Herbarium World on biogeography: herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/d... @biogeography

Dynamic Herbaria: Biogeography

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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flannerm.bsky.social @flannerm.bsky.social · 27d

Post from Herbarium World on reflectance spectroscopy: herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/d...

Dynamic Herbaria: Reflectance Spectroscopy

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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flannerm.bsky.social @flannerm.bsky.social · 27d

www.thinkingwithmoss.net is a great website. Thanks to everyone involved, especially Elaine Ayers @eayers0.bsky.social.

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social · Sep 8

That Australian woman who was sentenced for putting death-cap mushrooms in her family's beef Wellington?

Her conviction was helped by the scientific evidence in the world's herbaria -- which themselves are being closed (rapidly and worryingly) around the world. therevelator.org/endangered-h...

Holy Herbaria: Protecting Plant History — or About to Become History? • The Revelator

Plant repositories provide crucial links between plants, botanists, and the rest of us. But their already-shrinking budgets face new threats from the Trump administration.

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 29d

My amazing #Wiki colleague @tiagolubiana.bsky.social has released this lovely video on the #BHLImageExporer. This tool (bhl-gallery.toolforge.org) explores @biodivlibrary.bsky.social images in #Wikicommons. It facilities image reuse in the #Wikiverse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK9i... #ILoveBHL

The BHL Image Explorer — A search tool for public domain biodiversity images

YouTube video by Tiago Lubiana

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flannerm.bsky.social @flannerm.bsky.social · Sep 2

Congratulations on writing such an insightful book.

Jessie Wei-Hsuan Chen @jessiewhchen.bsky.social · Sep 1

Surprise publication day! Earlier than anticipated, you can now read my #firstbook (digital version in #openaccess) or order a printed copy through the link. Official announcement and info on book presentation event coming soon!

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#NatHist, #HistNatHist, #flowers

Everlasting Flowers between the Pages

"Everlasting Flowers between the Pages" published on 28 Aug 2025 by Brill.

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Will Beharrell @willbeharrell.bsky.social · Aug 29

Look at this beauty, freshly returned from conservation! “Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de la flore et de la pomone de l'Ile de Java” (1863) by Berthe van Nooten is one of my favourite items in the @linneansociety.bsky.social library, with firework fruits and flowers on every page.

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UTK Herbarium - TENN @utkherbarium.bsky.social · Aug 29

We're excited to announce this year's dates for our #Specimens & Scones events! The first date is Wednesday, October 1st, and the second is Thursday, November 13th, from 3 to 5 p.m. Please join us to learn what our #Herbarium offers while enjoying coffee, tea, and delicious scones! See you there!

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · Aug 30

So very pleased and proud to announce that our paper "Revealing hidden figures within natural history collections by empowering students with data sleuthing skills" has been published! #Wikidata #Bionomia #HiddenFigures acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Revealing hidden figures within natural history collections by empowering students with data sleuthing skills

Natural history collections document biodiversity and environmental change, supporting research, education, and conservation. Attribution in natural history collections is often inaccurate due to na...

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our team recently came across these beautiful drawings of wild flowers in Libya. They were made by Jocelyn Russell in 1940s. Her Mechanised Transport Corps was stationed in North Africa during WWII and it was during this time that she made illustrations of the plants she saw. #KewLA #Wildflowers

Media (75): A cropped section from a page of a notebook, with handwriting in lines to the left of a coloured sketch. The cropped writing reads: "Sinapsis arvensis. Charlock specimen. ..., spreading plant … with numerous form-petalled … clear yellow flowers. 6 stamens… arranged 4 long, 2 short, leaves variable, .... stem leaves at the base of ... each branch deeply ... toothed, radical leaves...much cut. Stem covered ... with stiff hairs. In damp places grows to 2 feet in height. Brassica specimen ... 🐡

Media (76): A cropped section from a page of a notebook, with a coloured illustration in the bottom left corner of a written page. The cropped text reads: "in lenth ... is water. Flowers ... closely packed clusters ... 12 together, on short pedicels. Leaves with ... stalks, and three broad, toothed leaflets. Seedpods medium, much wrinkled. Very common on gravelly desert, forming brilliant yellow patches, as it flowers most prolifically, January to March. Vetch specimen. Handsome plant growing in most places. Flowers yellowish white, medium size, with standard ... delicate deck vein... leaves with 7-9 ... of leaflets, ending... forked tendril... small, dark ... Seedpod.

