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January 3, 2012
Botany Research Team to Study Camas, Rush Lilies
A collaborative research team that includes a KU post doctoral associate in botany has learned that their National Science Foundation proposal to study camas and rush lilies has been recommended...
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July 13, 2011
Two Out of Four NSF Digitization Grants Have KU Ties
A National Science Foundation (NSF) program that aims to bring "dark data" to the light has funded four research programs - two of them tied to the KU Biodiversity Institute.  Craig...
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July 23, 2010
New Websites Highlight Biodiversity Research
The Biodiversity Institute has a new home on the web and a new site for the institute's Natural History Museum. Prominent on the institute's new web site, biodiversity.ku.edu, are the research,...
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Botany at a Glance

(Plants)
Established: 1866
Collection Strengths: 400,000 specimens
Research Strengths:
Flora of the Great Plains
Curator in Charge:
Craig Freeman 785.864.3453
Curator(s):
Mark Mort 785.864.5706
Collection Manager(s):
Caleb Morse 785.864.4493