O Herbário de Kew Gardens (Surrey, Inglaterra) é um verdadeiro tesouro da humanidade, uma das maiores coleções de plantas do mundo e um dos centros de pesquisa mais dinâmicos em taxonomia de plantas. Recentemente o Herbário foi aberto para visitantes externos e a população pode se deliciar com os seus tesouros. Vejam em http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/science/a-rare-open-house-lets-visitors-in-the-herbarium-at-kew-gardens.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
Só o começo do artigo já aguça a vontade:
"There was a Galápagos fern, collected by Charles Darwin himself. There were mahogany cabinets filled with plants from the East India Company, including the two tea leaves whose discovery launched the Indian tea trade. There was an antelope net made of baobab bark, from David Livingstone’s storied Zambezi expedition more than 150 years ago."
Que ótima iniciativa!
Kew, eu realmente sinto saudades!
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The Herbarium at Kew Gardens (Surrey, England) is a real treasure of humanity, one of the largest collections of plants in the world and one of the most dynamic research centers focused in plant taxonomy. The Herbarium was recently opened to outside visitors, and population can be delighted with their treasures. Look at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/science/a-rare-open-house-lets-visitors-in-the-herbarium-at-kew-gardens.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
In the very beginning of the article you can see the point:
"There was a Galápagos fern, collected by Charles Darwin himself. There were mahogany cabinets filled with plants from the East India Company, including the two tea leaves whose discovery launched the Indian tea trade. There was an antelope net made of baobab bark, from David Livingstone’s storied Zambezi expedition more than 150 years ago."
What a great initiative!
Kew, I really miss you!
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| The herbarium, built in 1877, is the oldest part of Kew Gardens. Tim Harris, an assistant botanist, showed ferns collected by Charles Darwin in the Galápagos Islands. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/science/a-rare-open-house-lets-visitors-in-the-herbarium-at-kew-gardens.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1& |
