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Apr 24, 2024 · In an 1879 letter to Joseph Dalton Hooker, his close confidant and Director of RBG Kew, he wrote, "The rapid development as far as we can judge of all the higher plants within recent...
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Apr 30, 2024 · Illuminating Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery” Flowering plants account for about 90 percent of all known plant life on land and are found virtually everywhere on the planet—from the steamiest tropics to the rocky outcrops of the Antarctic Peninsula.
May 14, 2024 · “Joseph Dalton Hooker,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed May 14, 2024, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/4390.
Charles Darwin was of the first to be baffled by their rapid appearance, describing it as an “abominable mystery” in his 1879 letter to Joseph Dalton Hooker, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
1 day ago · As a female artist in the Victorian era, she collaborated with distinguished botanists like Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker and Charles Darwin, which helped elevate the scientific value of her work. Her detailed representation of flora contributed to the education of botanists and the public alike, by showcasing plant species from around the world in ...
Apr 24, 2024 · Darwin's bewilderment was at the apparent sudden emergence of such diversity. As the authors of the new paper explain, he wrote to Joseph Dalton Hooker of Kew: "The rapid development as far as we can judge of all the higher plants within recent geological times is an abominable mystery."
Apr 29, 2024 · Charles Darwin was of the first to be baffled by their rapid appearance, describing it as an “abominable mystery” in his 1879 letter to Joseph Dalton Hooker, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
