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Isabel Larridon

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Views are my own - Evolution, Diversity & Conservation of Plants - #Cyperaceae - #iamabotanist

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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Training tomorrow’s plant taxonomists (Trends Plant Sci.) @isabellarridon.bsky.social @frederikleliaert.bsky.social (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) buff.ly/pBpDpYn #PlantaePSRW
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Review: Training tomorrow’s plant taxonomists | Plantae
Reading this review brought to mind some well-known lyrics starting “You don’t know what you’ve got …” Joni Mitchell followed with “till its gone,” whilst Blink-182 suggested “till it’s almost gone”.
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Plants, People, Planet @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
A pipeline to compile expert-verified datasets of digitised #herbarium specimens for automated plant identification to accelerate #taxonomy Jed Arno, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @rbgkew.bsky.social @isabellarridon.bsky.social #PlantScience
Our pipeline for training deep vision models using images from GBIF.
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Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society @botjlinnsoc.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The pantropical genus Mapania is associated with forest understorey, yet its evolutionary history & species delimitation are poorly known. Here, DNA sequence data was used to change this, highlighting the need for further research to better protect this genus! 🌍 🧪 👇
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Phylogeny of Southeast Asian Mapania (Cyperaceae: Mapanioideae) using chloroplast sequence data
Abstract. Mapania (Cyperaceae) is a pantropical genus associated with the forest understorey. Its evolutionary history and species delimitation are poorly
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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The Young Systematists' Forum is nearly upon us! If you are a student (or postdoc) working on phylogenetics, taxonomy or systematics, join us Nov 14th for this free and friendly online conference! Abstract submission closes Saturday, October 25th at 11:59PM GMT+1 REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8
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YSF2025 Registration Form
Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form. This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...
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Mark Nesbitt @marknesbitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
New funded PhD opportunity at Kew Gardens/LSE: Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century. Closes 14/1/26: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
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LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Mark Nesbitt @marknesbitt.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Postdoc opportunity at Kew Gardens: AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions. Closes 10 Dec 25: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
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Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions: 2025
Apply for funding to conduct research at participating cultural and heritage institutions.
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Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society @evojlinnsoc.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Why do some palm clades in Madagascar thrive while others stagnate? Why do some have 1 species, and others 180+? Turns out it's less about that Island Magic & more about inherited traits and timing (when is it not?)! 🌍🧪👇 doi.org/10.1093/evol... @linneansociety.bsky.social
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Explaining extreme differences in species richness among co-occurring palm clades in Madagascar
Abstract. Imbalance in species richness among related clades is a pervasive, yet incompletely understood feature of biodiversity. Comparison of species-poo
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Marie Briggs @botanistbriggs.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🌲🌲🌲 An exciting opportunity to work on #conifer #conservation research at RBGE @thebotanics.bsky.social: www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/job... #conservationjobs #botany #redlist #ICCP🌲🌲🌲
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Vacancies | Working Here | What We Do
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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Did you miss Rosa Vásquez Espinoza's lecture about the #AmazonRainforest? You can catch it here! Join Rosa as she explores her own experiences navigating remote ecosystems, discovering biodiversity known to very few, and rekindling our innate sense of wonder. buff.ly/ZhbjJGX
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The Spirit of the Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest — vast, mysterious, and teeming with life — has long captured the imagination of explorers, scientists, and storytellers alike. Yet today, it stands at a crossroads, facing…
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Marie Briggs @botanistbriggs.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
An exciting #postdoc opportunity working on a class in the #Solanaceae family based in Boulder, Colorado 🍅 🥔 🫑 jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... #sciencejob #botany #research #hortresearch #herbarium #collections
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Tomatillo Evolution
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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Why learn botany and plant identification? Knowledge of botany, including experience with identifying specimens and accessing the advanced literature of plant systematics (which implies understanding of the terminology and language of the science). trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...
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Museum Specialist (Natural Science), IS-1016-09
Job Opening: Museum Specialist (Natural Science), IS-1016-09 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
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Clare Callow @clarecallow.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Team #GlobalTreeSeedBank representing at #AETFAT 2025 in Ghana! Well done team, a successful symposium on seed conservation across Africa hosted, and wishing you an interesting few final days!
