Botany One

The non-profit plant magazine

Lab science. Citizen science. Your source for plant science.

This week

  1. The True Pollinators of the Amazon’s “Purple Gold”
  2. The species that blushed when it was discovered
  3. Can Small Pellets Help Mosses Rebuild Degraded Soils?
  4. From Sacred Crop to Mr Potato Head: What Art Reveals About Our Relationship with Food
  5. Sudoku Garden
  6. Science Shared: October 17
  7. *Alluaudiopsis marnieriana*

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*Alluaudiopsis marnieriana*

A plant on the edge of paradise.

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The editors

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Botany One is a blog run by the Annals of Botany Company, a non-profit educational charity. The goal of the blog is to promote Botany in all its aspects as well as discuss the human issues involved in being a botanist.

The current editors are:

Sarah Covshoff - Botany One
Sarah is a plant molecular biologist passionate about communicating the science of the natural world to lay people and experts alike. She previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow on C4 photosynthesis and now focuses on science communication.
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Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra - Botany One
Carlos (he/him) is a Colombian PhD candidate at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil). He works as an Editor at Botany One and a Communications Officer at the International Society for Seed Science. Follow him at @caordonezparra.bksy.social.
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Alun Salt - Botany One
Alun (he/him) is the Producer for Botany One. It’s his job to keep the server running.
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You can read more about Botany One on our About page.

In addition to Botany One, the company currently publishes three journals, the Annals of Botany, AoB PLANTS, and in silico Plants.

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