Botany, UBC
Est. 1915
The Botany Department is one of the largest and strongest Botany Departments in North America, offering a wide range of research and educational programs. Specializations range from the organismal to the molecular level.
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‘Wilf’s Moss Quiz
Every spring at Dunbar Community Centre, the annual Salmonberry Day festival includes Shona’s fun Botany games on local plants (Rubus spectabilis!) and a moss identification game in ...more
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Western anemone
Western anemone (Anemone occidentals) growing in an alpine meadow.
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Central vacuole in Arabidopsis leaf epidermal cells
Transgenic Arabidopsis harboring the tonoplast marker δ-TIP-GFP were feed with naringenin to visualize the vacuolar lumen
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Skunk Cabbage in Japan
We wake up early to let you know that Spring is here!!!
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A Cell plate and young epidermal cells of an Arabidopsis inflorescence stem.
Meshworks of cellulose microfibrils are often found in cell plates at the upper region of an Arabidopsis inflorescence stem where cells are still undergoing division.
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Submitted by: Miki Fujita -
Pulsatilla ludoviciana
One of the plant species in our long-term plots at Kluane, SW Yukon.
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Submitted by: Roy Turkington
Story Highlight
Article by Katy Hind, Sandra Lindstrom, and Patrick Martone
It is estimated that we have described only 10-20% of species diversity on Earth. In particular, floristic surveys using modern molecular techniques have revealed that we ...more
