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Botanical University Challenge @bucbotany.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

🌱🌾🌍🌺🌿🌲🌴Botanical University Challenge #BUC2025 Who was the first woman botanist elected #FRS to Royal Society? Agnes Arber - in 1946! Royal Society started 1663. Botany was major area of science. How many other women should have been elected over the centuries. Much wasted talent!

Thanks to all who donated generously pictures to Wikimedia Commons

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 01/10/2025

I will take no further questions

Screen grab of a 2010 news article with the headline and stand first: "Sausage-addicted kookaburra too fat to fly
BIRD became so obese from barbecue handouts she was unable to escape mauling."

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Techniques and challenges in studying photosynthetic diversity in freshwater aquatic vascular plants www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Andrew Hipp @andrewlhipp.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Fascinating essay by @martinebotany.bsky.social on spiny solanums (tomato et al. relatives) as an example of all the important natural history research left to be done. Great observations on pollination and symbiosis... A very inspiring Sunday morning read! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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The inherent values of observation and description: A case study in the spiny solanums of Australia

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Gema @gema.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Urban wildlife of south east London

A Henry Hoover sans nozzle contemplating freedom on the streets of south east London

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿🩸devil's minion pilled🩸 @nooskadraws.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

shoppe is back open for the spooky season! ✨🌿🎃 nooskaart.etsy.com

Photo of my mourning jewellery sticker pack.

Photo of my Dr. Jekyll's potion wooden pin.

Photo of my Enoch from Over the Garden Wall print.

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

New paper! I am excited about it, since it has some very cool contributions on: -Status of Invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi -Definition of what is a invasive mycorhizal 🍄 -Cool picture of trees being brought from Europe in 1920! Lead by @nahpo.bsky.social! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi: belowground insights from South America

Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) are essential for nutrient cycling and plant symbiosis, yet their invasions remain understudied, particularly in South America. Large-scale forestry introductions have spr...

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 29/09/2025

Two new species of the diatom genus 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 have been discovered in Lake Qinghai, northwestern China. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

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Jocelyn Bosse @jocelynbos.se · 29/09/2025

"Rhizanthella gardneri is not only the world's rarest orchid, it is also one of the most mysterious. It's the only known plant that flowers underground. It also grows, germinates and sets seed totally underground, and is thought to be pollinated by termites." www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

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'It lives underground and is fabulous': The race to save the world's rarest orchid

The world's most mysterious and elusive orchid lives underground in Australia. Scientists are trying to rescue this botanic marvel from going completely extinct.

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

🌿 Pteridophyta und Anthophyta / Wien: K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1908. [Source]

Historical botanical illustration titled "Pteridophyta und Anthophyta" from 1908, depicting various detailed colored and monochrome studies of Anthophyta, specifically orchid species from southern Brazil. Central images show three vividly colored orchid flowers with intricate petal patterns in yellow, brown, and red hues. Surrounding them are finely detailed monochrome sketches of orchid parts, including petals, leaves, stems, and reproductive structures, labeled with figure numbers. The illustration emphasizes morphological features for botanical study, combining artistic detail with scientific accuracy typical of early 20th-century botanical expeditions.

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 29/09/2025

A new species in the orchid genus 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚 is described and illustrated from the cloud forests of northwestern Ecuador. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 28/09/2025

Coming tomorrow! Now with added physics! My #sciart collab post with @drskyskull.bsky.social

The science of shimmer. Physics, Paint and the art of craig Cahoon, with help from Dr. Greg Gbur. Avaialble 9/29

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Noah Bressman, PhD @noahwithfish.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

My newest tattoo is based on the first field excursion of my lab at SU when I started it up in 2021. As part of my MS student Zach Crum’s thesis project on the diet of invasive blue catfish, we collected some big fish. Literally the first one cut (47 pounder) had a whole wood duck in its stomach 🐟🐡🦆

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Chris Martine | Plant People FTW @martinebotany.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

IMO paying close attention to species and simply describing what they do is a worthwhile endeavor unto itself. Guessing I am not alone. #iamabotanist #iamanaturalist #PUI #biodiversity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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The inherent values of observation and description: A case study in the spiny solanums of Australia

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

webcomicname.com/post/1876713...

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UAE Exotic Falconry & Finance𓅃 @falconryfinance.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

We will build a new society with no memory of mankind

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Laura Lagomarsino, PhD @tropicalbotany.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza, one of my happiest places 🇨🇴🌼⛰️❤️.