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flannerm.bsky.social @flannerm.bsky.social · Aug 28

Post from Herbarium World on my visits with artists Laurence Hill and Tracey Bush in England herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/l... @botanical-icones.bsky.social

London: Artists and Herbaria

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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flannerm.bsky.social @flannerm.bsky.social · Aug 22

It's a great talk, and definitely worth reading. @andrewlhipp.bsky.social

Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · Aug 21

As incoming president of @amsocplanttaxon.bsky.social (ASPT), I am excited to see how societies can work together with practictioners & academics to support & grow the natural history community.

Incoming president's lecture linked here; comments & discussion welcome!

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Fostering a natural history community

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · Aug 21

Specimens from Phantom Flowers, one of two books published in 1864 on the art of producing skeleton leaves. More in our latest post from @eayers0: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/phantom-flowers

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flannerm.bsky.social @flannerm.bsky.social · Aug 21

Post from Herbarium World on my visit to the amazing South London Botanical Institute with thanks to the director, Elyssa Livergant herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/t...

The South London Botanical Institute

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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Brad Scott @trichocolea.bsky.social · Aug 15

Finally finished extracting and plotting all the locations in Jamaica that Hans Sloane (1660-1753) mentioned in his work, the Voyage to the Islands. Unsurprisingly, they are mostly in the south-central part of the island, but also show his trip north

@nhm-london.bsky.social @rxcoulton.bsky.social

Portrait of Hans Sloane by Stephen Slaughter. Sloane is seated in a chair, wearing a wig, and holding papers bearing an illustration of a plant

The title page the first volume of of Sloane's Voyage to the Islands published in 1707

Map showing the locations of all the places Sloane mentions in his book

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Brad Scott @trichocolea.bsky.social · Aug 16

The single outlier on the south-west coast Sloane found "very plentifully floating along the Coast of the Island [Jamaica] by Pedro Point", which he presumably reached by boat. Here's his specimen (currently called Syringodium filiforme, Manatee grass), and distribution from GBIF

Specimen of a seagrass collected by Hans Sloane in 1686 or 1687, and mounted by him in the first volume of his Jamaican plant (HS1, f. 19)

Distribution map of the seagrass, showing that it is found all around the Caribbean coasts

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flannerm.bsky.social @flannerm.bsky.social · Aug 14

Post from Herbarium World: exploring exsiccatae at Kew Library, thanks to Anne Griffin herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/08/11/l... @rbgkew.bsky.social

London: Kew and Exsiccatae

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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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · Aug 13

In today's Poetry Clinic, I address the question of how to carry forest's quiet with us. For me, the best approach is writing: note-taking while I am in the forest quiets my mind, writing up the notes afterwards seals the memories.

w/ a quote from Edwin Way Teale.

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How do I carry the forest’s quiet with me? - Poetry Clinic

SVG, Somerset, NJ, United States

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flannerm.bsky.social @flannerm.bsky.social · Aug 7

Post from Herbarium World on British gardening herbariumworld.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/l... #gardens

London: Gardens and Herbaria

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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Sachs Museum at Missouri Botanical Garden @mobotmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 6

Visiting #SmellingTheBouquet virtually! Thanks to the Digital Interpretation team @mobotgarden.bsky.social, we can offer a digital experience to visit @mobotmuseum.bsky.social and check out the exhibition (sorry, no scents though!).

Visit the link in the linktree or here kuula.co/share/h1FhB/...

Smelling the Bouquet: Plants & Scents in the Garden

Virtual Tour | Plants and scents are inseparable in our experience and our im... | R0010543

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