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Art and Science Libraries Moved to Facebook

Posted in Art Library, Science Library, tagged , , on August 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Remember ArtPlantae’s Art Library and the Science Library? They moved from the original website to this site a long time ago. As this site has grown, the libraries were pushed out of the way to make room for feature articles and interactive activities connecting you with visiting artists and authors. As a result, the libraries [...]

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Teach Plant Morphology to Kids

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, Education, general botany, tagged , , on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Plant Parts series by Vijaya Khisty Bodach is a collection of six books addressing plant morphology. Each book is dedicated to a single topic. The topics Bodach writes about are roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, and seeds. Each book in the series follows the same format, so a pattern emerges that unites the books [...]

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Unusual Airplants of the Bromeliaceae

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, general botany, tagged , , , on May 6, 2010 | Comments Off

Tillandsia II was written by Paul T. Isley III, one of the co-founders of Rainforest Flora, Inc.. This book is a continuation of Isley’s Tillandsia that was published in 1987. It features updated nomenclature, wonderful color photographs, and a chapter dedicated to Tillandsia hybrids developed over the past 22 years. The plants in this book [...]

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Herbarium Plays Key Role in Documenting Plants

Posted in Education, Special Articles & Interviews, general botany, herbarium, tagged , , on April 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Step into the herbarium at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (RSA) and you step into a world rich with history. This herbarium contains an impressive 1.1 million specimens. The collection is comprised of mostly vascular plants. Ancillary collections include 3,000 pickled cacti, seeds, pine cones, and a small collection of lichens. Of the more than [...]

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California Horticulture Past & Present

Posted in Education, gardening, general botany, herbarium, tagged , , , , on April 15, 2010 | Comments Off

The Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden is more than a research facility for academics. It is an outdoor classroom for the general public. Look beyond the garden’s beautiful 86 acres of California native plants, and you will find a research library and a calendar full of learning opportunities for the public to enjoy. RSA Library [...]

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Travel Around The World at the Los Angeles Arboretum

Posted in general botany, tagged , on March 29, 2010 | Comments Off

Now at Classes Near You > California: Los Angeles Arboretum & Botanic Garden www.arboretum.org Around the World in 127 Acres: More of the Arboretum’s Plant Collections Classes meet on Wednesdays from 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM (rain or shine). Instructor: Frank McDonough. Cost: $5 member/$7 non-member per class. All classes meet in the Arboretum Library. [...]

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Regional Floras Added to Science Library

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, Science Library, botanical art, tagged , , , , on March 18, 2010 | Comments Off

The following guides have been added to Herbarium > Science Library > Plant Guides: Chickering, Carol Rogers. 1973. Flowers of Guatamala. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN: 080610813. This book contains 50 color illustrations of Guatamalan plants from different regions. The climate belts of Guatamala and the readily visible plants of each belt are described. Chickering [...]

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Grass is a plant?

Posted in Special Articles & Interviews, general botany, tagged , on February 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I was across the room when I overheard a student say this to her study group in a busy non-majors biology lab I taught during grad school. Fifteen years later, I am still not sure what caught me off-guard the most — the surprised tone in which the question was asked or simply the question [...]

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Robert Muma Illustrates The World of Mosses

Posted in botanical art, general botany, natural science illustration, tagged , on February 11, 2010 | Comments Off

Robert Muma (1907-1993) became a natural science illustrator at a very early age. As a child, he was encouraged to draw all that he observed in nature. Not only did this make him a fine illustrator, but a fine biologist as well. His solid understanding of flora and fauna earned him a position as a [...]

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Illustrated Guide to Legumes

Posted in Science Library, botanical illustration, tagged , on November 23, 2009 | Comments Off

From the Herbarium (see Science Library > Plant Guides) : Gwilym, Lewis, Brian Schrire, Barbara Mackinder, and Mike Lock. 2005. Legumes of the World. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN: 9781900347808 The “book of books” where the pea family is concerned. Legumes have been a key area of research at Kew since 1855. They hold [...]

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More Than Just Pretty Pictures in Curtis’s Magazine

Posted in Science Library, botanical art, botanical illustration, tagged , , on October 19, 2009 | Comments Off

Originally published in the February 2007 issue of Artists’ Botany, this article has been freshened up with updated links. In publication since 1787, Curtis’s Botanical Magazine is best known in botanical art circles for the artwork contained within its pages. The artwork, however, should not overshadow the scientific information contained in each issue. Detailed descriptions [...]

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History & Taxonomy, The Latest Titles at ArtPlantae Books

Posted in Reference, botanical illustration, general botany, tagged , , on October 12, 2009 | Comments Off

A Rare Botanical Legacy Essay by David Rains Wallace, Edited by Rick Bennett and Susan Calla (2009) $35, Hardcover In 1936, a chance meeting with Willis Linn Jepson led to a 10-year collaboration between the renowned California botanist, an amateur botanist named Ruby Van Deventer who was on a mission to document the flora of [...]

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