Showing posts with label Herbaria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Herbaria. Show all posts

Monday, November 7, 2011

Herbarium in the news - Missouri Botanical Garden

Herbarium gets mainstream ink. Check out the article about the Herbarium at Missouri Botanical Garden in Popular Science.

“Biodiversity science isn’t often looked at as data-intensive, or as Big Data. But what we have is base data for all other science,” says Chris Freeland, director of the Center for Biodiversity Informatics at MBG.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Free Wallpaper: the highly anticipated Lignum Vitea

That's right. It's time for more free wallpaper from the Virtual Herbarium at The New York Botanical Garden.

Today's free wallpaper is Guaoacum officinale, also known as Lignum Vitea, Latin for "wood of life".

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Photography by Charles Zimmerman