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Selected media articles about Lena Struwe and her lab group’s research, education, and outreach
\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n

2018 – Rutgers citizen-scientists set out on a ‘Bioblitz’<\/strong>, BTN LiveBIG, link<\/a> [Personal Bioblitz]<\/p>\n

2018 –\u00a0Many rare animal and plant species found at Rutgers\u2019 campuses<\/strong>, NJ101.5, link<\/a> [Flora and Fauna of Rutgers University]<\/p>\n

2018 – The Mystery of the Sex-Changing Striped Maple Trees<\/strong>, Smithsonian Magazine, link<\/a> [Acer pensylvanicum<\/em>, striped maple, Sapindaceae]<\/p>\n

2016 – Strychnos electrii<\/em><\/strong>, first asterid found in neotropical amber <\/strong>(2016), Nature Plants, link<\/a> [Strychnos electri, <\/em>Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2016 – <\/em>Extinct plant species discovered in amber<\/strong>,\u00a0BBC News, link<\/a> [Strychnos electri, <\/em>Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2016 – <\/em>Newly named prehistoric plant connected to poison and food<\/strong>, CNN, link<\/a> [Strychnos electri, <\/em>Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2016 – <\/em>Ancient Poisonous Flower Preserved In Amber Looks Dangerously Delicious<\/strong>, Gizmodo, link<\/a> [Strychnos electri, <\/em>Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2016 – <\/em>Extinct, Toxic Flowers Discovered Fossilized in Amber<\/strong>, Newsweek, link<\/a> [Strychnos electri, <\/em>Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2016 – Beautiful amber fossil flower reveals plant history of New World, <\/strong>New Scientist, link<\/a> [Strychnos electri, <\/em>Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2016 – Rutgers sleuth finds new plant species locked in ancient amber<\/strong>, Philadelphia Inquirer, philly.com,\u00a0link<\/a> [Strychnos electri, <\/em>Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2016 – Deadly beauty: Amber-entombed flower may have been toxic<\/strong>, Reuters, link<\/a> [Strychnos electri, <\/em>Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2016 – New Species of Prehistoric Flower Discovered Preserved in Amber<\/strong>, Smithsonian.org link<\/a> [Strychnos electri, <\/em>Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2016 – An ancient flower trapped in amber<\/strong>, The New Yorker, link<\/a> [Strychnos electri, <\/em>Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2016 – 15 Million-Year-Old Flower Found \u2018Perfectly Preserved\u2019 in Amber<\/strong>, Time magazine, link<\/a> [Strychnos electri, <\/em>Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2016 – Ancient, unknown species of flower found locked away in amber<\/strong>, Washington Post, link<\/a> [Strychnos electri, <\/em>Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2016 –\u00a0 Botanists find new ways to inspire students<\/strong>, Native Plant News, link<\/a> [botanical education]<\/p>\n

2016 – Whither botanical accuracy?<\/strong>, Annals of Botany Blog, link<\/a> [Botanical Accuracy]<\/p>\n

2015 – Extreme weeds of Parking Lots, episode 6<\/strong>, video in the Plants are Cool, Too<\/strong> series made by Chris Martine, Bucknell University, link<\/a> [weedy plants]<\/p>\n

2012 – <\/em>Siri Screws Up Identifying Poisonous Plants In New Apple Ad<\/strong>, Business Insider, link<\/a> [Botanical Accuracy]<\/p>\n

2012 – New species of genuflecting plant buries its own seeds,<\/strong> BBC News, link<\/a> [Spigelia genuflexa<\/em>, Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2012 – New to Nature Species No. 81: Spigelia genuflexa<\/em><\/strong>, The Guardian, link<\/a> [Spigelia genuflexa<\/em>, Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

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Press Releases and Rutgers News<\/h4>\n

2023 – In its 10th Anniversary Year, Personal Bioblitz breaks records!<\/strong>, Rutgers Newsroom, link<\/a> [Personal Bioblitz]<\/p>\n

2022 – Ninth Annual Personal Bioblitz Results Break All Records, Again!<\/strong>, Rutgers Newsroom, link<\/a> [Personal Bioblitz]<\/p>\n

