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Would you like to share your love of nature with a range of audiences? And deliver a wide range of education, public engagement and heritage programmes? APPLY today to be our Engagement Officer (Permanent). Deadline: 5 June, 09.00 (BST) Details:

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The Linnean Society of London

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As the weather turns colder & darker, our Library is a welcoming, warm & quiet space for you to work, read, or simply enjoy some peace in central London. Everyone is welcome (don't need to be a Fellow) We only ask you to reserve a space, via library @linnean .org. Please share!

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We are delighted to have reached an agreement with UK Government to stay in our home at Burlington House. The deal will enable us to share our Collections, engage with the public, and work on behalf of the natural world for years to come. Read more at

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268 years ago, on this day, Species Plantarum was published (1753). Written by Carl Linnaeus, it is the basis for binomial nomenclature of plants. Published in Stockholm in two volumes, it classifies plants according to Linnaeus’ sexual system. #taxonomy

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For #BurnsNight2019 we've found this beautiful hand-coloured plate of thistles. Believed to have hung on Linnaeus' wall, the plate was given to Linnaeus by Johannes Gessner c.1764

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Alfred Russel Wallace—naturalist, explorer, and social campaigner—was born #OTD in 1823. Alongside Darwin, he introduced the world to the theory of evolution by means of natural selection, in joint papers first presented at the Linnean Society in 1858. Happy 199th birthday, ARW!

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It is #TaxonomistAppreciationDay & we are going to make it all about us! From Linnaeus' student manuscripts, early 17C depiction of flower structure by Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708), French botanist, first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants.

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📢 Help keep the Society at Burlington House! Due to unaffordable and rapidly rising rent, the Society is at risk of being priced out of its home. Today, we join our neighbours in a campaign to find an affordable arrangement with the Government. Thread ⬇️ #LinneanAtBH 1/8

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Prof Sandra Diaz ( @sdiazecology ), a globally renowned plant ecologist, is our 2023 Linnean Medal winner! Her work on functional traits has changed the way we look at how plants partition resources and adapt to their environments.

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Anna Atkins, pioneering botanist and photographer, was born #OTD in 1799. Her stunning, sky-blue Photographs of British Algae (1843) revolutionised natural history illustration. The Linnean Society Library holds one of only a handful of copies in existence. #LinneanAtBH

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For #BurnsNight2022 , we present this exquisite, hand-coloured plate of thistles. Believed to have hung on Linnaeus' wall, the plate was given to Linnaeus by Johannes Gessner, Swiss polymath, c.1764 See here:

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Please welcome Professor Anjali Goswami, our President-Elect 2022! Prof Goswami is a Research Leader in Life Sciences, Dean of Postgrad Edu at the Natural History Museum, and Hon. Professor of Palaeobiology at UCL. Read about our Council members here:

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If it fits, it sits. A warm welcome to our new President Professor Anjali Goswami in our spectacular hat! Congratulations Anjali! @anjgoswami

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Happy #Pride month! We've been creating pride flags using images from our collections, stay tuned for more to come on the significance of the colours and the collection items used! 🏳️‍🌈

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#OnThisDay in 1753 'Species Plantarum' by Linnaeus was published. This being the 1st publication to consistently apply the binomial system to the naming of plants🌱You can have a browse here #taxonomy #plants

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Naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian was born #OTD in 1647. Her close observation of insect metamorphosis was decades ahead of its time. The @LinneanSociety copy of her Insects of Surinam has been annotated with cross-references to Carl Linnaeus' specimen collection. #LinneanAtBH

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Prof @zihengyang is our 2023 Darwin-Wallace Medal winner! His contributions to evolutionary biology are unparalleled, with insights underpinning almost all research using genetic information to understand species divergence, adaptation & gene flow.

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Evolutionary biologist Prof Dr Anne-Claire Fabre ( @grumpyDrFabre ) is our 2024 Bicentenary Medal winner! Her work on functional morphology focuses on shape evolution in an ecological context across vertebrate animals.

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From our Linnean Lens event today (probably the most beautiful!). One of our most beautiful books is also its least well-known - The Reverend Richard Dreyer’s copy of Flora Britannica (1800-1804) with its luminous marginal illustrations. A taste here. @WillBeharrell @isacharmant

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As we kick off #SouthAsianHeritageMonth , I am extremely proud to be the first person of South Asian origin to serve as President @LinneanSociety , a global charity for all people passionate about the natural world. For me, my love of nature was born & bred in India as a child.

