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To do list / brain dump edit
In no particular order
- The Gene entry should mention problems with the definition of gene
- Growth entry link to meristem and stem cells, needs a better definition also
- biological growth needs a complete revamp, growth at the expense of reproduction. dead heading
- Hormone entry, currently to people-centric? Should includes gibberellin, auxin, cytokinin, ethylene, gibberellic acid, jasmonic acid, testosterone, oestrogen, auxin,
- Types of plant tissue, parenchyma, sclerenchyma
- Squeeze a link to peat in somewhere?
- Add scientific classification to cherry, rapeseed
- Time-scales in botany - good stuff on american botany.org on femtoseconds to eons.
- History of botany needs a complete revamp, include Linneaus
- Westonbirt Arboretum
- More fuels fossil fuels links on botany?
- Joseph Banks (links to Eton College?)
- Welwitschia mirabilis, "probably the most bizarre vascular plant"
- Pinus longaeva Bristlecone pine - one has reached an age of 4900 years.
- Creosote bush mojave desert 12000 years old
- lichens and mosses links in botany?
- Liberal linking to relevant articles in Kimballs biology pages would be a good thing