Photosynthetic activity of green nectaries can explain a significant part, if not all, of the sugar secreted in nectar.
Tag - Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
Nigel Chaffey
A new lotus effect..?
A new phenomenon that has been identified in the lotus - opening and closing of ‘central plate stomata’ regulates convective airflow within the lotus plant.
Prizes for plant sites
Since late in 2012, Singapore Botanic Gardens has had ‘Tentative’ UNESCO world heritage status, but now wants to attain full recognition.
Suck on this: predictions and patience in phytobiology
One of the great strengths of the scientific method is its ability to make predictions that can be tested. One of the most famous of those predictions is Charles Darwin’s oft-cited 1862 inference that a long-throated...
What does ethnobotany mean to you?
I’m probably not alone in associating ethnobotany with tales of derring-do, usually involving arduous treks through unbearably hot, mosquito-infested, disease-ridden, swamps or jungles in far-flung corners of the...