2022 –\u00a0The Annual Personal Bioblitz Connects People with Nature \u2013 Will it Break Records Again this Year?<\/strong>, Rutgers Newsroom, link<\/a> [Personal Bioblitz]<\/p>\n

2020 –\u00a0Know Your Backyard\u2019s Biodiversity<\/strong>, Rutgers Newsroom, link<\/a> [Personal Bioblitz]<\/p>\n

2019 – Lena Struwe receives American Society of Plant Taxonomists\u2019 2019 Peter Raven Award for exceptional outreach to non-scientists<\/strong>, Rutgers Newsroom, link<\/a> [botanical education and outreach]<\/p>\n

2019 –\u00a0Rutgers\u2019 List of Campus Plants, Animals, Other Species May be First in World<\/strong>, Rutgers Newsroom, link<\/a>, [Fauna and Flora of Rutgers Campus]<\/p>\n

2019 –\u00a0Chrysler Herbarium: A Treasure Trove of Plants from the Past<\/strong>, Rutgers Newsroom,\u00a0link<\/a> [Chrysler Herbarium]<\/p>\n

2019 –\u00a0Plants in the City: Herbaria as Lenses into the Past to Better See Our Future,<\/strong> Rutgers Newsroom, link<\/a> [Chrysler Herbarium, urban botany]<\/p>\n

2019 –\u00a0Striped maple trees often change sexes, with females more likely to die<\/strong>, Rutgers\/ScienceDaily, link<\/a> [Acer pensylvanicum<\/em>, striped maple, Sapindaceae]<\/p>\n

2019 – Grad Student Blake-Mahmud Discovers Male Maple Species Can Sometimes Become Female<\/strong>, Rutgers Today, link<\/a> [Acer pensylvanicum<\/em>, striped maple, Sapindaceae]<\/p>\n

2018 –\u00a0Damage encourages maple species to become female<\/strong>, Rutgers\/ScienceDaily, link<\/a> [Acer pensylvanicum<\/em>, striped maple, Sapindaceae]<\/p>\n

2018 –\u00a0Professor Lena Struwe launches Botany Depot \u2013 a Global Botanical Education Resource<\/strong>, Rutgers Newsroom, link<\/a> [botanical education and outreach]<\/p>\n

2018 – Rutgers Personal Bioblitz connects people with nature<\/strong>, Rutgers Today, link<\/a> [Personal Bioblitz]<\/p>\n

2018 –\u00a0Bessey Teaching Award Goes to Professor Lena Struwe<\/strong>, Rutgers Newsroom, link<\/a><\/p>\n

2016 –\u00a0Ancient flowering plant was beautiful, but probably poisonous<\/strong>, Oregon State University\/ScienceDaily link<\/a> [Strychnos electri, <\/em>Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2015 –\u00a0World-famous, yet nameless: Hybrid flowering dogwoods named by scientists<\/strong>, Pensoft\/ScienceDaily, link<\/a> [Cornus<\/em> \u00d7 rutgersensis<\/em>, Cornus \u00d7 elwinortonii, <\/em>Cornaceae]<\/p>\n

2011 – Amateur Botanists Discover a Genuflecting Plant in Brazil<\/strong>, Rutgers University, Rutgers\/ScienceDaily, link<\/a> [Spigelia genuflexa<\/em>, Loganiaceae]<\/p>\n

2003 – Harry Potter And The Ecuadorian Flowers: A New Species Of The Gentian Family Gets A Potteresque Name<\/strong>, Rutgers\/ScienceDaily, link<\/a> [Macrocarpaea apparata<\/em>, Gentianaceae]<\/p>\n

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Other publicity and mentions<\/h4>\n

2012 –<\/strong> Featured in the book Drunken Botanist<\/em> by Amy Stewart, Algonquin Books (including named recipe)<\/p>\n

2005 –<\/strong> Featured in the book Strange New Species: Astonishing Discoveries of Life on Earth<\/em> by Elin Kelsey, regarding the discovery of Macrocarpaea apparata<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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