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1999 |
Anna Pavord authored “The Tulip,” a history of the flower. Links: Botany 
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2000 Jan 19 |
Dr. G. Ledyard Stebbins Jr. (b.1906), considered to be the founder of evolutionary botany, died in Davis, Ca. His books included “Variation and Evolution in Plants” (1950), “Flowering Plants: Evolution Above the Species Level” (1974), and “Chromosomal Evolution in Higher Plants” (1971). In 2007 his autobiography was published under the title “The Ladyslipper and I, Autobiography of G. Ledyard Stebbins.” Links: USA, Biography, Botany
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2001 |
Richard Evans Schultes (b.1915), considered the father of ethnobotony, died. In 1997 Wade Davis authored "One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest," a biography of Schultes. Links: Biography, Botany
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2003 Apr 17 |
Graham Stuart Thomas (94), who reintroduced many forgotten plants to British and American gardens, died. His books included "Old Shrub Roses" and the meticulously illustrated "The Garden Through the Year." Links: Botany
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2007 Jun |
BP PLC said it will invest $90 million in a joint venture with UK-based D1 Oils PLC, a biofuels startup that is developing the jatropha plant in India and elsewhere. The oil rich, non-edible plant was first cultivated in South America and brought to India by Portuguese traders. Links: Britain, Oil, India, Botany
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2007 |
Amy Stewart authored “Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers.” Links: USA, Books, Botany
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2008 Feb 16 |
It was reported that the first flowering in 50 years had taken place in the bamboo forests of Bangladesh leading to a plague of rats. The last flowering in 1958 also caused a similar rodent plague. Links: Bangladesh, Animal, Botany
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2008 Jun 15 |
Arthur Galston (b.1920), the botanist who discovered Agent Orange (1943), died. As a graduate student at the Univ. of Illinois he had found that a mild spray of 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid helped soyabeans grow, but that a stronger dose caused the plants to release ethylene which led to defoliation. He was appalled when a potentised strain of his discovery, containing dioxin as a by-product of manufacture, was used in Vietnam (1962-1970), and led efforts for toxicological studies, which stopped its use. Links: USA, Vietnam, Chemistry, Botany
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2008 Jun |
Colombia’s government created the 25,000 acre Orito Ingi-Ande Medicinal Plants Sanctuary to protect plants, which the native Cofan people depend on for medicinal and spiritual purposes. Links: Colombia, Medical, Botany
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2008 |
Botanist Patrick Blanc authored “The Vertical Garden.” Links: USA, Books, Botany
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2009 Jan 17 |
Edmund de Rothschild (93), former chairman of N.M. Rothschild and Sons merchant bank and a noted horticulturist, died at his home in England. Links: Britain, Botany, Banking
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2009 May |
In San Francisco scientists identified an exotic seaweed growing at the SF Yacht Harbor at near Pier 40. The kelp known as Undaria pinnatifida, globally recognized as one of the top 100 invasive species, has plagued southern California harbors since 2000. Links: USA, California, SF, Botany
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2009 Jul 10 |
A US plant scientists said late blight, which caused the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s and 1850s, is killing potato and tomato plants in home gardens from Maine to Ohio and threatening commercial and organic farms. Links: USA, Food, Botany, Agriculture
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2010 Oct 7 |
Researchers at London’s Kew Gardens said they have discovered that the Paris japonica has a genetic code 50 times longer than that of a human being. To date this was the longest genome discovered. Links: Britain, DNA, Botany
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2010 Oct 30 |
In Japan representatives to a UN conference on biodiversity agreed to expand protected areas on land and at sea in the hopes of slowing the rate of extinction of the world’s animals and plant. Scientists have estimated that the Earth is losing species at 100 to 1,000 times the historical average. Links: Japan, Environment, Animal, Botany
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2010 Nov 18 |
FIFA, the Int’l. Football Federation, banned and fined 4 African officials from involvement in the sport for breaches of trust. They included Amos Adamu of Nigeria, and 3 others from Botswana, Mali and Tunisia. Reynald Temarii, president of the Oceania Football Confederation, was also banned and fined. Links: Mali, Africa, Nigeria, Soccer, Tunisia, Botany
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2010 |
Richard Mabey authored “Weeds: How Vagabond Plants Gatecrashed Civilization and changed the Way We Think About Nature. Links: Books, Botany
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2011 Sep 29 |
The Journal of Psychopharmacology reported that researchers at Johns Hopkins had found psilocybin mushrooms can make people more open in their feelings and aesthetic sensibilities. Links: USA, Food, Brain, Botany
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2012 Feb 21 |
It was reported that a team of Russian scientists have revived a plant, Silene stenophylla, whose seeds came from a squirrel’s chamber in Siberian permafrost dating back 30k-32k years. Links: Russia, Siberia, Botany
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2012 Jun 20 |
A highly invasive brown kelp native to Japan, commonly known as Wakame, was reported to have spread throughout the San Francisco waterfront. It was first discovered in California about 12 years ago and in SF in 2009. Links: California, Environment, SF, Botany
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2012 Jun 26 |
Botswana and Namibia inaugurated their links to a 14,000 km (8,700 mile) underground cable system that provides both with faster and cheaper Internet connectivity. Links: Namibia, Botany
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2012 Aug 14 |
In Botswana the world's leading producer of diamonds De Beers began rough stone sorting, a first step in its transfer from London to Gaborone. Links: Diamonds, Botany
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2013 Jun |
In China an algae called Enteromorpha prolifera again engulfed the coast around Qingdao covering an area of nearly 11,500 square miles. Links: China, Botany
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2015 Feb 12 |
Oliver Rackham (75), British plant pathologist and woodland archeologist, died. His last book, “The Ash Tree,” was written in response to the outbreak of the Chalara fungus. Links: Britain, Books, Botany
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2016 May 10 |
British researchers warned that fifth of the world's plant species are at risk of extinction, in an unprecedented global census of the plant kingdom. Links: Britain, Botany, Extinction
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2017 |
Carlos Magdalena authored “The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World’s Rarest Species. Links: Books, Botany
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2019 Sep 5 |
US wildlife officials rejected petitions to protect Yellowstone National Park's storied bison herds but pledged to consider more help for two other species — a tiny, endangered squirrel in Arizona and bees that pollinate rare desert flowers in Nevada. Links: USA, Arizona, Nevada, Animal, Insects, Botany
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