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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
🌿 Thousands of pressed plants 🧳 Centuries of global collecting 📜 Millions of herbarium records - digitised & ready to explore! Our Data Portal is growing - come browse the collection: data.kew.org?utm_source=b... 💬 Already using the data? We’d love to hear from you! 📗🌾
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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
This year's #WorkExperience application window closes on July 30. Learn all about the work we do at the Linnean Society from every department: Collections, Operations and Engagement! Follow the link below for more info and how to apply:
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Work Experience
We offer unpaid work experience placements to people aged 15-18 who are interested in natural history, science education, or libraries and archives.
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Pat Heslop-Harrison @pathh.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Interested in co designing a fully funded PhD project with ‪@vorontsovams.bsky.social‬ and me on Urochloa plant biodiversity, evolution, morphology and genomics? Please contact us. Building on exciting work on the forage grass by @LizoMasters academic.oup.com/aob/article/...
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Phylogenomic analysis reveals five independently evolved African forage grass clades in the genus Urochloa
AbstractBackground and Aims. The grass genus Urochloa (Brachiaria) sensu lato includes forage crops that are important for beef and dairy industries in tro
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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Love plants, conservation and the SSC? Come work with us! 🌺🌴🌵🌽🌲🌻 @protectspecies.bsky.social is looking for a passionate Plant Conservation Coordinator to support the IUCN Species Survival Commission's plant Specialist Groups. indianapoliszoo.applicantpro.com/jobs/3774489
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Invertebrate Conservation Coordinator - Full Time - Indianapolis, IN
Do you have a passion for species conservation and the determination to work within a global network to promote invertebrate species conservation around the world? The Indianapolis Zoo Global Center f...
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Isabel Larridon @isabellarridon.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
New paper on: Biogeography and diversification dynamics of Cyperus academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
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Biogeography and diversification dynamics of the megadiverse plant genus Cyperus (Cyperaceae, Poales)
AbstractBackground and Aims. Species richness varies across the clades of the tree of life and regions of the globe. To understand the nature of such asymm
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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🌴 Palms of New Guinea has won the 2025 Award of Excellence from the Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries! 🏆 A decades-long, global effort led by Kew’s William Baker: 250 species, 91 new to science - free to read 👇 👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
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The palms of New Guinea
We’ve studied, mapped and illustrated all 250 species of New Guinea’s palms in a massive project spanning decades
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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
🌄 Ten years. 749 species. One extraordinary mountain range. Our new checklist for Madagascar’s Itremo Massif reveals over 500 endemic plants - including 70 found nowhere else on Earth 🌍 #Conservation #Madagascar
Panoramic view of Madagascar’s Itremo Massif showing rolling hills, patchy forest cover, and a plume of smoke rising from the valley floor.
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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Browse preserved plant specimen collections to travel through history, exploring millennia of botanical experience. Herbaria may look like “plant mummies,” but they’re full of life and meaning. Join us this Thursday at 6pm to hear Maura Flannery share why they matter. Book here: bit.ly/3RZDUhy
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Isabel Larridon @isabellarridon.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Ten years of discovery: A species conservation checklist in Madagascar's Central Highlands by @kewgardens.bsky.social and collaborators - read the story (doi.org/10.1007/s122...) & and scientific paper (doi.org/10.1007/s122...).
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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
iDigBio is sponsoring a webinar at Duke University on Wednesday, May 6th at 12:00 CT entitled: From Specimens to Stories: Defending Herbaria and Reconnecting Science with Society This is in response to the plans to close the Duke Herbarium. To register: www.idigbio.org/content/spec...
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From Specimens to Stories: Defending Herbaria and Reconnecting Science with Society | iDigBio
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Iain Darbyshire @iaindarbyshire1.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
⚠️📢 African botanists and conservationists 📢 ⚠️- the 23rd #AETFAT African Plants Congress takes place on 3-8 August 2025 in Accra, Ghana. Abstract submission is extended until 1st May. This is an unmissable event if you’re interested in the African flora!! aetfat.ug.edu.gh @aetfat2025.bsky.social
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Isabel Larridon @isabellarridon.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Last chance to apply to join us as Kew Research Fellow in Accelerated Taxonomy careers.kew.org/vacancy/kew-...
