Seed Identification project- notes

[Maggi Young]

 A website  on the "Seeds of Southern Australia"   .... www.saseedbank.com.au   - this website is related to a conservation seedbank - " The Seeds of South Australia website is actively being developed.
Images and data are continuously being added for South Australian plant species.

South Australian Seed Conservation Centre "

[Gabriela]

A website  on the "Seeds of Southern Australia"   .... www.saseedbank.com.au   - this website is related to a conservation seedbank - " The Seeds of South Australia website is actively being developed.
Images and data are continuously being added for South Australian plant species.
South Australian Seed Conservation Centre "

Nicely done! Great features too, like comparing species of the same genus. Too bad there are so many we don't find in NA (or Europe...).
Even an embryo chart!!!

[Maggi Young]

In January 3rd.  2010 Chris (Hristo)  posted a seed pic of  Portulaca fulgens on a 1mm grid ....



 and look as this  fabulous image I just found .....  I'm not sure what species it is of, but worth seeing in conjunction, I think. Magical what  wonders are hidden from our  poor human eyes in these seeds !


"A stereo microscopic view of the Purslane (Portulaca) seed reveals an intricate pattern of jigsaw puzzle pieces on its surface."

Photo by Yanping Wang from the Beijing Planetarium in Beijing, China.

[Gabriela]

Living art!!!
If we would be able to see with our eyes how many seeds look under an SEM than anyone would start collecting them 
Those who like books can see many such images in "Seeds- time capsules of life" published by Kew.

[Maggi Young]

 I remember seeing  that book mentioned before - it's available at a reasonable price  vis the Amazon  link at the foot of this page : here to enjoy it and benefit the SRGC too!



'Seeds: Time Capsules of Life'       publ.  23 Oct 2012
by Wolfgang Stuppy (Author), Rob Kesseler (Photographer), H R H the Prince of Wales (Preface)
Hardcover: 264 pages
Publisher: Earth Aware Editions (23 Oct. 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781608871117
ISBN-13: 978-1608871117
ASIN: 1608871118

[Gabriela]

The other two from the Kew series are equally interesting and beautifully illustrated, they should come up together on Amazon.
Fruit-Edible, Inedible, Incredible
Pollen-The Hidden Sexuality of Flowers

[Cfred72]

Really wonderful world that is hidden to our eyes. So many things we still do not know

[Gabriela]

A link to the Harvard Seed Herbarium, from Arnold Arboretum -
http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/plants/herbaria/seed-herbarium/

[Maggi Young]

Please note the New Seed germination reporting system  that was  prepared and  shared with SRGC by  Erik Fleischer - I commend it to you, too - all submissions are welcome   http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13727.0 

There is also a section for photographs of germinating seedlings - which can be of use to those wondering if they are growing the "correct" plant : http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=6490.0

The Pacific Bulb Society  has a very useful page on seed  collecting, cleaning  and preparation  http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/CleaningSeeds

 You can also find  photos of  many bulb seeds on the PBS  wiki http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/PhotographsAndInformation

[Maggi Young]

The Fritillaria Icones project now has updated Fritillaria seed images, now 91 taxa included in the PDF :
 http://www.fritillariaicones.com/info/seeds.html

[Maggi Young]

A link to a  Digital Seed Atlas of the Canary Islands  - site in Spanish and English:

http://atlasdesemillasdecanarias.org/index.php

[Gabriela]

Found this when looking to double-check a Cimicifuga; excellent site, in English actually, only the title tabs are in Korean.
Seeds of wild plants of Korea - http://www.seedbank.re.kr/list.php

[Carolyn]

That's a useful site, Gabriela, thanks for introducing it. Good photos, but a pity there is no grid or mm scale to show relative sizes of seeds. I guess the photos are not all to the same scale, to compare seed sizes?

[Maggi Young]

That's a useful site, Gabriela, thanks for introducing it. Good photos, but a pity there is no grid or mm scale to show relative sizes of seeds. I guess the photos are not all to the same scale, to compare seed sizes?

 If you open each seed type, there is a size guide given with each one, Carolyn.

[Carolyn]

Thanks, Maggi, I will have a more detailed look at the site then.