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WITH RUPERT KOOPMAN, DR CHRISTINA POTGIETER CURRY, ANRI THEUNIS AND JENNY POTGIETER

JAN, 26 2023 | LIVE ZOOM WEBINAR RECORDING. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED.

Herbaria: What’s the blooming point?

There’s nothing boring about herbaria. The truth is, they play an incredibly important role in solving many of our plant and ecological mysteries. That’s why we’re calling in the plant detectives to tell us what they do, and how they do it.

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Mossel Bay’s guardian buchu – scarcer than rhinos

Mossel Bay has its own endemic buchu species, Diosma aristata. It is scarcer than rhinos. Despite this, this little buchu is punching well above its weight.

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