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Kew Research Fellow (Accelerated Taxonomy) - Careers | Kew GardensMenuClose menu
We are seeking applications from promising early-career scientists with interesting, innovative, and viable research ideas for the Kew Research Fellowship in Plant and Fungal Science. The Kew Research...
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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Great training today by @pjimmej.bsky.social & @jimarcor.bsky.social on editing the Global Cyperaceae (sedge!) Database. This will be an extremely useful resource, packed with photos and descriptions, built on a foundation of solid taxonomic expertise. I'm excited to get started! cyperaceae.org
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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Congratulations from all of us at the Society to our President, @evoswami.bsky.social, on being appointed Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs! www.linnean.org/news/2025/04...
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Society President appointed Chief Scientist at Defra
Linnean Society President Professor Anjali Goswami has been appointed as Defra’s new Chief Scientist
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Tim Utteridge @timutteridge.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Trees of New Guinea: - Guide to all 693 tree genera - Fully illustrated with photos and line art - PDF available here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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benkuhnhaeuser.bsky.social @benkuhnhaeuser.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
1️⃣ 🌍 Fresh out in #Science! The Asian tropics are among the most biodiverse places on Earth, but where does all that diversity come from? 🤔🔍 We used 🌴 phylogenomics and 🦴 new fossils to unravel the roles of different regions in generating and distributing species! 🌱 #Evolution
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Physalia-courses@ONLINE @physaliacourses.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Registrations are now open for the #Phylogenomics course with this amazing team of instructors Paschalia, Tomas, @sabifo4.bsky.social and @zihengyang.bsky.social www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...
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Phylogenomics
1-5 December 2025
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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
It's been busy in Madagascar on our 2025 Herbarium Techniques course! Participants from the University of Antananarivo, Tsimbazaza Zoo & Botanical Gardens, and Kew Madagascar have gotten hands on with best practices for creating high-quality collections and effectively managing herbarium specimens!
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Hernán @hernanhvm.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Plant #evol/#phylo peeps, come join us at UNAM! tinyurl.com/27jwrzne
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Cátia Canteiro @catiacanteiro.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Great workshop @mobotgarden.bsky.social co-lead by @spun.earth @iucnfungi.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social Lots of opportunities to integrate a Global Strategy for Fungal Conservation with the Plant Strategy and GBF to ensure effective conservation for all species and people!
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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
How has the humble notebook been an essential tool for celebrated thinkers throughout history? Our upcoming free exhibition, Naturalists' Notebooks, explores how naturalists recorded our world from the 18th century to today. Open Tuesday 11 March until Saturday 20 September 2025. bit.ly/43kBXmC
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Ana Bedoya @botana-bedoya.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Come work with us! The New York Botanical Garden is hiring a Curator at the Assist. or Associate level. Profile: a productive and FUN Mycologist or Cryptogamic Botanist. Happy to talk to candidates about how wonderful one of the best botanical research centers is, easy. www.nybg.org/about/work-w...
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Employment | New York Botanical Garden
Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.
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Richard Calis @richardcalis.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
*Job Claxon*: we're hiring a Postdoc to research the Colonial History of the Botanic Gardens at Universiteit Utrecht. www.uu.nl/en/organisat... #skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens
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Postdoctoral Researcher: Colonial History of Botanic Gardens
Interested in colonial history, botanical gardens and decolonisation? Join our international team of scholars!
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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Would you like to be a research assistant here at Kew? You'll be part of our pioneering rattan project to increase the sustainability of rattan products and involved in generating & analysing DNA data for species identification (DNA barcoding) 🧬 Apply today 👉 careers.kew.org/vacancy/rese...
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Elizabeth Bach @s0il0rgmatters.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Job alert: Research ecologist at University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...
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Research Ecologist - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary: The mission of the UW Arboretum, which is a center within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR), is to conserve and restore Arboretum lands, advance restoration ecology,...
