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Research Glasshouses
Research Glasshouses
Approximately one third of all plant species grown by RBGE can be found in the Research Glasshouses. These behind-the-scenes glasshouses underpin many of RBGE’s core activities by providing facilities to grow, conserve, propagate, quarantine and…
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Health and Wellbeing
Health and Wellbeing
RBGE provides a vital green space and acts as a hub for community projects. Many of our activities centre around building connections between people, plants and each other, and the physical, emotional and social benefits this generates. A visit to…
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Rob Cubey, Plant Records Officer
Rob Cubey, Plant Records Officer
I am the Plant Records Officer of the RBGE, handling the data management for both the Living and Herbarium collections. This includes the provision of data to the RBGE online catalogues as well as providing data to numerous external data…
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Dr Aline Finger
Dr Aline Finger
My research focus is conservation and ecological genetics of threatened and important plant species. I’m using a combination of genetic and ecological methods to help their protection and to inform conservation and management decisions. My aim is…
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The Living Collection
Living Collection at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is home to one of the world's richest collections of living plants and more than 13,500 species built up over centuries of global exploration.
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The Catalogue of Plants 2021
The Catalogue of Plants 2021
The Catalogue of Plants provides information on the plants growing in the Gardens and Glasshouses of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The Catalogue of Plants 2021 is a list of these plants on 1 January 2021. This page brings together the ‘vital…
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Projects
Projects
Members of the Herbarium team are actively involved in many local, national and international projects in which the collections are a fundamental part. RBGE has also taken a leading role in developing curatorial systems and digitisation processes,…
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Artist Collaborations
Artist Collaborations
The herbarium regularly welcomes artists in to work with the collections. A wide variety of work results from these collaborations, with pieces that are inspired by the natural forms found within our collections. Some recent collaborations have…
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Algae
Algae
Algae is the term used for a large polyphyletic group of photosynthetic organisms. They are primarily aquatic (marine and freshwater), but can also be terrestrial. The algae collection has been built up over the last 200 years, with the earliest…
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Fungi
Fungi
Fungi are an essential part of many ecosystems. The diversity of fungi is only partly understood, and many new species are yet to be discovered. Most fungi are microscopic and hard to detect, but others intermittently produce fruiting bodies –…
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