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SamZa

@toolmal

Taxonomist/Botanist/Orchidaceae/Medicinal plants/Plant conservation

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Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar (@latinorchidbot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Because it is #NationalOrchidDay (well, it was yesterday but whatever 🤪), pls have a look at a) 5 cool facts about orchids (see vid below produced by the talented Lydia Shellien-Walker!) b) the orchid tree of life (read more about it here: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…) Please share!

Because it is #NationalOrchidDay (well, it was yesterday but whatever 🤪), pls have a look at 
a)  5 cool facts about orchids (see vid below produced by the talented <a href="/LydiaShelWalker/">Lydia Shellien-Walker</a>!)
b) the orchid tree of life (read more about it here: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…) 
Please share!
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (@thebotanics) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🍃🏷️ PART 2 – See how a collection is made for a Herbarium specimen! We're back in the Sarawak rainforest with Tropical Botanist @Scaphium to see how a botanical collection is pressed in the field before it is ultimately incorporated into the Sarawak and Edinburgh herbaria.

SamZa (@toolmal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Vienna Dioscurides assumed to have been created in Constantinople around 500, is one of the most famous manuscripts of late antiquity. Its main section contains images of 383 alphabetically arranged medicinal plants; the corresponding text by the greek physician Dioscurides.

Vienna Dioscurides assumed to have been created in Constantinople around 500, is one of the most famous manuscripts of late antiquity. Its main section contains images of 383 alphabetically arranged medicinal plants; the corresponding text by the greek physician Dioscurides.
SamZa (@toolmal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Sir Hans Sloane Herbarium, Natural History Museum, London holds c. 265 volumes of herbarium books since pre-Linnaean (1660–1753) in which the plant names have more than 2 words (Linnaean proposed binomial nomenclature).

The Sir Hans Sloane Herbarium, Natural History Museum, London holds c. 265 volumes of herbarium books since pre-Linnaean (1660–1753) in which the plant names have more than 2 words (Linnaean proposed binomial nomenclature).
Joachim Schork (@joachimschork) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When applying PCA, interpreting the relationship between the principal components is crucial. However, analyzing more than two components can get tricky. Fortunately, PCA 3D plots can help. A 3D plot visualizes high-dimensional data reduced to three principal components,

When applying PCA, interpreting the relationship between the principal components is crucial. However, analyzing more than two components can get tricky. Fortunately, PCA 3D plots can help.

A 3D plot visualizes high-dimensional data reduced to three principal components,
Dr Timothy Utteridge (@timutteridge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New! Eleven species of Thrixspermum (Orchidaceae: Vandeae: Aeridinae) newly recorded from Thailand taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/2030 Excellent work by Sam! SamZa #orchid #taxonmy #Thailand Alastair Culham @KewScience National Parks Board Uni of Reading

New!

Eleven species of Thrixspermum (Orchidaceae: Vandeae: Aeridinae) newly recorded from Thailand
taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/2030
Excellent work by Sam! <a href="/toolmal/">SamZa</a> 

#orchid #taxonmy #Thailand <a href="/BotanyRNG/">Alastair Culham</a> @KewScience <a href="/nparksbuzz/">National Parks Board</a> <a href="/UniofReading/">Uni of Reading</a>
Razvan Borza (@rborza_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 Great alternatives to BioRender are now available!! 📢 NIAID News offers a collection of public figures and icons for everyone to use. Check it out at bioart.niaid.nih.gov

🚨 Great alternatives to BioRender are now available!!

📢 <a href="/NIAIDNews/">NIAID News</a> offers a collection of public figures and icons for everyone to use. Check it out at bioart.niaid.nih.gov
SamZa (@toolmal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Herbarium of the Department of Botany at the Natural History Museum Vienna (W) was established in 1807 and is widely recognised as one of the world’s premier botanical collections, which houses c. 5.5 million plant specimens and c. 200,000 type specimens.

The Herbarium of the Department of Botany at the Natural History Museum Vienna (W) was established in 1807 and is widely recognised as one of the world’s premier botanical collections, which houses c. 5.5 million plant specimens and  c. 200,000 type specimens.
SamZa (@toolmal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sir William Jackson Hooker, Charles Darwin, and Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker at Kew Herbarium #kewherbarium #kew #kewgardens

Sir William Jackson Hooker, Charles Darwin, and Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker at Kew Herbarium #kewherbarium #kew #kewgardens
SamZa (@toolmal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tropical Nursery with c. 10,000 species from 21 climatic zones for research, conservation and our botanic gardens. #kew #kewgardens

Tropical Nursery with c. 10,000 species from 21 climatic zones for research, conservation and our botanic gardens. #kew #kewgardens
SamZa (@toolmal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Kew's library is one of the largest collections of published botanical information in the world. The taxonomy and systematics of wild plants are main subject area here. #kew #kewlibrary #kewgardens

Kew's library is one of the largest collections of published botanical information in the world. The taxonomy and systematics of wild plants are main subject area here. #kew #kewlibrary #kewgardens
Dr. Asif’s Mol. Biology (@asifmolbio) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Would you love creating colorful Phylogenetic Trees using a Free 🆓 web-based tool. Here is full tutorial youtu.be/djfpSq26akI #bioinformatics #phd #DataScience

Would you love creating colorful Phylogenetic Trees using a Free 🆓 web-based tool. 
Here is full tutorial 
youtu.be/djfpSq26akI
#bioinformatics #phd #DataScience