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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
It’s official, 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees since records began🚨 The latest findings from #BeeWalk, the national bumblebee monitoring scheme, have revealed bumblebee numbers declined by almost a quarter (22.5%) across Great Britain💔 www.bumblebeeconservation.org/british-bumb...
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British bumblebee numbers plummet in 2024 - Bumblebee Conservation Trust
It's official. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust's national bumblebee monitoring scheme BeeWalk reveals 2024 worst year for bumblebees since records began.
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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Looking for funds for a small systematics-focused project? You have until 23:59 GMT+0 MONDAY, MARCH 10TH to apply to the LinneSys scheme! You can apply for up to 1500GBP, you just need to be a member of @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social! Details here: systass.org/linnesys/
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LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund
LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …
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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Do you want to help make around 7m dried plant specimens accessible to the world? We've got a fun way for you to help that's like code-breaking for plants! 🔑🌿 All you need to do is decipher the historic handwriting on ancient specimens via our 'expeditions'... 🧵
A herbarium specimen showing a dried plant from Kew's HerbariumA herbarium specimen showing a dried plant from Kew's Herbarium
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Norm Wickett @reactionnorm.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Just extended the deadline to March 21 for this position in the Plant Phylogenomics group at the University of Vienna. It is sort of a "post doc plus" position funded for up to six years. Please reach out if you want to chat - I'd love to talk to you about it! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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University Assistant postdoctoral
University Assistant postdoctoral
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Hervé Sauquet @hsauquet.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We’re hiring again! Our new Leader Systematic Botany role at Botanic Gardens of Sydney is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive team of 15 scientists working on systematics, phylogenomics, and macroevolution of the Australian flora. iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/leader-s...
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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Applications open! The LinneSys grant supports small-scale research and education projects in the fields of taxonomy and systematics on any organism group with grants of up to £1,500. Follow the link below! www.linnean.org/the-... @systassn.bsky.social
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
🌿 The Michael Cichan Paleobotanical Research Grant, presented by the BSA Paleobotanical Section, is open! 🌿 Up to $2500 for post-docs or non-tenure track positions to support researching paleobotany. Apply by March 15, 2025: botany.org/home/awards/... #BSAawards #IamaBotanist
A fossilized leaf imprint is embedded in a textured stone background. Overlaid on the image are bold white banners with black text. The top banner reads “BSA Paleobotanical Section Awards,” the central banner highlights “Michael Cichan Paleobotanical Research Grant,” and the bottom banner displays the application deadline, "March 15, 2025." The website "www.botany.org" is listed at the bottom.
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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The 2025 LinneSys call is open! Need funding for a systematics-based project? Details on eligibity and how to apply here: systass.org/linnesys/ You need an active @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social membership to apply! Applications close Monday, 10th March at 23:59 GMT+0
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LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund
LinneSys: Systematics Research Fund The Councils of The Linnean Society of London and The Systematics Association jointly administer this fund for the benefit of systematics research. The Fund has …
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Ana Rita Simões @anaritagsimoes.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Come showcase your work on #taxonomy, #conservation, #evolution, #biogeography of #African #plants and #fungi at next year's AETFAT conference in Ghana, 3-8 August 2025. Call for Abstract Submission now open!
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XXIV International Symposium of Cryptogamic Botany @24iscb.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
📢 Meet the keynote speakers of the XXIV International Symposium on Cryptogamic Botany - Pontevedra 2025! Dr. Jaume Pellicer (@JAU_m_e), Researcher at the Institut Botànic de Barcelona (Spain), will be our speaker for the #pteridology keynote session 📌 Mark your calendars for #ISCB2025!
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AETFATGhana2025 @aetfat2025.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
The AETFAT Congress 2025 is coming to Ghana! Join us for from August 3rd -8th 2025, as we explore the rich plant diversity of Tropical Africa Theme: Diversity, conservation, and sustainable use of African plants in a changing natural world.
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International Sedge Society @intsedgesoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The International Sedge Society is moving across to Bluesky - follow us if you are interested in identifying, growing or studying sedges!
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