Biologists create a one-stop shop for world’s most charismatic plants
The Florida Museum of Natural History has partnered with 35 herbarium collections across the United States to create a web…
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Using genomics to immortalize and protect McCarty Woods on UF Campus
McCarty Woods is a 2.9-acre conservation area at the heart of the University of Florida’s central campus. The beautiful, species-diverse…
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McCarty Woods Restoration team receives UF Champions for Change award
The University of Florida’s Office of Sustainability and the Healthy Gators Coalition recognized seven individuals and groups for the annual…
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Researchers discover new species in critically imperiled ecosystem
Researchers working in one of the world’s most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems have discovered a new plant species, Castela senticosa,…
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Early bloomers: Using citizen-science data to investigate unseasonal flowering in Joshua trees
In November 2019, visitors to Joshua Tree National Park in California encountered a strange sight. Joshua trees and closely related…
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Alan Franck joins Florida Museum as UF Herbarium collections manager
The University of Florida Herbarium welcomed Alan Franck as its new collections manager earlier this month. As part of his…
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Lucas Majure earns UF Excellence Award for Assistant Professors
Florida Museum of Natural History botanist Lucas Majure is a 2021 recipient of the University of Florida’s Excellence Award for…
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Three NSF grants fuel plant research at the Florida Museum’s herbarium
Three grants from the National Science Foundation will support new discoveries at the University of Florida Herbarium, housed at the…
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Forgotten for decades, rediscovered watercolor collection features hundreds of Florida plants
Botanist Mark Whitten was rummaging in an old drawer in the University of Florida Herbarium for tracing paper when he…
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Succulent expert Lucas Majure hired as UF Herbarium’s assistant curator
The Florida Museum of Natural History has hired botanist Lucas Majure as assistant curator of the University of Florida Herbarium….
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