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David Tng botany Tumblr- Ficus albipila (Moraceae)
- Comesperma retusum (Polygalaceae)
- Polygala linarifolia (Polygalaceae)
- Xanthophyllum octandrum (Polygalaceae)
- Xanthophyllum fragrans (Polygalaceae)
- Melaleuca polandii (Myrtaceae)
- Dienia ophrydis (Orchidaceae)
- Wissadula contracta (Malvaceae)
- Symplocos hayesii (Symplocaceae)
- Amylotheca dictyophleba (Loranthaceae)
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Moth magic during a pandemic
Guess how many species of moths you can find on your veranda? If you live near a rainforest, it is likely that a lot. When the pandemic hit, the stay-home-as-much-as-possible era began, and that is when we started paying more … Continue reading
Posted in Tropical Australia, Wildlife
Tagged biodiversity, biodiversity informatics, citizen science, iNaturalist, Lepidoptera, moths, Wet Tropics
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The quest to be savvy in scientific outreach
Doing scientific outreach is indispensible for anyone in this age who is serious in wanting to build and sustain a career in the field of science and academia. Science has moved beyond “Publish or Perish” to “Publicize or Perish” (See … Continue reading
Transformed trees! Drought changes the plumbing system of rainforest trees
Trees in tropical rainforests play an important role in the water balance of the planet. Every tree is like a fountain, drawing water up from the soil and putting it out into the atnosphere. Just one large mature tree may … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Plant Anatomy, Plant Morphology, Plant Science, Tropical Australia
Tagged drought, effects of drought, functional anatomy, hydraulic architecture, parenchyma, plant hydraulic architecture, plant hydraulics, transpiration, tropical rainforest and drought, wood anatomy, wood fibres, wood vessels, xylem, xylem anatomy, xylem conductivity
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The Knights among giant trees
It has been some time since I last visited Tasmania, but the memory of meeting giants (trees) there remain fresh in my memory. To put it more accurately, emblazoned into my psyche. Among the giants one could meet in Tasmania, … Continue reading
Posted in Giant Trees, Must see plants, Tasmanian plants
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Twitter and your Research Program: tweeting your publications
This is such an important post on Why and How scientists should tweet their reseach by Alex Smith (@Alex_Smith_Ants in Twitter, and also blogged by Stephen Heard) that I felt compelled to Press it. via Twitter and your Research Program: … Continue reading
Meeting with Maya-caceae
Wading in a small shallow backwater rivulet in northern Bahia, Brazil, brought me to a plant family that I had never seen before – the Mayacaceae. I had only managed to take a quick photo but back home I managed … Continue reading
Posted in Aquatic Plants, Botany, Brazil
Tagged Bog Moss, Mayaca, Mayaca fluviatilis, Mayacaceae
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Towers built on turd – the Tayloria mosses
The human-made structures that we know as towers must have been inspired by mosses. Or maybe humans drew the idea for the design of towers from the superconscious, where the form of moss capsules are imprinted on the fabric of … Continue reading
Back to threads – the moss that is returning to an algae-like existence
Algae needs water to reproduce, and anyone who has seen a pond or kept a fishtank has knows of the green thread-like algae that grows of submerged rock or wood surfaces. So one of the major advances of mosses over … Continue reading
Posted in Mosses, Must see plants, Plant Curios, Plant Morphology, Tasmanian plants
Tagged Ephemeropsis, Ephemeropsis trentepohlioides, moss, mosses, protonema
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