
Russell Barrett
@theplantpressau
Discovers new plants, sometimes from helicopters. Specialist in Kimberley botany & ecology. Loves field trip bakeries. Views my own.
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http://www.theplantpress.com 01-07-2017 12:58:09
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Fabulous North Head Sanctuary recky trip today with a fabulous team! Can’t wait to bring the full Botanic Gardens of Sydney team here in a few weeks to document the flora of the critically endangered Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub ☀️ #iamabotanist #SydneyHarbour


The organising committee is very excited to soon welcome you to Canberra ACT, the traditional lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people. Registrations open Kambri at ANU from 3:00 PM and to start the conversation, the Mixer at 5:00 PM proudly brought to you by Bush Blitz.

Our #Poales paper is out in New Phytologist! We investigated the global biogeography and diversification of a plant lineage with huge ecological and economic importance. Big thanks to T.Elliott, D.Spalink and M.Muasya for leading this great collaborative effort! bit.ly/47TXRvZ




Gone in a puff of smoke: 52,000 sq km of ‘long unburnt’ Australian habitat has vanished in 40 years theconversation.com/gone-in-a-puff… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

“We can’t say we’ve solved this ‘abominable mystery’, but we can at least say that there really is one.” What a great quote from Bill Baker @KewScience KewGardens on publication of the huge PAFTOL paper in nature newscientist.com/article/242835…




Our Big Flowering Plant Bang paper is now out in Nature!! So excited to have been part of this massive collaborative effort led by the KewGardens team, involving 279 co-authors from 27 countries! #angiosperms #phylogenomics nature.com/articles/s4158…


At long, long last: the (core) findings from my Master's work are now published (#OpenAccess!!!) in Botanical Society of America's #AJB in a special issue on polyploidy 🎉🌾 Go read about genome size and functional traits in some #fynbos #Cyperaceae species here: doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1…


Tangled webs & spider-flowers: #Phylogenomics, biogeography & seed morphology inform the evolutionary history of #Cleomaceae New #AJB research by Theresa Saunders, @ehroalson, Russell Barrett, Elaine Françoso, Bill Baker, Dr Isabel Larridon et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1… #botany


Here are the real corpse flowers, male above, and female below, surrounded by the largest bouquet wrap in nature. Putricia's bloom at Botanic Gardens of Sydney is coming to an end


The Language of Landscapes in #Australia & #Palestine - expert new analysis by Zoe Davies - an examination of how colonial powers use the language & imagery of nature. Open-access & peer-reviewed ⤵️ nepf.org.au/index.php/the-… #IndigenousPeoples #Colonialism #auspol Zoe Davies

