#bizarrebotany - Twitter Hashtag

Christina Harrison (Hourigan) @KewEditor

over 7 years ago

Gosh #BizarreBotany has just been translated into Polish. How exciting! @IbuAnggrek @KewScience #Kewpublishing https://t.co/eHJUUSZURg

KewEditor's tweet photo. Gosh #BizarreBotany has just been translated into Polish. How exciting! @IbuAnggrek @KewScience #Kewpublishing https://t.co/eHJUUSZURg https://t.co/htPWdflu4P

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Christina Harrison (Hourigan) @KewEditor

almost 8 years ago

I am so thrilled to see that #botanist Agnes Arber has been given a #blueplaque by @EnglishHeritage. She was a real pioneer for women in science. @IbuAnggrek and I loved writing about her in #BizarreBotany See: https://t.co/FvDTaBojJ5 @LinneanSociety @royalsociety @CUHerb

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Christina Harrison (Hourigan) @KewEditor

about 8 years ago

Are your #plants suffering in the #heat? Did you know that spikemoss, native to the Chihuahuan Desert, can dry out completely, curl in on itself & become dormant for years. When rain finally arrives it absorbs water rapidly, turns green and begins to grow again! #BizarreBotany

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Christina Harrison (Hourigan) @KewEditor

over 8 years ago

Happy birthday to Sir #DavidAttenborough! Did you know he has many species named after him? A Welsh member of the daisy family: Hieracium attenboroughianum; a pitcher plant - Nepenthes attenboroughii & a genus called Sirdavidia from Gabon. #bizarrebotany

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Christina Harrison (Hourigan) @KewEditor

over 8 years ago

Did you know that Paclitaxel - an important treatment for ovarian and breast cancer - was originally isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia? Later, leaves from other species of yew were used too. #temperateplants #bizarrebotany #temperatehouse #kewgardens

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Christina Harrison (Hourigan) @KewEditor

over 8 years ago

This week one of the world's greatest glasshouses - #Kew's #temperatehouse re-opens after a 5-year restoration. DYK that there are over 170 species of Banksia and all but one come from Australia? Some species are pollinated by honey possums. #bizarrebotany #temperateplants

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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) @CUHerb

over 8 years ago

@JanFreedman @HerbariumDonna @PlymouthMuseum @Botanygeek Check out the book @KewEditor and I (@IbuAnggrek) wrote - #BizarreBotany - for lots, Jan! @plantsci @slcuplants @CUBotanicGarden https://t.co/VO5qChITbY

CUHerb's tweet photo. @JanFreedman @HerbariumDonna @PlymouthMuseum @Botanygeek Check out the book @KewEditor and I (@IbuAnggrek) wrote - #BizarreBotany - for lots, Jan! @plantsci @slcuplants @CUBotanicGarden https://t.co/VO5qChITbY https://t.co/oABNQ5jAG1

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Christina Harrison (Hourigan) @KewEditor

almost 9 years ago

#Friends of #Kew - did you know there's an exclusive discount week (20% off) coming up at @KewGardens_Shop? Plus a special shopping evening event. Find all the details here: https://t.co/0YA2gXzUEF This means you can buy even more copies of #BizarreBotany :-)

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