Plant collecting
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Plant collecting is the acquisition of plant specimens for the purposes of research, cultivation, or as a hobby. Plant specimens may be kept alive, but are more commonly dried and pressed to preserve
Solanum lycopersicum var. lycopersicum: the oldest surviving tomato fruit and leaves. Page from the En Tibi Herbarium, 1558. Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
A book with a weighted object on top of it can be used to press plants
Flamingo flower
Botanical specimen
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A botanical specimen, also called a plant specimen, is a biological specimen of a plant used for scientific purposes. Preserved collections of algae, fungi, slime molds, and other organisms traditiona
Specimen BM001009870 Trillium rugelii Rendle collected by Ferdinand Rugel in 1841
A preserved botanical specimen of Kalmia angustifolia collected and illustrated by Elsie May Kittredge in 1917.