It's that time of the year again! #Planthunters

Beautiful 🆕 #Nototriche ( #Malvaceae) #species from the high #Andes in southern #Peru. #PlantHunters

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RHS Plant Collector Archive: George Don

The concept of a #naturegarden has changed over the years.
Distant relative of current UK's head gardener Monty Don, George Don (1798-1856), travelled around the world to collect plants.
He saw European plants that had spread along colonial transport routes!
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#gardening
#UKgardening
#planthunters

Evaluating the taxonomic identity of two species of papaya relatives: Vasconcellea lanceolata and Vasconcellea quercifolia (Caricaceae) | Phytotaxa

Nice study on the #taxonomy of #Andean #papayas, especially from #Vasconcellea latifolia, an abundant #tree in central Inter-Andean dry #valley of #Peru. Need to update my species list!

#PlantHunters #SeasonallyDryForest

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Telipogon choquequiraoense, a new orchid species from Choquequirao, an Inca archaeological site in Southern Peru - Brittonia Choquequirao Regional Conservation Area is a natural protected area in southern Peru, where an Inca archaeological site with the same name is located. The area is rich in orchids, many of which remain...

Beautiful new #orchid species from #CloudForests in the souther #Peruvian mountains: doi.org/10.1007/s122...
#PlantHunters #Andes #NewSpecies #Peru

#PlantHunters #NewGenus #NewSpecies #Ecuador

Solanum stellaticalycinum, a new simple-leaved species of the Pteroidea clade from Peru (Potato Clade, Solanum, Solanaceae) A new species from the montane forests in central Peru belonging to the Pteroidea clade of Solanum is described and illustrated. Solanum stellaticalycinum M.A.Cueva, Treviño & D.Sotomayor, sp. nov...

Another new #Solanum #species ( #Potato family, #Solanaceae) from the #montane #forest understory in Central #Peru.

#PlantHunters #NewSpecies

🚨 #PlantHunters #NewSpecies #Andes #Cedrela #Meliaceae #Ecuador

So cool! Four #new #Gesneraciaceae species, found in a #Biosphere Reserve in central #Peru. #PlantHunters

Talking trees…. — Little Bangor Stories A walk through Castle Park woodland in Bangor Northern Ireland with Tree and Woodland Officer Dylan Freeburn while we talk about storms, succession planting, the most dangerous trees in the world and ...

I love Castle Park in #BangorNI It's part woodland, part arboretum and has a possible champion cedar and some of the most dangerous trees in the world.....more here!
#trees #irishtrees #socialhistory #planthunters

www.littlebangorstories.co.uk/storytelling/talking-trees

Preliminary notes on Justicia (Acanthaceae) in Peru Justicia L. is the most species-rich genus of Acanthaceae in Peru and is here accepted in its broader traditional circumscription. The present paper marks a preliminary step towards a complete revisio...

Wow, 21 new #Justicia (#Acanthaceae) species just described for #Peru. And the revision of the #genus is still ongoing.

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#PlantHunters

New species and new records in Agarista (Ericaceae) from the Peruvian Andes Agarista (Ericaceae) is currently represented in Peru by three species. Here, we update this number to five, adding new taxa based on the recognition of a taxonomic novelty and new records. The new s....

Yes! #Andean #mountains continuing to provide #NewSpecies. This time in #Ericaceae family, from #Peru.

#PlantHunters
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Setting up our houseplants for the Plant Hunter's Fair at the Dorothy Clive Garden (on today!)
#planthunters #houseplants #gardening #plantfair #gardenlife #plantlovers

Spatial distribution of Rock’s botanical specimen collection in provinces (a), cities (b) and counties (c) in China.

Joseph Charles Francis Rock, the ‘ #PlantHunters ’ in the early 20th century. In order to strengthen the protection of #plantDiversity, Jifan Luo et al. studied the Joseph Rock’s #PlantCollectionActivities in China.
Details: doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

Salvia gibbosa , S. gracilicaulis and S. ruizii (Lamiaceae), three new species from Peru | Phytotaxa

Yes, #PlantHunters at work! Three new #Salvia ( #Lamiaceae ) species from northern #Peru.

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Swamp cypress cones surrounded by leaves

Let’s start this of w/ smth nice like these Taxodium distichum seed cones in the October rain. #conifers #botany #planthunters

TV alert for Plant, Botany and Artistically minded People, #HorticultureHistory #PlantHunters
#MarianneNorth #BotanicArtist programme on tonight at 7pm UK time on PBS America channel number 84 on freeview.
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