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Heidi and I have written a blog post about the botanical Wiki outreach we and several of our Wiki colleagues have been undertaking. https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/02/11/wiki-for-botanists-why-thematic-engagement-matters/ #Botany #Botanists #Wikipedia #Wikidata #WikimediaCommons

cathill Oct 8, 2025

How do field biologists in dense tropical forests photograph the fruits and leaves of very tall trees from the ground?
#fieldbiology #fieldbiologists #botany #botanists #photography #naturephotography #plantphotography #wildlifephotography #photographers #plantsurveys #telephotolenses #tropicalforests #trees #rainforests

Siobhan Leachman Jul 14, 2025

Was lucky and am very proud to collaborate with three colleagues Heidi Meudt, Sabine von Mering and Joaquim Santos to produce a paper on #Wikidata and #botanists A blog about our collaboration can be found here. https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/07/14/the-power-and-potential-of-wikidata-for-botany/

The power and potential of Wikidata for botany | Te Papa’s Blog

A new paper entitled Wikidata for Botanists: Benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data has been published in the Annals of Botany. This publication is the result of a collaboration of …

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Kevin Russell Jul 12, 2025

@glyph

Repost your post with the second paragraph turned into #hashtags

#biophilia #biology #biologyGeek #Botanists #entomologists #mycologists #whereAreYou

no algorthms on mastodon except hashtags, nothing is steered to your eyes, nothing takes your posts to biologists, except hashtags.

and boosts.

boost a lot, be the algorthm, hashtag a lot, its the #mastodon system

Siobhan Leachman Jun 18, 2025

A paper I collaborated on has just been published! The women honoured in flowering plant genera: From myth to reality. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70050 #Women #Botanists #Wikidata

Hiisikoloart Mar 10, 2025

Hey #botanists of Fedi - tell me about the COOLEST sounding plant deceases that you know of because I heard there are some really awesome shit you have decided to call these things!

I mean the stuff that could be straight out of a druid's spell book, thank you!

#plants

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Feb 21, 2025

Scientists Uncover #NewSpecies of Sunflower in Big Bend National Park, Texas https://www.calacademy.org/press/releases/california-academy-of-sciences-and-partners-uncover-new-sunflower-species-in-big-bend paper by Debra Manley et al. https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/137624/

"The 'wooly devil' is the 1st new plant genus discovered in a US national park in ~50 years... The plant was first observed by park volunteer Deb Manley, who promptly uploaded the unknown species to #iNaturalist, where an international community of #botanists assembled to identify the mysterious flower"

#Plants #CitizenScience #Bloomscrolling

California Academy of Sciences and Partners Uncover New Sunflower Species in Big Bend National Park, Texas

The wooly devil is the first new plant genus and species discovered in a U.S. national park in nearly 50 years.

California Academy of Sciences

Paria sans portefeuille Jan 29, 2025

"In 1941, as Nazi forces laid siege to #Leningrad, a group of #SovietBotanists faced an unthinkable choice: eat their life’s work, a rare seed bank, or starve to death. This is the dilemma at the heart of #SimonParkin’s story about the world's first seed bank and its dedicated #botanists."

#EurasianKnot welcomes the author of #TheForbiddenGarden
https://soundcloud.com/euraknot/ek057

#SiegeOfLeningrad #WWII #SovietHistory #SovietScience #SeedBanks #biodiversity #NikolaiVavilov #books @bookstodon @histodons

Saving Seeds During the Siege of Leningrad

In 1941, as Nazi forces laid siege to Leningrad, a group of Soviet botanists faced an unthinkable choice: eat their life’s work, a rare seed bank, or starve to death. This is the dilemma at the heart

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geekygoodies Jan 3, 2025

Played my 1st game of #Botanists and I really loved how movement and tile collection and placement was handled. Lots of tough and interesting decisions but I think the scoring seemed a little dry somehow. Might be something that can be fixed with a small expansion or a minor house rule. I gotta play it again. #bgstats