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Tag Archives: Epiphyte
Wanderlust Tropics: a naturalist journey into Bromeliaceae
Neotropical most iconic plant family! Bromeliads are part of our life in several different ways, especially for those who live on the American continent, where these plants firstly evolved around a hundred millions years ago (Givnish et al. 2011). Doubtless … Continue reading
Posted in Americas, Monocots, Neotropics
Tagged Bromeliaceae, conservation, Epiphyte, MSc Plant Diversity, Tropical Crops, Tropical food plants
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Ranikhet Primary School – a rainforest experience
Today pupils from Ranikhet Primary School visited the Tropical Biodiversity Greenhouse (Part of Reading University Herbarium in the School of Biological Sciences) to see, smell, touch and draw plants that grow in the tropics, and particularly the tropical rainforest. Two … Continue reading
Rhipping yarns about Rhipsalis baccifera
Posted in Africa, Americas, Evolution, Madagascar, Species, Students
Tagged #NatSCA2015, Ali Eyres, biogeography, Cactaceae, cactus puns, Caryophyllales, disjunct, dispersal, distribution, Epiphyte, epiphytic, migration, Mistletoe Cactus, monty python, New world, Old world, Rhipsalis, Rhipsalis baccifera, Spaghetti Cactus, synonyms, The Guard Cell, Tropical biodiversity, vicariance
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Tillandsia usneoides Spanish Moss
Lacking ideas this Movember? Why not take inspiration from Spanish Moss and the great Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto, from whom the plant was thought to originate. Well at least as the legend goes… Apparently Hernando De Soto pursued an Indian maiden through the forest … Continue reading