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Our final #womeninscience is Janaki Ammal Edavalath Kakkat (1897 – 1984). An Indian botanist whose most notable work is on sugarcane and eggplant. She became one of the first women from India to obtain a PhD in Botany, at the University of Michigan #womeninSTEM #naturalhistory 1/

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Clearing up some filing cabinets and found this - #linnaeus still gets mail in 1992!

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'Rubbish from beginning to end': Over the summer, a reader has been studying Alfred Russel Wallace's #library books, and he's found some real gems.

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Our biggest, warmest congratulations to @SandyKnapp for being elected as a Fellow of the @royalsociety . She has been recognised for studies on the potato and tomato family (Solanaceae)… Read the full story with all details here -

Dr Sandra Knapp, President of the Linnean Society, elected as a…

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Sorry. It had to happen. 🙈🙈

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For #WomenInScience day, we celebrate our three past and present formidable female Presidents, outstanding #scientists and #botanists : Irene Manton, Diane Edwards and @SandyKnapp

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Look at this handsome pair! Carl Linnaeus' own copy of his landmark "Species Plantarum" (1753), carefully interleaved with blank pages for author's notes and corrections. This important work was recently conserved under our AdoptLINN book sponsorship scheme.

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Happy birthday to Charles Darwin & congratulations to John van Wyhe FLS, for leading the massive project of revealing the contents of Darwin's entire personal library! A 300-page catalogue detailing 1000s of books, journals, pamphlets and articles

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Coming soon by @PrincetonUPress , a vivid portrait of Linnaeus' life and work by the inimitable Prof Gunnar Broberg, who sadly passed away last year. Broberg was an unsurpassed and astute historian of #Linnaeus ; book out this September. Translated by Anna Paterson.

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"...the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living." Happy 93rd Birthday Sir #DavidAttenborough

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Happy birthday to Carl Linnaeus! 🥳🎂 Keeper of the plants and namer of the names. We especially love his pipe-smoking portrait (Right). The one on the left is his popular ‘wedding portrait’.

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#OnThisDay in 1753 'Species Plantarum' by Linnaeus was published. This being the 1st publication to consistently apply the binomial system to the naming of plants🌱You can have a browse here #taxonomy #plants

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A superlative Monday morning for us as we reach 15,000 followers! Thank you to each and every one of you for your enthusiasm and love for nature and history. As a treat, here is a charm of hummingbirds from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur. Have a great week!

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Carl Linnaeus died #OTD in 1778, leaving behind classifications of the natural world and his long-lasting binomial nomenclature. Browse 14,000 plants, 3,000 insects, 1,500 shells, 3,000 letters and 1,600 books from his collections that are in our keeping:

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April 23 is St George’s Day, the traditional day to pick dandelions to make some 🍷. To celebrate these cheery flowers, here is the annotated James E. Smith’s Flora Britannica (1800-1804); these beautiful images were made by the Rev Richard Dreyer, who became a Fellow in 1817 🌼

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Announcing all our annual medal. We are absolutely thrilled to celebrate their excellence. 🧵 below with all our winners. A big, huge, giant congratulations to all! First up entomologist Prof Mary Jane West-Eberhard who won the Linnean Medal (Zoology) 2021

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Please welcome our very first CEO, Dr Gail Cardew! An internationally recognised expert in the public engagement of science, @gailsci has spent most of her career supporting scientists to engage actively with society. We look forward to working with her.

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#OTD in 1858 the papers of Darwin & Wallace on evolution by natural selection were read out @LinneanSociety . Read our latest blog post to find out more!

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Before we sign off for the weekend. (Hopefully we will be forgiven for this by Monday!) Good bye!

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Did you know almost all the Linnean Society’s biological collections have been digitised, and are free to view online (along with a healthy slice of our rare books and archives)? Visit our #OpenAccess platform, , to browse our holdings. #HistDay21

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A paper cut made by Anna Maria Garthwaite in 1707. It has twenty-plus trees depicted is given an individual shape and distinctive leaf/flower forms. She was a pioneer in the silk industry. Many of her designs are preserved in the @V_and_A Full story here:

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We just loved reading this profile of Margaret Bradshaw - deserving winner of our 2023 H. H. Bloomer Award. Margaret has spent decades studying the plants of Teesdale, and campaigning to preserve them.

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Dr Tanisha Williams ( @T_Marie_Wms ) is our 2023 Bicentenary Medal winner! She studied the response of South African Pelargonium species to climate change using herbarium collections. She also champions inclusion of all communities in science.

