About this episode

In this episode, Dani discusses the significance of plant collectors and their impact on our perception of plants today.

Send us Fan Mail Hello, my dear leaflets, welcome to episode 35. It's a prelude to the next mini, as we are going to be talking about plant collectors! So what do plant collectors have to do with the way we see plants now? Why is Scrat the squirrel mentioned, and who is Otzi? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/120221-oldest-seeds-regenerated-plants-sciencehttps://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/a-brief-history-of-plants-in-books https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/kews-o...

People in this episode

Host: Dani

Topics covered

• plant collectors
• history of plants
• botany
• plant collections
• cultural significance of plants

Keywords

• plant collections
• plant collectors
• botany
• Scrat
• Otzi

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