Ten golden rules might sound simple, but reforestation is a bit more complicated than that.
Category - Plants & People
Alun Salt
Introducing our new editor, Lorena Villanueva Almanza
Botany One welcomes a new editor and a slight change in direction.
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza
What plant is that? Testing out automated plant identification apps
Can smartphone apps successfully identify British native flora?
William Salter
Tree root identification saves ancient caves and the forest above them
Barcoding and morphology combined allowed identification and targeted removal of problem trees.
Erin Zimmerman
Special Issue of Annals of Botany ‘Polyploidy and Evolution in Plants’: Open call for papers
The special issue is due for publication in mid 2022.
Alex Assiry
Syrian seed rescue a triumph of international cooperation
More than 80% of the Syrian seed collection was preserved at Svalbard before the facility was lost.
A thread about ideas for Botany One plant stories…
Image: “Flower of Nelumbo nucifera, bean of India” by T Voekler. Inspiration for Botany One stories Several years ago I penned a piece giving some insights into the sources for my Plant Cuttings items that appear on the...
Nigel Chaffey
It’s time to boost botany: the science and the word itself
"Is it time to say farewell to Botany?" asked authors in a recent op-ed.
Wanted: Early Career Scientist to help develop Botany One
We're adapting to COVID in our search for an editor to replace Anne Osterrieder.
Your chance to give Botany a voice in a Fine Art project
The project aims to start making inferences about the importance of ecological features in historical art.
State of the World’s Plants and Fungi: Does conservation policy help or hinder scientific research?
Policies brought into protect plants could also cause harm by restricting research into habitats.
Laura Skates
State of the World’s Plant & Fungi Collections (Part Two)
Expanding the uses, the user-base, and the number of collections themselves will help safeguard the future of plant and fungal collections.
State of the World’s Plant & Fungi Collections (Part One)
Plant and fungal collections are seeing new and innovative uses, as well as reaching a broader user-base as digitized specimens, but significant gaps remain.
State of the World’s Plants and Fungi: finding useful plants and fungi
There is great potential for further utilizing the global genetic diversity to advance the common good.
Juniper Kiss