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Alastair Culham

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Alastair Culham (born 1965) is an English botanist. [1]

32 relations: Actaea (plant), Biodiversity, Biodiversity informatics, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany, Catalogue of Life, Climate change, Cyclamen, Drosera, Easter Island, Echium, Flowering plant, Fusarium, Great Waltham, Molecular biology, Molecular marker, Pelargonium, Phylogenetics, Phytogeography, Plant taxonomy, Plectranthus, Ranunculaceae, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Horticultural Society, Solenostemon, Sophora toromiro, Systematics, Taxonomy (biology), University of California, University of Reading, Vernon Heywood.

Actaea (plant)

Actaea, commonly called baneberry, bugbane and cohosh, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae, native to subtropical, temperate and subartic regions of the Europe, Asia and North America.

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Biodiversity

Biodiversity, a portmanteau of biological (life) and diversity, generally refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth.

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Biodiversity informatics

Biodiversity Informatics is the application of informatics techniques to biodiversity information for improved management, presentation, discovery, exploration and analysis.

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Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

The Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society is a scientific journal publishing original papers relating to the taxonomy of all plant groups and fungi, including anatomy, biosystematics, cytology, ecology, ethnobotany, electron microscopy, morphogenesis, palaeobotany, palynology and phytochemistry.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Catalogue of Life

The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides the world’s most comprehensive and authoritative index of known species of animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms.

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Climate change

Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years).

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Cyclamen

Cyclamen is a genus of 23 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Primulaceae.

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Drosera

Drosera, commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species.

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Easter Island

Easter Island (Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua) is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania.

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Echium

Echium is a genus of 60 species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae.

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Flowering plant

The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.

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Fusarium

Fusarium is a large genus of filamentous fungi, part of a group often referred to as hyphomycetes, widely distributed in soil and associated with plants.

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Great Waltham

Great Waltham — also known as Church End — is a village and civil parish in the Chelmsford District, in the county of Essex.

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Molecular biology

Molecular biology is a branch of biology which concerns the molecular basis of biological activity between biomolecules in the various systems of a cell, including the interactions between DNA, RNA, proteins and their biosynthesis, as well as the regulation of these interactions.

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Molecular marker

A molecular marker is a molecule contained within a sample taken from an organism (biological markers) or other matter.

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Pelargonium

Pelargonium is a genus of flowering plants which includes about 200 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly known as geraniums (in the United States also storksbills).

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Phylogenetics

In biology, phylogenetics (Greek: φυλή, φῦλον – phylé, phylon.

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Phytogeography

Phytogeography (from Greek φυτό, phyto.

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Plant taxonomy

Plant taxonomy is the science that finds, identifies, describes, classifies, and names plants.

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Plectranthus

Plectranthus, with some 350 species, is a genus of warm-climate plants occurring largely in the southern hemisphere, in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, India and the Indonesian archipelago down to Australia and some Pacific Islands.

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Ranunculaceae

Ranunculaceae (buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin rānunculus "little frog", from rāna "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, distributed worldwide.

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular tourist attraction.

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (brand name Kew) is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Royal Horticultural Society

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.

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Solenostemon

Solenostemon, commonly known as Coleus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae.

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Sophora toromiro

Sophora toromiro, commonly known as Toromiro, is a species of flowering tree in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to Easter Island.

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Systematics

Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time.

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Taxonomy (biology)

Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.

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University of California

The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the US state of California.

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University of Reading

The University of Reading is a public university located in Reading, Berkshire, England.

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Vernon Heywood

Vernon Hilton Heywood (born 24 December 1927) is a British biologist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastair_Culham

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