A Rose by any other name: New plant named after the brilliant botanist who discovered it 25 years after her death at just 43
The preserved specimen of Salvia clementiae.
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A brilliant botanist who believed she had identified a new species of plant but died before she could prove her theory has had it named in her honour 25 years later.
Rose Clement, a scientist at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, suspected she had found a previously unknown species while detailing the plants of Bhutan, on the eastern slopes of the Himalayas.
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By Giancarlo Rinaldi
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image captionThe gardens in southern Scotland enjoy an almost subtropical climate
Gardens in south west Scotland which are home to some of the world s rarest plants are recovering after serious flooding over the winter.
Logan Botanic Garden at Port Logan near Stranraer was badly hit in February as water poured across plant beds.
Curator Richard Baines described the situation at the time as very concerning .
However, the gardens have been able to reopen without significant impact on the many rare species they host.
image copyrightLogan Botanic Garden
image captionFlooding in the winter led to concern about the fate of plants at the site
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, attractions with large outdoor areas such as country parks outperformed museums, art galleries and castles. Edinburgh Zoo was Scotland’s busiest paid-for site last year, attracting 292,631 visitors, a drop of 46.4% on the previous 12 months. Culloden Visitor Centre attracted 182,496 visitors as it recorded battlefield-only visits for the first time while the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh was the most popular free site with 452,479 visits. The stark figures prompted a call from tourism leaders for staycationers to support Scotland’s attractions, which have been held up by the Government for excellence in Covid safety. Professor John Lennon, director of the Moffat Centre at GCU, said: “Normally at this time of year I’d be reporting continued growth.