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SUMMARY:Discovery of Britain and Ireland's bryophytes - Christopher Presto
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CONTACT:Joanne Green
DESCRIPTION:The bryophytes (mosses\, liverworts and hornworts) have never 
 been as popular with naturalists in Britain and Ireland as birds\, butterf
 lies or flowering plants\, but they have nevertheless been studied by enth
 usiasts since the late 17th century. The number of species (as currently d
 efined) has increased from two in Gerard's Herball (1597) to 1069 mapped i
 n the latest Atlas of Bryophytes (2014). We have compiled a database of th
 e details of discovery of each species (date\, location\, discoverer\, pla
 ce of publication). In the seminar we will look at the history of discover
 y over the last 400 years\, examining the changing patterns of discovery i
 n relation to places where they were found\, the characteristics of the br
 yophytes themselves\, the people who found them and the publications in wh
 ich their finds were published.
LOCATION:Zoom
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