Chris Martine @MartineBotany@qoto.org

#Plantsgiving 25 species in 20 plant families in our Thanksgiving meals

In preparation for our first mastodon #Plantsgiving here is an article about the #botanical take on Thanksgiving dinner!
https://research.arizona.edu/stories/thanksgiving-plant-kingdom-reigns-supreme

Final #Plantsgiving Count from the Duett-Sutherland household:

45 species!

25 families!

You guys! It's going to be my (the?!) first #PlantsGiving on Mastodon!!

Writing today about controversies in plant #taxonomy. Other than the Acacia controversy of the early 2000s, does anyone know of any recent ones that got people’s attention?
#botany #iamabotanist

#introduction
Hi, I am a PhD candidate in Botany at the University of Florida. My dissertation focus on #polyploidy population genetics. I am also passionate about using natural history collections in research and education.

A cool new paper on Plants People Planet

Plant awareness is linked to plant relevance: A review of educational and ethnobiological literature (1998–2020)

"a decline in relevant experience with plants leads to a cyclical process of inattention that could be addressed through first-hand experiences of edible and useful plants in local environments."

https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.10323

#Introduction: Hi everyone! I'm a plant taxonomist & systematist doing a post-doc at the University of Adelaide and State Herbarium of South Australia. I am currently working on the phylogenomics of the diverse Australian genus Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae), as well as writing the Flora of Australia treatment for the genus & family. My toots will be primarily about #AustralianPlants, #Botany, #ScientificCollections (#Herbaria), #Taxonomy & #Phylogenetics.

#Herbaria are such collections. They store many many samples of usually dried and pressed plants. They are basically a #library of #plant #species.
Just like a #librarian, I need to keep order in the chaos, help scientists and visitors to get access or send material on loan. I also provide help to interpret old labels, and I update and reidentify the material.

This is where I work: the #herbarium at the #NaturalHistoryMuseum in London:

Introduction: I am a Senior Research Leader at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and study diversity, evolution and conservation of plants. Focus area: (sub)tropics with most experience in #Africa and #Madagascar. Focus plant group: #Cyperaceae. Focus topics: #taxonomy #phylogenomics and more recent interest in using #ai for species identification and delimitation of #herbarium specimens.

Introduction: I’m Natasha de Vere, from the UK, working at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen. I’m an Associate Professor and Curator of Botany - my research focuses on #plants & #pollinators using fieldwork, #eDNA & #museomics - I curate the flowering plants in #herbarium C and the #botanicalgarden - I’m Lead Curator for a gallery about #biodiversity being created as part of the new NHM Denmark. I post about research, #collections and occasionally #WinterSwimming

#introduction I am a paleobotanist/paleobiologist interested in the #macroevolution of #plants. I focus on vegetative traits to understand the #phylogeny of #fossils and extant plants, the physiological drivers of #extinction and #speciation, and the biotic and abiotic drivers of @diversification!