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We’re delighted to announce the winners of our 2024 Medal and Awards. Keep an eye out over the coming days as we spotlight each of our deserving awardees from across science, conservation and the arts. Please join us in congratulating them all!

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As we enjoy a Bank Holiday here in the UK, revitalise yourself with these spring tulip blooms from Robert John Thornton’s Temple of Flora (1799–1807). For extra points, can you find the windmill? Prints and cards available at

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Pressed flowers are a common sight in many older books. What can we learn from these beautiful “inclusions”, and how best to preserve them? Join us on June 22 for a day-meeting on this neglected topic. Tickets £25 (incl. lunch & wine reception). BOOK:

EBHL London 2023

Join us in London for EBHL 2023, an international conference for everyone interested in plants, libraries, archives and special collections

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Carl Linnaeus was born #otd in 1707. Have you seen our Linnean Correspondence collection? We have digitised letters sent & received by the great man himself. To also celebrate #WorldTurtleDay , we have found this letter sent to him by Thomas Pennant.

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Kwesia ( @citygirlnature ) is our 2023 John Spedan Lewis Emerging Leader Award winner! A nature connection activist, she developed the ‘City Girl in Nature’ programme, which includes various ways marginalised communities can connect with the natural world.

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Did you know every book in the Linnean Society Library annotated by Carl Linnaeus has been digitised and is free to view on our #OpenAccess platform? Even better, each entry in our library catalogue now includes a link to its digital twin. Happy days! 😀

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Today we are celebrating our 2nd Female president, Professor Dianne Edwards FRS. A palaeobotanist who studies the early history of plant life on land #LinnSocFemaleFellow #celebratingourfellows #womeninSTEM

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Charles Darwin was a generous giver of books, some of which eventually came to rest on our library shelves. This 1872 edition of the Origin of Species was given by Darwin to his friend and collaborator, A.R. Wallace. Inscribed by both scientists, it's a unique and priceless copy.

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We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new open access journal 'Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society' which will publish novel papers on all areas of the evolutionary biology of diverse organisms & ecological systems. Journal page here:

Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society | Oxford Academic

Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society publishes open-access papers on all areas of the evolutionary biology of diverse organisms and ecological systems, including latest technologies, analyti...

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Today is #TaxonomistAppreciationDay ! A day to celebrate the people who have the capacity to finely judge the nuances and quirks in the natural world, and make us all see the riches. Sheer sorcery for the rest, I’d say. We asked our curators to choose one specimen for today.

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#OnThisDay in 1823 Alfred Russel Wallace OM FRS FLS the 'Father of Biogeography' was born. He was known for his work on natural selection, independent of Charles Darwin. The Society holds a few of his notebooks & journals. Go on, have a browse

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Happy 92nd Birthday to Sir David Attenborough FRS FLS. An inspiration to us all!

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Join us on March 28 to hear about @thorogoodchris1 's journey to study and protect the plant with the world's largest flowers - Rafflesia, a biological enigma. (You'd be forgiven if you thought these flowers were fake but they are not!). HYBRID event.

Pathless Forest | The Quest To Save The World’s Largest Flowers

The story of a botanist's journey to study and protect the plant with the world's largest flowers - Rafflesia, a biological enigma

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Remember: our beautiful library at #BurlingtonHouse is open to all. You don't need to be a member. So if you're perusing our free exhibition, looking for inspiration for your latest project, or just need a quiet space to work and think, email library @linnean .org to bag a desk!

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Dr Sandy Knapp, our current and 3rd woman President, studied botany after a marine biology course was full. She is now a world expert in the plant family Solanaceae, which contains economically important crops. #LearnAboutLinnSoc

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Few people realise that Britain harbours fragments of a globally rare habitat: temperate rainforest. This is the extraordinary tale of Guy Shrubsoles' quest to find Britain’s lost rainforests – and bring them back.

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On 1 July 1858 Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on the theory of evolution by natural selection were read at a meeting, in what are now @royalacademy 's rooms (there is still a plaque!). Today we celebrate @BurlingtonHub 's Darwin collections. #collectionsunited

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Today is #AlfredRusselWallace 's Birthday! Last month we hosted a day conference in celebration of the Malay Archipelago being 150 years old and Wallace. Click the link to watch the full video

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In Nov 1904, 16 women were admitted to the Linnean Society - women were from all branches of natural history—botany, zoology, geology, microbiology (one even studied organisms in rum). This painting depicting the admittance of some of these women hangs in Burlington House today.

