Science Division, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Advancing knowledge of plants, algae and fungi via biodiversity research & the State Botanical Collection.
Shining a light on mycorrhizal "dark taxa"βspecies known only from their DNA sequences that canβt be linked to named or described species @RBG_Victoria#RBGVScience
Available online: https://t.co/7VsaliMsR3
@RBG_Victoria have cryopreserved spores of #endangered small #quillwort (πΌπ πππ‘ππ ππ’π ππππ) at -150Β°C, a first for this unique #lycophyte that grows only in Victoria in pools on granite outcrops.
Funded by @DEECA_Vic Nature Fund + partners @ANPlantC & @latrobe.
Our Observation of the Day is this flowering Napoleonaea vogelii plant, seen in Liberia by careljongkind!
This species is in the Lecythidaceae family, which also includes the Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa).
More details at: https://t.co/ubm4c3SZam
New book on Wattles of Victoria written by #RBGVScience botanists, Neville Walsh & Dan Murphy, with Arthur Court (dec.) and Allan Gibb (dec.). Published by CSIRO Publishing #Acacia#wattle
https://t.co/z5urIiTDa8
Sequencing data supports new circumscriptions in Gompholobium, including a newly named taxon: https://t.co/sEHg7hXcO4 #RBGVScience@RBG_Victoria πΈ: Nicole Crosswell (illustrations); Michael Mathieson (photos)
A study from RBGV mycologist Camille Truong investigates mycorrhizae of Melaleuca alternifolia (tea-tree), providing promising insights for sustainable production in the face of climate change: https://t.co/Yks0iN8mhY
πΈ: (1) C. Truong (2) L. Florence #RBGVScience@RBG_Victoria
Named after the orangutan π¦§, a new pitcher plant is described from Borneo by Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria botanist Dr Alastair Robinson @botanydoc and colleagues in Malaysia.
See: https://t.co/WmXBTkjPoL
πΈ: A. Damit; A. Robinson; Nur Adillah Yusof
#RBGVScience@RBG_Victoria
Surveys of over 2,000 plant and animal taxa since the 2019β2020 megafires have revealed the effects of the fires on biodiversity in a new paper published in Nature:
https://t.co/YQNGqjcQs2
πΈ: (1,2) N. Reiter, (3) A. Messina
#RBGVScience@RBG_Victoria
Our Collections Manager discusses our Global Collection with Radio National's Jonathan Green! Learn about the rich history hiding behind one of the specimens in the collection here:
https://t.co/MHg6pKCc1G
πΈ: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria #RBGVScience@RBG_Victoria
We are using collections in our specimen management software to manage incoming exchange dataβread more here: https://t.co/JFSWjqtqtc
πΈ: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria #RBGVScience@RBG_Victoria
Like many herbaria and botanic gardens, we are reflecting on the colonial history of the collection and how First Peoplesβ contributions to botanical science have been obscured. See: https://t.co/u16CpAZd10
πΈ: (1,2) Michael Lawrence-Taylor; (3,4) RBGV
#RBGVScience@RBG_Victoria
Conservation horticulture and predictive modelling are being used to safeguard the future of ππͺπ΅π΅π΄π΅π¦πͺπ―πͺπ’ π·π’π€π€πͺπ―πͺπ’π€π¦π’ (Baw Baw berry). Learn more here: https://t.co/Lj2e58I8ff
πΈ: Virginia Williamson (1,2), Daniel White (3)
#RBGVScience@RBG_Victoria
First Australian record of feather-inhabiting fungus ππ―πΊπ¨π¦π―π’ π€π°π³π·πͺπ―π’ made via iNaturalist. π·: Sporing bodies on bird carcass: Eleanor Brand; views of sporing bodies with powdery spore mass: Luke Vaughan #RBGVScience@RBG_Victoria Learn more: https://t.co/ax05pcyhUb
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria's Jim Willis vacation studentships for 2024β25 are now open to applications. Third or fourth year university science students with interests in plant and/or fungal systematics are invited to apply! #RBGVScience@RBG_Victoria
https://t.co/u2XI7zUpGY
Despite providing 5% of @GBIF's global observations, the ALA's research impact is greater than it seems...π§πΌβπ¬π§«
New @UNSW research finds the ALA has supported > 9,000 authors & 2,406 scientific publications (to 2023). 63% are open-access!
ππ: https://t.co/FxJIkzFE3Y