Close up of a white-wooly frailejon in flower, its yellow compositae inflorescences reaching comically above the plant. Theres a windswept tree in the background. Espeletia grandiflora?

A close up of a deep red inflorescence of an Ericaceae, maybe Macleania

Landscape image with paramo in the foreground, a lake in the middle and endless mountains beyond. The blue sky is largely clear (where it would normally be cloudy), allowing you to see far into the distance.

Cute, Dr Suessy frailejons look like cartoon palms on a hillside. Espeletia uribei?

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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 27/09/2025

“Pesto” and “pestle” share a linguistic ancestor: “pinsere,” which is Latin for “to crush.” This is a great time to harvest all your basil and think about your enemies.

a pic of my gorgeous pesto in my mortar, with the pestle laying next to it.

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

It's a shame no one will probably ever write about 2012-2022 Science/Academic Twitter and all the ridiculousness. Who could forget Water buckets/mosquitos, fake profiles (sciencing_bi being perhaps the most known), and so many others. It's a real missed sociological opportunity.

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

🧪 Taxonomy can tell bigger stories 🌎 This new revision by @moopellegrini.bsky.social of gem-fruited dayflowers names Commelina sugariae for Rebecca Sugar and C. almandina for Garnet, recognising how inclusive storytelling helps people see themselves in science and nature. 💎🌼 ow.ly/3lOp50X3fU4

Above- Fruiting branch of Commelina almandina (the Garnet dayflower). Bottom-right- Flower of C. almandina being visited by a Plebeia stingless bee. Bottom-left- The pearl-like fruits of C. rufipes, the sapphire-like fruits of C. leiocarpa, and the off-white fruit of C. scabrata, which is damaged (shattered) by weevil larvae
Above- Fruiting branch of Commelina almandina (the Garnet dayflower). Bottom-right- Flower of C. almandina being visited by a Plebeia stingless bee. Bottom-left- The pearl-like fruits of C. rufipes, the sapphire-like fruits of C. leiocarpa, and the off-white fruit of C. scabrata, which is damaged (shattered) by weevil larvae.

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Life Science Studios - Scientific Illustration @lifesciencestudios.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I thought it might be fun to show you a little behind the scenes of creating a fish scientific illustration from sketch to painting to publication. 🐟 🐡 #evolutionarybiology #thereisnofrogfishemoji

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Miguel Arredondo @marredondou.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Love this, Marco! A gorgeous fusion of taxonomy and pop culture. Huge congrats on Commelina almandina and C. sugariae, celebrating Garnet, Rebecca Sugar, and the power of queer love in science. More of this, please 🌸✨

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Huge congratulations on two new dayflowers, C. almandina and C. sugariae. A creative nod to Steven Universe that champions inclusion while advancing botanical knowledge 🌿

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Dr Susannah Lydon @susieoftraken.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

300 million year old Neuropteris foliage, on display in Wollaton Hall, Nottingham's natural history museum. Specimen is about 20cm across, locality is Clay Cross, Derbyshire. #FossilFriday ⚒🌏🌱🧪🔬🌿

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 26/09/2025

Sacha Coward’s Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters has been picked up by Manchester University Press following the collapse of crowdfunding publisher Unbound earlier this year 👇 #BookSky

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Sacha Coward’s Queer as Folklore picked up by MUP after Unbound collapse

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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The The Sedge-Rush that’s actually more a Grass but it still its own thing, confused yet? 😂 #Ecdeiocolea monostachya is part of its own family Ecdeiocoleaceae, a family of 2 genera and 3 species that are sister to the Poaceae!

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 26/09/2025

This paper resolves longstanding taxonomic confusion by confirming 𝐴𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠 as the correct name for plants previously misidentified as 𝐴. 𝑝𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑎 and 𝐴. 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑠. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

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Marco Pellegrini @moopellegrini.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Look at the Pontederia sagittata and Nymphaea cf. alba!

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Marco Pellegrini @moopellegrini.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

What an adorable silly little crab 🦀

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I can't solve all the problems of the world But I can treat some students to dinner every once in a while, and maybe some days, it's enough to solve the problems of just a few folks

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Sachs Museum at Missouri Botanical Garden @mobotmuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

The live collections @mobotgarden.bsky.social offer myriad opportunities to learn more about plants. Dr. Mónica Carlsen shared her botanical scent research in #SmellingTheBouquet @mobotmuseum.bsky.social. She conducted headspace/scent trapping to gather data about the variety of tropical plants.

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Very excited to have this opportunity!

