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Famed Rare Fruit Grower Passes AwayBill Whitman dead at 92.
Three Gorges Botanical Garden ClosesPlants rescued from flooding caused by the Three Gorges Dam face another trial.
Drought Affecting Kings Park and Botanic GardenTen to twelve percent death rate in sheoaks, banksias and some eucalypts.
Plants Recognize SiblingsPlants growing near strangers observed to develop higher root mass compared to plants growing near siblings.
New Plant Family: The SimulcraceaeIncludes the genera Plasticus, Paraffinius and Silicus. Via Scientific American's Antigravity.
WWF: New Species Found in VietnamFive orchids among eleven new species of plants and animals discovered in Vietnam's Green Corridor (via the World Wide Fund for Nature / World Wildlife Fund)
Cleaning Up Toxic Waste With Plants“Phytoremediation is basically a solar-powered pollutant-removal system.”
Rapid Evolution in CrepisResearchers from the Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) in Montpellier, France have observed rapid evolution in a population of Crepis sancta in response to the urban environment.
“A Guardian of Grasses”Research into the Hm1 gene in maize implies that the evolution and subsequent success of many grass species may not have occurred without it.
Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art opens at Kew Gardens"First gallery in the world dedicated to botanical art and open to the public all year round."