Look at any banknote in your wallet. Chances are, there's a plant on it 🌿
New research reveals that food plants dominate currency imagery worldwide, and the species chosen aren't random. The shift to digital payments may quietly erase centuries of botanical symbolism.
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![A landscape poster announcing the winner of the 2024 Student Prize, with a quote from the winner Chieh Lin. On the left is the Australian Journal of Botany journal logo (top), a picture of Chieh working in shallow water, with a coastal hill in the background, and (lower) Chief walks along the shallow water of a coastline during sunset, with clouds in the background.
Caption of the photos provided by Chieh: "The daytime photo [middle photo] was taken at Cape Pallarenda, Townsville and the other [lower photo] at Nelly Bay, Magnetic Island during my field work (both photos were taken by Yiyin Eryn Chang)."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bmfgnxg35fpwvaehyyfedgbv/bafkreidtnere45bgwybdcghpcq6rtengn3tad64cdlgbsz7zvtawtnwg3q)