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Native to Central America, the poinsettia’s common name stems from that of the first US Minister to Mexico, Joel Roberts Poinsett, who introduced the plant to the US, his home nation. This beauty is from Maund & Henslow’s ‘The Botanist’. Season’s Greetings! #Christmas #Yule

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We're delighted to announce the 2023 Linnean Society Medal and Award recipients. Congratulations to our winners! We will be featuring each of the nine medallists here over the coming days...or you can read about their achievements now at

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One of our favourite #object is Charles Darwin's vasculum, in which Darwin carried countless new specimens of plants and insects discovered during his Beagle voyage. #Archives30

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Today is the 200th anniversary of the launch of the HMS Beagle. It launched at Woolwich, onto the Thames. In our archives are two undated line drawings of a cross section and a sail plan of The Beagle.

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It is #DarwinDay , and here is a treat from one of our Fellows John can Wyhe. A complete catalogue of photographs of #Darwin who was born #OTD in 1809 in Shrewsbury. Enjoy these wonderful images, many of the newly discovered. Have a great day! All here:

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For #nationalhandwritingday here is an example of a Crossed letter! This is where the correspondent writing a letter would turn the page 90 degrees & then continue writing over previous lines to save on paper. This one relates to rare plants being found in the Bristol area

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Dr Margaret E. Bradshaw is our 2023 H. H. Bloomer Award winner! She is a renowned amateur botanist, known for her work in plant conservation, and has devoted much of her life to the study and conservation of the rare flora of Upper Teesdale, Durham.

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The significance in the Linnean collections lies in the fact it contains many “type” specimens – a particular specimen that serves as the defining example of a particular species. These type specimens are still used as reference material by many scientists today. #LinneanAtBH

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For #IWD2024 , read about the pioneering women at the Linnean Society and their continuing legacy. From the struggle for admission of women into the Society to the first women elected as Fellows to female role models in botanical & mycological taxonomy

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First scientific description and depiction of a #pumpkin at the #Library of @LinneanSociety #Halloween

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New year, new exhibition at the Linnean Society! Our Collections staff working hard (and laughing hard) to curate the upcoming exhibition on the culture of trees… more soon! 🌳 🌲 🌴

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Sir David Attenborough has joined many in calling on the Government to find a way to keep the learned societies at #BurlingtonHouse . He highlights how our joint contribution to the planet’s welfare is under severe threat. Read more:

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Bromeliads: the explosive plant family! Sound on please. Find out more about the role of hummingbirds in the evolution of the Bromeliaceae in this new animated journal paper. @BotJLinnSoc #bromeliads #hummingbirds

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Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year with this Calathea crocata (eternal flame) from Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Calathea is a plant associated with new beginnings or 'Turning over a new leaf'. Here is to discovering many new sides! Image @BioDivLibrary

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. @SandyKnapp said: The crucial point was that all these societies play vital roles in promoting science – from natural history to geology & from chemistry to astronomy – in schools & in society. Our co-location in the centre of London is a real strength

Under threat: the birthplace of Darwin’s historic theory

Groups including the Geological and Linnean societies say government’s 3,000% rent rise could force them to quit their Burlington House premises after 167 years

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Meet the grand keeper of our books, all 100,000 of them - Will Beharrell, the Society's friendly librarian. You can read about his (secret) favourites on the link below. A reminder that our beautiful library is open to all by appointment. #worldbookday

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It’s that time of year, where the mistletoe comes out for your loved ones. But have you ever thought about the history of mistletoe? Well, we have delved into our collections and found some interesting facts for you. Read our blog to find out more.

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Sir JD Hooker, botanist, explorer, died #OTD . He was a plant hunter, travelled to the Himalayas & collected over 7,000 plant species (he sent these back to his father, director of the Royal Bot Gardens in Kew). Below: Rhododendron fulgens Hook.f., a species he described.

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Today's #Pride flags are the trans (L) and nonbinary (R) flag. The trans flag was designed in 1999 w/ blue for masculinity, pink: feminity and white: neutral. We used birds to represent diversity & colour, butterfly for transformation, and the seahorse for breaking gender norms!

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Yep, it is International’s Pineapple Day! And for all you pine-heads, here are two beautiful illustrations from Maria Sibylla Merian’s 1705 book: "Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium" And who was Maria — this splendorous artist…? #pineapple #botanicaldrawing

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There are thought to be more than 500 different plant species featured in Botticelli's 'Primavera', with close to to 200 different varieties of flowers alone. How many can you find? Take the quiz, and wish you all a great weekend!

