#herbarium — Public Fediverse posts
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Was kann eine gepresste Pflanze über #Wissensgeschichte erzählen? Mehr, als zunächst zu vermuten ist. Herbarbelege - getrocknete und etikettierte Pflanzen in wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen - sind nicht nur botanische Forschungsobjekte: Sie sind zugleich materielle Zeugnisse globaler Wissenszirkulation, die Wissenschaft, Religion und Kulturgeschichte verbinden.
Uta Koschmieder gibt Einblick in ihre Forschung an Herbarbelegen der Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine ⬇️
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I’ve started the Herbarium
My world is expanding, and with that expansion I need to focus for a week on native flora. Plants that would fit in explicitly in this fantasy world, but would have an analog to plants known on our own Earth, Terra (as I prefer Terra over Tellus). While designing these native plants, I may also have to create some more fauna to balance them out. For example; while creating more in-depth information on the "dawnberry" bush, I may have needed to find pollinators for the flowers. So... I […]https://ceriashwardauthor.wordpress.com/2026/08/02/ive-started-the-herbarium/
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#December 16, 1935
#OTD Albert Spear #Hitchcock, American #Botanist & #Agrostologist, died.A #Dedicated #Plant #Explorer, he once wrote about the #Trials of #Exploring:
"The #Mosquitoes were very bad.
I had to [wear] my coat, put #Cheesecloth around my head, & extra #Socks on my hands.
My #Shoes had worn through, & my feet were #Blistered...
But, for all the discomforts, the #Collecting was #Magnificent, & I felt fully repaid."Albert's #Herbarium & #Library were donated to the #Smithsonian.
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#Museum30 Day 17 - ‘Origin'
The #herbarium in the #NHMLondon has actually two origins: The "original origin" are the collections of Sir Hans #Sloane: apothecary, physician, promoter of #smallpox #vaccination, #quinine use against malaria, and inventor of milk #chocolate.Decades later, the collections of British botanical imperial mastermind and world circumnavigator Sir Joseph #Banks were added, which laid the foundation of the main collection nowadays.
Read more here: https://issuu.com/thevasculum/docs/vasculum_16.1/s/11551043