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Week 364: There are over 750 species in the genus Eucalyptus occurring naturally in Australian landscapes as evergreen trees, shrubs or mallees. https://t.co/7KhnUOB5cP

week 353: Field madder (Sherardia arvensis) was recorded in the Oxford Physic Garden (now Oxford Botanic Garden) in 1658, although it is hardly a species to be deliberately planted; more likely it was included because it was part of the local flora. https://t.co/NZnn2Copxc

week 353: Field madder (Sherardia arvensis), the only species in the genus Sherardia, was named in honour of Leicestershire-born William Sherard (1659–1728).
Sherard, who endowed the Sherardian Professor of Botany at the @UniofOxford, was an architect of 18th century botany...

week 352: The genus ‘Romneya’ was named in 1845 by the Irish botanist William Henry Harvey, Director of the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, who named it after his friend John Thomas Romney Robinson, Director of the Armagh Astronomical Observatory. https://t.co/6CIwVlMMoI

week 351: The elephant apple (Dillenia indica) produces small seeds, which are probably naturally dispersed by large mammals (especially elephants) eating the fruit. Discover more about this evergreen forest tree in this week's #Plants400 https://t.co/UNSZuflytU

week 344: Flower colour is a good predictor of pollinator in the genus Penstemon; red-flowered species are likely to be hummingbird pollinated, purple-blue-flowered species are likely to be bee pollinated.
Discover more at https://t.co/gXO6JtW6OY

week 335: In 2005, under a Louisianan state law, the cultivation, possession and sale of the entire Erythrina genus was banned, except for ornamental purposes.
Learn why is this week's #Plants400: https://t.co/AjCjbs1rfv

week 316: The Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus named the genus, Tradescantia, in honour of a pair of English gardeners and plant collectors; the John Tradescants, father (1570-1638) and son (1608-1662). Discover more at https://t.co/jaWEaulJLr

week 315: Visitors to Hawaii will be greeted with a lei, a strung necklace of Plumeria flowers. This ritual has become such a popular practice that Plumeria flowers are now a significant crop in Hawaii; at least 14 million flowers are harvested annually. https://t.co/2927beEb8p

week 314: The clove flavour is concentrated in oil glands found in many parts of the plant, especially the flower buds. Clove oil was once used as the raw material for the manufacture of artificial vanilla flavouring. https://t.co/mN4bxY83Xn