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World renowned palaeobiologist Prof Paul Upchurch is our 2024 Linnean Medal winner! His research has transformed our understanding of the taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of sauropod dinosaurs.

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Happy birthday to one of our most beloved Hony Members, Sir David Attenborough. Watch him speak with @ProfBrianCox ( @royalsociety ) about one of his scientific inspirations, Charles Darwin. We are incredibly fortunate to have ties with both.

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A nature print from Linnaeus himself! Just found by @isacharmant in Linnaeus' own copy of Genera Plantarum, 2nd Ed, 1742- the very subject of our Advent Calendar 2023! The repeat prints look like blocks. Any ideas what flower this could be? @fungi_flowers @ALillieSvensson

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This unpromising buckram folder hides a @LinneanSociety treasure: ten delicate photographic prints of ferns, made by the pioneering artist-naturalist Cecilia Glaisher in 1855. Part of a larger unfinished project, these may be the only copies in existence.

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Carl Linnaeus’s famous Lapland journal is now on display as part of the stunning ‘Forms of Life’ exhibition @Tate , which unites the work of Swedish painter #HilmaAfKlint & Dutch modernist #PietMondrian . Plan your visit & see their inspiration in person!

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We’re very saddened to hear of the passing of E. O. Wilson at 92, a Foreign Member of the Linnean Society who was awarded our Tercentenary Medal in 2007 for his numerous contributions to the study of evolutionary biology (seen here accepting the award). He will be greatly missed.

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Alfred Russel Wallace was co-discoverer of evolution and 'father of bio-geography', but did you know about his dramatic travels, including his run in with a 12-foot python? Visit our free exhibition to find out more - open Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm.

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It's time we shouted about our beautiful Library as part of #LibrariesWeek . 3 best things about it in a short thread: 1/ it's a beautiful space, built in 1873 when New Burlington House was built for several Learned Societies, including us.

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This #BiodiversityDay we would like to celebrate the persistent and universal joy of browsing the photo feed of the Biodiversity Heritage Library @BioDivLibrary , that inspires discovery through free access to biodiversity knowledge. More here:

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Norway spruce is an evergreen tree native to Europe. ‘Spruce beer’ was once used to treat scurvy! Every Christmas, the city of Oslo sends a tree to Trafalgar Square in the UK in thanks for its support during World War II. From Michaux’s ‘North American Sylva’ (1818-19).

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Day 23 of #Advent2023 , we have Fraxinus from Linnaeus' Systema Naturae. We are almost to the end! And this is Fraxinus ornus (manna ash) from Koehler's Medicinal-Plants 1887.

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The process of speciation is at the heart of evolutionary biology. The aim of this meeting & associated Special Issue is to move towards a more integrated understanding of speciation by bringing together speakers from a wide range of disciplines.

Perspectives on Speciation (Hybrid meeting)

A one-day interdisciplinary symposium examining how the process of speciation is viewed from a diversity of disciplines

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Day 9 for #Advent2023 , we have taxonomic class Enneandria from Linnaeus' 'Systema Naturae', and below a beautifully drawn 'Cinnamomum cassia' from Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen.

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The 16th century En Tibi herbarium, one of the oldest plant collections in existence today, is ‘deciphered’ here for the first time. @BotJLinnSoc Its maker was influenced by major authors such as Dioscorides, Theophrastus, Pliny and Fuchs. Read paper here:

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Exactly a year ago, we closed the gates to Burlington House oblivious of what lay ahead of us. And that all we would want is a vaccine. We are still at home but the pavement plants are having a party! More than anything, we have all realized the possibilities of our absence.

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Darwin had a great eye for spotting species new to European science at the time. Nearly everything that he collected had never been seen in England before including a cucumber specimen, which may now be extinct. ⁦ @EdwinRose3 ⁩

Darwin’s plant specimens stored for 200 years to go on public display

Specimens collected on Voyage of the Beagle have been unearthed at Cambridge University archive

www.theguardian.com

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Burlington House was purpose-built for the activities of the Society, and with the help of Fellows & donors, over £2 million has been invested in improvements, including secure & climate-controlled storage for Collections & archives. #LinneanAtBH

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Society staff is attending the Growing Networks workshop that brings together curators & librarians from Europeans institutions. Here is @isacharmant with Linnaeus’s Lapland Herbarium, which is at the @InstitutFrance ! (Having escaped our clutches!)

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