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The East African Herbarium (EA) @EAHerbarium_NMK

We collect, document, research, preserve and disseminate scientific information mainly on indigenous plants for the benefit of our clients. Admin/Pics @Kennedoz museums.or.ke/botany-departm… Nairobi, Kenya Joined October 2018
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The East African Herbarium (EA) @EAHerbarium_NMK

3 weeks ago

A new species of #Aloe (#Asphodelaceae) from #Acacia ‘woodlands of hardships’ in Adadley district, #Somaliland. researchgate.net/publication/37…

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Kew Science @KewScience

4 weeks ago

From the 2023 State of the World's Plants and Fungi Symposium rises the NEW 2030 Declaration on Scientific Plant and Fungal Collecting! 🌱🍄 Sign the declaration and play a part in filling the key knowledge gaps in plant and fungal diversity 👇 kew.org/2030-declarati…

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The East African Herbarium (EA) @EAHerbarium_NMK

a month ago

#Mycologists at @EAHerbarium_NMK have been documenting #Fungi of Kenya in the last few years and have prepared a very informative documentary on the same. See the link 👇 #mushrooms #Kenya youtu.be/5a09d6Tr27E?si…

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Ken Wambua @Kennedoz

a month ago

Our long-awaited paper on the synopsis of #Pyrostria (#Rubiaceae) of continental #Africa has finally been published! Three new species & one subsp. are described. @DavidGoyder @IainDarbyshire1 @KewScience @KewAfrica @EAHerbarium_NMK #OpenAcess. Available: doi.org/10.1007/s12225…

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The East African Herbarium (EA) @EAHerbarium_NMK

5 months ago

Another rare #Kenyan #Endemic species not known by many (probably first online field photos). #Loewia tanaensis (#Passifloraceae) grows mainly on riparian Acacia-Commiphora bushland along Tana River. Formerly placed in #Turneraceae #FloraOfTropicalEastAfrica. Photos by @Kennedoz

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The East African Herbarium (EA) @EAHerbarium_NMK

6 months ago

#Students and young #botanists at EA earlier today during our monthly #plant walks around the @museumsofkenya compound. They learnt the spot characters for differentiating #Curcubitaceae, #Passifloraceae & #Vitaceae, among other families led by @Kennedoz #Nairobi #Kenya

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The East African Herbarium (EA) @EAHerbarium_NMK

6 months ago

#Pandanus kajui (#Pandanaceae) is one of the rare Kenyan endemic species found only in central #Kenya. It occurs in very few number of individuals within its few sub-populations and is currently classified as Endangered according to @IUCNRedList #plants #FloraOfTropicalEastAfrica

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David Goyder 💙 @DavidGoyder

7 months ago

Four new plant species from tropical #Angola just published. #Kalahari sands. #OpenAccess phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/110110/ @KewScience @KewAfrica @intotheokavango

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The East African Herbarium (EA) @EAHerbarium_NMK

7 months ago

A great opportunity for novices to sharpen their taxonomic skills 👌🏿

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Emma Williams @BotanyEm

7 months ago

A great opportunity for novices to sharpen their taxonomic skills 👌🏿

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Martin Cheek @DrMartinCheek

8 months ago

Just published from Kew Herbarium & Kenya, sadly too late for two of the species which appear to be globally extinct, though not the three which are new to science @KewAfrica @EAHerbarium_NMK Support keeping the Herbarium at Kew! See: chng.it/X7FrmWPyvZ @KewKeepers

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Kew Bulletin @KewBulletin

8 months ago

Just published from Kew Herbarium & Kenya, sadly too late for two of the species which appear to be globally extinct, though not the three which are new to science @KewAfrica @EAHerbarium_NMK Support keeping the Herbarium at Kew! See: chng.it/X7FrmWPyvZ @KewKeepers

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David Goyder 💙 @DavidGoyder

8 months ago

The all singing, all dancing edition!

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Dr Timothy Utteridge @timutteridge

8 months ago

The all singing, all dancing edition!

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Vera-Simone Schulz 🇺🇦 @VeraSmnSchulz

9 months ago

Join us for our @AbidemiBabalol5 next #MMEA talks on Plants in Africa & the Global South: Multi-Species Materialities, Ecologies and Aesthetics starting with Mohammed Nasreldein TOMORROW, Aug. 10, 10am Philadelphia time @chstmorg, free online all welcome! chstm.org/content/plants…

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The East African Herbarium (EA) @EAHerbarium_NMK

10 months ago

Rare photos of the rare #Endangered Dicliptera cordibracteata (#Acanthaceae). The species is #endemic to #Kenya - with only 4 #herbarium collections in the last 91 years (first collected in 1932). It was recollected by @Kennedoz along #Tana River, #Embu County, in May, 2023.

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Iain Darbyshire @IainDarbyshire1

10 months ago

Hot off the press - a really exciting new opportunity to join the Africa team of the #AcceleratedTaxonomy priority at Kew as a Research Leader @KewAfrica @KewScience careers.kew.org/vacancy/resear…

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Kew Science @KewScience

11 months ago

🌿 Herbarium specimens: What ordinary people see VS what a scientist sees 👀🧪 People often view herbarium specimens as dried up, flattened plants - perhaps with little real-world value. But a scientist can see a window into the past & solutions for the future, such as... 🧵👇

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The East African Herbarium (EA) @EAHerbarium_NMK

11 months ago

This is one of the rare, yet widely distributed #Aloe species in #Kenya. The grass aloe (A. myriacantha, #Asphodelaceae) occurs from eastern to southern #Africa in rocky grasslands. #FloraOfTropicalEastAfrica #Uganda #Tanzania

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The East African Herbarium (EA) @EAHerbarium_NMK

a year ago

Here is the amazing flower of #Edithcolea grandis, #Apocynaceae. It is a trailing succulent subshrub which occurs in #Eastern #Africa and #Yemen in dry rocky country. #plants #FloraOfTropicalEastAfrica #Kenya

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The East African Herbarium (EA) @EAHerbarium_NMK

a year ago

#Vangueria schumanniana subsp. mucronulata (#Rubiaceae, #coffee family) is a multi-stemmed shrub #endemic to #Kenya from #Thika - #Embu & down to #Tsavo National Park. The fruits are green when ripe & are edible. It was previously placed in the genera #Tapiphyllum & #Pachystigma

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The East African Herbarium (EA) @EAHerbarium_NMK

a year ago

The #EAPRLA team took a break from #species assessments and had an exciting #fieldwork at #Kimboza Forest which is known for its high number of #endemic & #endangered species. Several species from different genera are named after this forest ('kimbozensis') @IUCNRedList #Tanzania

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