Ars et flora, an artistic book aimed at showing the beauty of endangered flora in Catalonia in order that we can reflect on their future.
A collaborative project born of indignation, surprise and desire. Indignation, at how we treat nature and how we got to where we are. Surprise, for all the wonders that we have discovered approaching the plants and that we want to share, and desire, to save the remaining plants, not to lose more and to make known their situation having clear that the goal of learning is not knowledge but action.
Fresh multi language articles, reports, news and resources in Wakelet galleries format
Daphne Alpina (eng)
Daphne alpina – @José Quileswww.florasilvestre.es Daphne Alpina's name is probably inspired by the legend of Apollo and Daphne, the nymph turned laurel by her father and whose name, in Greek, ...
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Hippuris Vulgaris (eng)
Hippuris_vulgaris - @José Quiles ww.florasilvestre.es The Hippuris Vulgaris is an aquatic plant which grows in shallow water. When the water level is around 50 cm. its stem will visibly extend ...
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Illustrated Manual of Medical Plants (eng)
Lovers of botanical art will be delighted by the “Illustrated Manual of Medical Plants” from Iwasaki Kan’en (1786−1842), is considered the first full-scale botanical art book in Japan. It was ...
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“The Olive”
"Sometimes you have to jump headfirst and people help you along the way", the sentence come from the movie "El Olivo", ("The Olive", available only in spanish) a fictional story ...
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Catalan flora
The list of vascular flora in Catalonia comprises approximately 3,600 autochthonous species and subspecies. According to the sources consulted between 7% and 11% of the plants are threatened. The extinction ...
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37.400 eng
37.400 According to the IUCN, (International Union for Conservation of Nature), more than 37,400 species are threatened with extinction. This represents 28% of the total species evaluated. More information on ...
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The Plants(Cypripedium Calceolus)
Cypripedium Calceolus @José Quiles www.florasilvestre.es Did you know that in the Catalog of Threatened Flora of Catalonia there are 326 plants of which 109 are classified as endangered? We have ...
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