oreotrephes.bsky.social
Director, William L. Brown Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden -- plants for people (and vice versa). Programs in Himalayan climate change, mountain plant ecology, community based conservation in Madagascar, and ethnobotany.
29 posts
879 followers
497 following
Prolific Poster
comment in response to
post
@alanelliott.bsky.social Mark Watson suggests World Flora Online name matching tools could help here! @worldfloraonline.bsky.social
comment in response to
post
What a wonderful idea! Do you mean from earlier scientific names to APG, or from other systems like “Latinate pharmacological” (I guess there must be a real term for this) or both?
comment in response to
post
Now, if only I had thought of it when we were writing the intro piece, rather than months later when posting it! 😅
comment in response to
post
@ipbes.bsky.social has produced the best intersectional analysis and framework for response that I have found:
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨
➡️ Explore the most comprehensive assessment ever of the interconnections between biodiversity, water, food, health & climate.
www.ipbes.net/node/85582
comment in response to
post
Wintry fantasy that I’ve enjoyed on snowy drives: The Dark is Rising, Sabriel, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Very different books, but all have great audio versions and icy vibes.
comment in response to
post
I was just enjoying this inspiring manifesto for the importance (aesthetic but also otherwise) of scrub and shrub lands
comment in response to
post
It's hard to overstate how fundamentally specimens underlie our work. The RSI project is critical innovation in the pipeline that leads from a plant collected in the field through to identification and sharing that data with the world to support the understanding and protection of life's diversity.
comment in response to
post
The superlative richness of Madagascar plant species offers a wealth of plant uses. Many are endemic to the island, and many have yet to be discovered. Better understanding of these unique traditions allow their protection and can inform sustainable use that preserves Madagascar’s biodiversity.
comment in response to
post
The weather’s usually more like this.