@Cyrtandra

Tropical Botanist @RBGE_science focusing on SE Asian #Gesneriaceae. Views are my own.

Joined November 2016
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Hannah Atkins retweeted
Owen Osborne@OwenGOsborne6 Apr 2022
New paper in @EcographyJourna & R package: Fauxcurrence: simulating multi-species occurrences for null models in species distribution modelling and biogeography doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05880 1/8
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Cyrtandra from New Guinea
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A species new to science has been published this week in #EJBotany by @cyrtandra & @sekasor in honour of the late, great, Malesian Botanist- Max van Balgooy @naturalis_Sci journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb/art…
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The Edinburgh Journal of Botany is now Diamond Open Access! journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb/ind… @TheBotanics @RBGE_Science @EdOpenJournals
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Hannah Atkins retweeted
Dr Alex Davey@adavey_RBGE15 Aug 2020
BBC News - Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden celebrates 350th anniversary bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-e…

Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden celebrates 350th anniversary

The Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh celebrates three and a half centuries of science and conservation.

bbc.co.uk
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Hannah Atkins retweeted
BBC News (World)
@BBCWorld6 Aug 2020
New Guinea is "paradise island teeming with life" and highest plant diversity, say botanists 🌺 bbc.in/2PuRLfC
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New in our 'in press' section - see 'A molecular phylogeny of Southeast Asian Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) supports an emerging paradigm for Malesian plant biogeography' by Atkins et al. at escholarship.org/uc/item/8h1…
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You can apply for grants to help attend the #Sibbaldia 'Promoting Excellence in Horticulture Conference' #PEH2020 with @plantnetwork. More bursary opportunities have been added to the website. Details at rbge.org.uk/sibbaldiapnconf #horticulture #rbgehort
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What botanists bring to the field, #RBGEMSc, #tetrischallange, #flatlay, @RBGE_Herbarium @RBGE_Science.... and they didn’t forget their smiles!
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Hannah Atkins retweeted
Dr Zoë Goodwin@Drypetes28 Sep 2019
Talking about the work of @rbge_science in tropical America in the @RBGE_Herbarium for #DoorsOpenDay with @GailLouiseStott 🧐🌿🌺 #IAmABotanist
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Hannah Atkins retweeted
Kate Hughes@kateleehughes24 Sep 2019
Join us @TheBotanics #Sibbaldia @PlantNetwork April 22-23 2020 Promoting Excellence in Horticulture Presentations, discussions, networking: come along & talk horticulture! #PEH2020 Info & booking rbge.org.uk/sibbaldiapnconf
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Dr Subhani Ranasinghe leading our discussion on "What next for Sri Lankan biodiversity research" at the Royal Botanic Gardens Peradeniya BioBank workshop this afternoon - the @TheBotanics team honoured to be included in these talks
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Elspeth Haston @emhaston Deputy Herbarium Curator of @TheBotanics is developing a taxonomic research workstation which enables the best use of hi-tech and lo-tech solutions to enable a researcher to effectively use both physical and digital resources. bit.ly/2N1X8CR
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A touching tribute to our colleague George Argent in today's @TheScotsman > bit.ly/2waNggm
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Working around the globe & cultivating specimens within our specialist research facilities, @RBGE_Science has formally identified 65 new plant species over the past year, many of which are under threat in the wild. Read more at bit.ly/2XYEldP #EdinburghBiomes
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Delighted to welcome our high profile guests from #Malaysia today for some behind the scenes discussions and tours #PenangBotanicGarden
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A new species of Aeschynanthus (Gesneriaceae) from Vietnam by David J. Middleton & @h_a13654954 available at doi.org/10.1017/S09604286180…
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A new name for Pterospermum gracile P. Wilkie (Malavaceae: Dombeyoideae): Pterospermum peterianum @Scaphium link.springer.com/article/10… @KewBulletin @RBGE_Herbarium

A new name for Pterospermum gracile P. Wilkie (Malavaceae: Dombeyoideae)

Kew Bulletin - Summary. A new name, Pterospermum peterianum is proposed as a replacement name for P. gracile P. Wilkie as it is an illegitimate later homonym of P. gracile Geyl.

link.springer.com
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Eleven new species of #Cyrtandra from Sulawesi published online today dx.doi.org/10.1017/S09604286… with Abdulrokhman Kartonegoro and @RuthEBone @RBGE_Science #RBGEhort @sadiebarber11 @EJBotany
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