Before the invention of photography, scientists relied on detailed descriptions and artistic illustrations or engravings to record the form and colour of botanical specimens. Anna's self-published her ...

In 1901, a petite, independent-minded woman arrived at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney to begin ... document and store Australian and exotic plant specimens. In 1895, a Flockton watercolour ...

By Abhishyant Kidangoor How can dried plant specimens protect a rainforest? In myriad ways. Kept in collections known as ...

These internationally significant collections include 3,5 million specimens from around the globe, particularly from the Nordic countries, North America and the cool and temperate zones of Asia.

Mass digitization lineage for plants and four scanners for type specimen digitization. The botanical library serves a reference ... Digitisation, focus stacking photography, and structured light 3D ...