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Mary Anning
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Henry Bates
Joseph Hooker
John Harrison
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Women Botanists
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James Clerk Ross
Frederick Sander
Joseph Paxton
The top 50 Victorian Plant Collectors
The top 20 Pre-Victorian plant collectors
The top 20 Post-Victorian plant collectors
Alfred Russell Wallace
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John Fraser
Peter and Kenneth Cox
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Veitch Nurseries
Glasgow Botanic Garden
Chelsea Physic Garden
Belfast Botanic Gardens
Oregan Botanical Association
Chatsworth House
Seed Banks
Beneficial Effects
Invasive plants
Gorse
Giant Hogweed
Japanese Knotweed
Himalayan Balsam
American Skunk Cabbage
White Butterbur
Rhododendron
Buddleia
British plants invasive elsewhere
Australia
New Zealand
Plants
Hemp
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Sitka Spruce
Redwood
Larch
Douglas Fir
Monkey puzzle tree
Sugar Pine
Most economically important
Examples of introduced species
Aspidistra
Alpine Bartsia
Orchidelerium
Pteridomania
Broadleaf Trees
Pacific Madrone
Plant Diseases
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References
Ships
The Challenger Expedition
The Voyage of the Beagle
Erebus and Terror
SS Great Britain
Resolution
Endeavour
Wardian Case
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The Great Exhibition of 1851
Crystal Palace
Biodiversity
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