History & People, Plant Science
Posted in History & People, Plant Science
Genetic,
historical,
and
archeological
evidence
suggests
that
cowpeas
were
domesticated
in
the
Sahelian
region
of
West
Africa,
and
perhaps
also
in
East
Africa,
several
thousand
...
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History & People, Plant Science
Posted in History & People, Plant Science
Unfortunately,
many
of
the
early
written
records
of
cowpeas
in
the
Americas
are
ambiguous,
either
because
the
descriptions
of
the
plants
are
insufficiently
detailed
to
...
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Environment & Conservation, Plant Science
Posted in Environment & Conservation, Plant Science
Pink is not just pretty—it’s primeval. And this year, pink is being honored as PANTONE’s Color of Biodiversity.
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Environment & Conservation, Plant Science
Posted in Environment & Conservation, Plant Science
The
Indigenous
people
of
the
Shinnecock
Nation
have
long
maintained
a
strong
connection
to
the
plants
of
their
homelands
on
the
eastern
end
of
Long
...
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Plant Science
Posted in Plant Science
We
have
combined
our
interests
in
plant
systematics
and
ethnobotany
to
produce
a
compact
yet
comprehensive
treatment
of
the
most
visible
and
highly
useful
plant
...
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History & People, Plant Science
Posted in History & People, Plant Science
This
past
weekend,
two
world-renowned
biologists
who
were
stalwart
advocates
for
scientific
research,
biodiversity
collections,
and
plant
conservation
at
The
New
York
Botanical
Garden
(NYBG)
...
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Plant Science
Posted in Plant Science
Some
of
the
things
we
study
here
at
NYBG
are
a
little
creepier
than
others.
Hear
from
João
Araújo,
Ph.D.,
Assistant
Curator
of
Mycology
at
...
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Inside our Collections, Plant Science
Posted in Inside our Collections, Plant Science
Humboldt’s ideas were based on the view of the harmonic order of the Universe, a concept called cosmos, borrowed from ancient Greek philosophy.
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Inside our Collections, Plant Science
Posted in Inside our Collections, Plant Science
It was a rare plant alert, the absolute best category of communication.
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Environment & Conservation, Plant Science
Posted in Environment & Conservation, Plant Science
Paul
Alan
Cox,
Executive
Director
of
the
Brain
Chemistry
Labs
in
Jackson,
Wyoming,
and
Michael
Balick
recently
published
Plants,
People
and
Culture:
The
Science
of
...
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