UTK Herbarium - TENNさんのイラストまとめ

to be associated with immortality. Recent evidence suggests consumption of it is advantageous for the immune system. Here, you can see Xi-Wang Mu depicted as holding the mushroom, compare with our #herbarium #specimen!

Despite the shared common name true ginger (Zingiber officinale) is in the Zingiberaceae (ginger family). Members of the Aristolochiaceae have been used historically for medicinal purposes but we know now that they contain aristolochic acids, which are carcinogenic & nephrotoxic.

Members of the Aristolochiaceae are magnoliids with bisexual, sometimes tubular #flowers & have parts in multiples of 3. They can be low herbaceous plants or lianas (woody, climbing vines); have simple, alternate leaves; & fruit that are capsules. #SciArt

#Nopales are used for a wide variety of regional dishes & beverages, particularly in Mexico where they've been cultivated for up to 14,000 years. It’s even represented on Mexico’s flag. Interested in how it can be prepared?🍽️😋https://t.co/3XBeyae6jU https://t.co/4kkuV4zAvf

FINALLY another #FamilyoftheWeek! This time we’ll be exploring the Cactaceae (cactus family).🌵These are eudicots with spines (highly modified leaves) & many have the iconic fleshy photosynthetic stems (specifically subfamilies Cactoideae & Opuntioideae). #botany @BioDivLibrary

#MushroomsandArtHistory: John James Audubon was likely the most famous ornithologist who has ever lived. Here is his 1831 lithograph of the buff-bellied piper (Anthus rubescens), then titled as “The Brown Titlark”. The species' diet primarily consists of arthropods, (1/2)

When you’re keying out a plant, and you think you found it... 😂🌸📔🌿☘️🤣 #Botany #ID #Shaq #GotIt #Herbaria #Herbarium #Biology #Flora #FieldBotany @UTK_EEB @ArtsSciencesUT @UTKnoxville

have varied artistically over time and in Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990) have inverse colored caps and faces. In late games, they lose the inverse coloration and maintain the faces. (3/3)

The last member of the Commelinaceae we have in #Tennessee is Tradescantia (spiderwort). Like Murdannia, these have #flowers that are also subtended by a leaf-like bract & are actinomorphic, grow in umbels or cymes, are blue or white, & have 5-6 fertile stamens. #FloraFriday

A. tabernaemontana var. gattingeri (Gattinger's eastern bluestar) is a TN plant of special concern & grows in cedar glades, rocky woods, & on riverbanks. Its leaves are lanceolate to linear-lanceolate (1-3 cm wide) & pubescent until maturity. 3/3