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Tag Archives: RNG
Mystery Ophrys from Cyprus – and the problems of giving species names to orchids
Last week two intriguing photographs of an orchid from Smigies in the Akamas peninsula, Pafos, Cyprus arrived in my in-box as an identification query to RNG herbarium. The plant was growing under pine trees. The photographs were taken in March … Continue reading →
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Tagged Crete, Herbarium, Ophrys, Orchid, Orchidaceae, Orchids, Plant Identification, Reading University Herbarium, RNG
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MSc Plant Diversity students get extra training in the preparation of herbarium specimens
The University of Reading Herbarium (RNG) is one of the few university based herbaria still actively collecting in the UK. While the collection is of modest size, some 300,000 specimens it is particularly valuable for DNA based research due to … Continue reading →
A visit from Vic Aspland, President of the Cyclamen Society
We were very pleased to welcome Vic Aspland, President of the Cyclamen Society, to the RNG herbarium today. Vic and colleagues from the Society had chance to examine the recently mounted herbarium collections of Cyclamen colchicum from the Society expedition … Continue reading →
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Tagged Cyclamen, Kalman Konyves, RNG, Vic Aspland
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Herbarium RNG Questionnaire
I am a third year undergraduate student at the University of Reading, reading for a B.Sc. in Biological Sciences. My third year project aims to evaluate the current Herbarium RNG website, analyse other Herbaria websites, and subsequently redesign the Herbarium … Continue reading →
Dye Lichens
The Herbarium (RNG) has been assisting me in drawing lichens for a Reading Science Week art Exhibition called ‘Symbiosis’. Recently I’ve been focusing on lichen species used in traditional dying. Below are some images including photos of me drawing taken … Continue reading →
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Tagged Art, art and biology, Lichen, lichen dyes, natural dyes, Reading University Herbarium, RNG, Symbiosis, The Symbiosis Project
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The Symbiosis Project
‘Symbiosis’ is Imagining Science’s current collaborative project, about relationships between art and science, scientists and artists. We’re using the fungi-plant symbiosis that is lichen to parallel the relationships we have with each other and our scientific and art communities, and … Continue reading →
Mountain plants of southern South America
From Mary T. Kalin Arroyo: Over the period 16-17 September 2013 I had the pleasure to work in the herbarium at the University of Reading. My mission was to track down herbarium specimens collected in Tierra del Fuego by Dr. … Continue reading →
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Tagged David Moore, Flora of Tierra Del Fuego, Mary Kalin Arroyo, Reading University Herbarium, RNG
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