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Adanson, the forgotten discoverer of baobab

Carlos Aedo, Leopoldo Medina

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Michel Adanson was a renowned botanist in the 18th century who discovered many scientific treasures in Senegal, among which is the emblematic baobab. In Espores we invite you to embark on his thrilling botanical adventure: from the herbaria that preserve his findings to the valuable connections he built with other scientists from his time, like Cavanilles. By the hand of Leopoldo Medina and Carlos Aedo, from the Jardín Botánico of Madrid, CSIC, we’ll go on a journey throughout the history of botany that will bring us closer to a figure as fascinating as often overlooked.
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Botanist of the month: Felisa Puche

Espores. La veu del Botànic

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More than 40 years as a teacher. Just as many researching bryophytes. Felisa Puche is full professor in the department of Botany at the University of Valencia, curator of the herbarium of bryophytes VAL-Brióf at the same university, and has been part, among others, of the project Iberian Bryophytic Flora. She’s our botanist of the month.
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Botanist of the month: Simón Fos

Espores. La veu del Botànic

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PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of València, he has a special interest in inventorying and spreading awareness of Valencian lichen flora. After a stage in his career linked to research and teaching, Simón Fos started a new chapter working on technical assistance in management and conservation of rare, endemic or endangered flora and natural habitats. But this botanist, passionate about science dissemination, has never abandoned those increasingly unknown organisms that caught his attention years ago: lichens.
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Botanist of the month: Albert Navarro

Espores. La veu del Botànic

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This week in Espores we talk with Albert Navarro, a botanist who has been dedicated to the conservation of protected flora in the Region of Valencia for more than 20 years. Albert shares with us his experiences and the reasons that made him fall in love with botany. This early vocation led him to change his studies in Agricultural Engineering for a degree in Biological Sciences and eventually working passionately to protect biodiversity in our closest environment.
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Conservation project to recover the Cartagena rockrose

Espores. La veu del Botànic

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The Jardí Botànic of the University of Valencia is leading a conservation project to recover the Cartagena rockrose (Cistus heterophyllus subsp. carthaginensis), a species endemic to the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula in critical danger of extinction. Through a choral video with all those who are part of the action, the project, its motivations and the current advances in both in situ and ex situ conservation are explained in an informative way
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Botanist of the month: M. Ángeles Alonso
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Botanist of the month: Manuel B. Crespo
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Hydroculture or how to decorate and propagate plants by water

BALADRE Crafting·Creativity

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On this occasion, Baladre Crafting-creativity proposes to introduce us to hydroculture or water-based plant propagation, a simple vegetable technique within the reach of anyone and that will make life easier for all those who want to fill their homes with green. If you want to know more about all the steps to grow plants using only water and the benefits it will bring you, keep reading!

Carmelo Maria Musarella: “If people receive environmental education during primary and secondary school, an understanding of nature sinks in, it sticks with themfor life”

Eva Pastor

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This summer we share a few weeks with a researcher from the University of Reggio Calabria, Italy, who has a shared history with our JardíBotànicthat goes back more than 20 years. Carmelo Maria Musarella’s voice brightens up when he talks about his job, which brings him into the fields of conservation, floristic research and ethnobotany, among other plant-related fields. He loves what he does, which is why, fresh out of college, he came to Valenciaon a scholarship,where, in the Jardí, he gotan intense work experience inall the different departments, as well asan overall picture of a Botanic Garden in all its scope.That marked the beginning of his career, andyears later, now that he’s back through an exchange programme, we take this opportunity so that he can tell us about his story, where it has led him and many more topics. Because Carmello likes to talk, and we likelistening to him.
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Botanist of the month: Silvia López
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Tossut: agroecology against the tide
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10 green questions for… @Cabrafotuda
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III Biomarathon of Spanish flora of the Valencian Community
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Botanists of the month

Botanist of the month: Susana Gómez

Espores. La veu del Botànic

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Fire ecology in Mediterranean ecosystems is Susana Gómez’s field of work, our botanist of the month. This researcher and university professor from Cadiz studies fire as an evolutionary force in plants, but also the imbalances in the natural regime of fires. Her antidote to it? To promote the biodiversity of the territory in order to increase the sustainability and resilience of our ecosystems, especially in the climate change context we are living in. For this reason, we invite her to participate along with other specialists in the talk called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMage7I57kE">Incendis forestals, comuns, però ¿evitables?</a> from the UV Jardí Botànic cycle Botànica des del sofà<em>,</em> highly recommended and available online. But today, February 11, the day of the science’s woman and girl, we in-depth interview this restless scientist, a travel lover who discovered her goal to become a botanist in Chile, Quillota Valley. We hope she will inspire our future women scientists.
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10 green questions for… Purificació Mascarell

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This week in Espores we interview Purificación Mascarell, professor of Literary Theory at the University of Valencia, literary critic and writer. The written word permeates the world of this writer from Seville, who has already left her mark on Valencian literature with ‘Centro comercial El Olvido’, winner of the Enric Lluch Narrative Prize, and ‘Mireia’, winner of the Lletraferit Novel Prize. Purificación lets us get closer to the landscapes that make up her world and confirms that combining reading and nature is always an excellent choice
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