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Cellinese Lab

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Museum Life

Underground movement: The secret lives of geophytes

June 28, 2019

Plants may seem like some of nature’s most passive creatures, but some have a say in how they live and…Read More

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Awards & Honors

Florida Museum botany doctoral graduate wins Cooley Award

August 16, 2018

The American Society of Plant Taxonomists has selected Rebecca Stubbs as its 2018 George R. Cooley Award recipient. Considered one…Read More

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Five Facts

Five Facts: Geophytes

June 28, 2018

Every day, without even realizing it, you come into contact with geophytes. By just walking around the grocery store, you…Read More

Campanulaceae clade diagram

Evolution

New NSF project aims to help scientists navigate the tree of life

June 18, 2015

A new University of Florida and Duke University collaboration aims to do for the tree of life what Google Earth…Read More

Mediterranean Basin

Evolution

Island isolation, warming climate shape Mediterranean Basin evolution

January 14, 2015

From the jungles of Southeast Asia to the Greek Islands, Florida Museum of Natural History botanist Nico Cellinese has searched…Read More

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