I learned what a species is because I worked in an (underfunded) herbarium. My research focuses on plant variation because I was responsible for a tiny portion of our shared botanical history. I could hold a century's worth of change in my hands + I realised how fascinating that was.
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#researchHerbaria, especially university herbarium like DUKE, contribute to the study of biodiversity in two complementary ways. Being an archive for specimens is one of their objectives, but an equally important objective is training scientists. 2/n
