Tag: Plants

Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants released

By Matt

Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 of Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants now available. The release of Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK 8) represents another significant milestone in the development of this information system for identifying and learning about plants in Australian tropical rainforests. Get RFK 8 as a mobile app (Android or iOS)…

Spotlight: The new Aquarium and Pond Plant ID App

By Matt

The worldwide demand for plants suitable for use in aquaria and ponds is being serviced by a multi-million dollar worldwide trade. An unfortunate consequence of this is that many of the plant species involved in this trade end up being released into local waterways. This sometimes causes serious ecological consequences where the introduced plants become…

Keys developed by Manaaki Whenua (Landcare Research) in New Zealand

By Matt

The aim of Manaaki Whenua (Landcare Research) is to deliver exceptional science and research spanning a wide array of scientific disciplines to support activities in four areas: Biodiversity, Biosecurity, Land and Environment. To achieve goals in these areas, Landcare Research activities are designed to present science and research in an approachable and meaningful way for…

Wattle: Acacias of Australia

By Matt

This recently released app covers 1,270 species of Acacia and three other related genera. The identification and naming of wattles was greatly simplified in 2001 with the publication on CD of an electronic (Lucid) identification key called WATTLE. Subsequently updated, this key was made available on the web in 2014. Now available as an app,…

Aquarium and Pond Plants of the World

By Matt

The increasing worldwide demand for plants suitable for use in aquaria and ponds has an unfortunate consequence that many of the plant species involved in this trade end up being released into local waterways causing a range of environmental and economic problems. Some of the worst examples include water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), Salvinia (Salvinia molesta),…