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Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand @wikimediaaotearoa.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Manaaki Whenua have appointed Siobhan Leachman as their Wikimedian in Residence! Supporting staff to share their expertise, @siobhanleachman.bsky.social will be assisting the group with contributing content from their nationally significant collections to openly accessible Wikimedia platforms.

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From Collections to Commons: Announcing a Wikimedian in Residence at Manaaki Whenua

From Collections to Commons: Announcing a Wikimedian in Residence at Manaaki Whenua Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Group now have a Wikimedian in Residence on board, […]

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 25/09/2025

Only known from a single plant growing in the botanic gardens in Sri Lanka, the endemic Pini-Beraliya was declared Extinct in the Wild. But a post on social media about the tree has now led to the discovery of three wild populations and a recovery programme! 🌱🧪🙌🏻 news.mongabay.com/2025/08/soci...

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Social media post sparks rediscovery of endemic Sri Lanka rainforest plant

COLOMBO — In 2012, Sri Lanka’s National Red List delivered a grim verdict on endemic Pini- Beraliya, the towering dipterocarp Doona ovalifolia (syn. Shorea ovalifolia) tree by categorizing it as “exti...

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

This is such a great story!

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Some unusual items in Kew’s Library and Archives include 26 wax orchids by Sir William Thiselton Dyer, Director of Kew (1885-1905), and artist Edith Delta Blackman (model shown of Vanda coerulea). These lifelike models are hard to tell apart from living specimens! #KewLA

Photograph of the stem, flowers, and leaves of a three dimensional wax orchid. There are numerous flowers on the stem, all which are white with a purple edge.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Biodiversity Pics @biodiversitypix.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

🦘 Beiträge zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.. Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart, 1915-. [Source]

Historical botanical illustration from 1915 titled "Beiträge zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens" showing detailed drawings of kangaroo paw plants. The image features elongated leaves with visible veins, reddish stems, and clusters of small, tubular flowers with fringed petals resembling a kangaroo’s paw. The plant's root system is also depicted with slender, fibrous roots. The illustration is labeled with botanical notations and focuses on the morphology of the kangaroo paw species, highlighting its distinctive floral and leaf structures for scientific study.

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

🌼🎨 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Paradigm Shifts in #Flower Color" 🎨🌼 Stacked scattering: The key to bright #flowers lies in the mesophyll By Larissa De Paola, Thomas Veldhuis, Marjan Kraaij, Doekele Stavenga, @kiratiedge.bsky.social, Casper van der Kooi doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany

Flowers are a stack of cell layers, where each layer has specific scattering and pigmentation properties.

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Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

#botany people does anyone have a PDF quick overview to the different sections of Taraxacum by any chance?

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Marco Pellegrini @moopellegrini.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I'm thrilled to share my newest publication on dayflowers ( #Commelina, #Commelinaceae, #Commelinales). This article has a #SciComm and #PopCulture twist, where we honour @rebeccasugar.bsky.social and #StevenUniverse to highlight the importance of diversity (1/6) t.co/5r7ONgczYU

Wedding Garnet reminiscing about their wedding and first dance. Ruby and Sapphire can be seen as a memory above Garnet's head, dancing, passionately looking at each other, and kissing.

Art by @passionpeachy

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Marco Pellegrini @moopellegrini.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Make sure you tune in (or attend in person if you're around) to watch the amazing and lovely Dr Krich Art-han! #ImABotanist #grasses #Monocots #AsianFlora

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Jess Rickenback @jess-rickenback.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

In person event funded by @royalsoced.bsky.social June 24th at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 9:30-4:30 @thebotanics.bsky.social or online via teams: Meeting ID: 374 127 860 994 5 Passcode: Yq3je9Jo

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Jess Rickenback @jess-rickenback.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The Tropical East Asian Savanna Symposium is proud to present Dr Watchara Arthan speaking on 'Andropogoneae a key but overlooked lineage of savannas– A case study from Heteropogon and Themeda'. Join in person @thebotanics.bsky.social or online June 24th! 🌐🌏 #savanna #ecology #grass #biogeography

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Bionomia @bionomia.net · 12/06/2025

Paul Sintenis bionomia.net/Q2688176 collected the holotype POACEAE: Melica persica subsp. schischkinii (Iljinsk.) W. Hempel in Türkiye gbif.org/occurrence/3029006816 #TypeSpecimenToday

Image of the holotype POACEAE: Melica persica subsp. schischkinii (Iljinsk.) W. Hempel. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Alma K. Rowan @almakrowan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

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question 20 from csp's survey: "What motivates you to draw?"
answer: "It is what it is - the Old Ones demand I continue."

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