Sat 2 Mar — Tues 7 May 2013
- 10.00 am — 6.00 pm
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (find us)
- Gateway Gallery
- All ages
- No booking required
This exhibition of images taken from the recent publication Green Universe: A Microscopic Voyage into the Plant Cell, by Professor Stephen Blackmore, reveals the profound consequences the invention of microscopy has had on our understanding of plants. Images show the minute details of plant structures and cells, uncovering in this unseen world the chapters of plant evolution.
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The green alga, Coleochaete orbicularis, forms a flattened disc growing on rocks and freshwater plants. It belongs to a family of algae, the Coleochaetaceae, regarded as the closest living relative of the land plants. Light microscope, dark field illumination.
Images taken from the recent publication of the same name by Professor Stephen Blackmore, published by Papadakis Publisher in collaboration with RBGE.