NYBG 2022 New Species Review!
Every year, botanists describe hundreds of new plant, algal, fungal, and lichen…
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Every year, botanists describe hundreds of new plant, algal, fungal, and lichen…
Composed of different species each playing a different role, a lichen can…
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Ethel Zoe Bailey (1889–1983), was the first curator of the Bailey Hortorium…
The New York City neighborhood of Harlem is a center for Black…
Every year, botanists describe hundreds of new plant, fungal, and lichen species from…
Set foot in El Yunque, the beautiful tropical rain forest in eastern Puerto…
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Botanists have probably described and named 99% of the plants native to…
In September 2019 I went to Rondônia state in Brazil in the…
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A couple of years ago I was asked by Michael Purugganan (Dean…
Jamaican root tonics are fermented beverages composed of roots, bark, and other…
Most plants absorb nutrients from the soil through their roots. Carnivorous plants…
Although not related to true cinnamon, Cinnamodendron corticosum is a similar spice tree.…
For centuries we have viewed plants and fungi in isolation. Tried to…
Usnea is a genus of lichen, commonly known as Old Man’s Beard. …
Working in a Herbarium sometimes requires detective work. This Myanmar mystery started…