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17. Same or different?

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A cactus and a euphorbia - an example of convergent evolution.

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Botanic Garden Audio trail
People
Timothy Walker
Keywords
evolution
cacti
euphorbia
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 28/05/2012
Duration: 00:00:56

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16. The fight for light

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The rainforest and the desert in the middle of the city of Oxford.

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Botanic Garden Audio trail
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Kate Pritchard
Keywords
cactus
Bananas
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 28/05/2012
Duration: 00:00:52

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15. The rosy periwinkle

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A pink flowered plant that provides a life-saving anti-cancer drug.

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Botanic Garden Audio trail
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Timothy Walker
Keywords
Catharanthus roseus
leukemia
periwinkle family
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 28/05/2012
Duration: 00:00:46

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14. The cocoa tree

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The most important tree in the garden - the chocolate giving tree.

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Botanic Garden Audio trail
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Lili Friend
Keywords
Pollination
tree
chocolate
palm house
Theobroma cacao
flowers
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 28/05/2012
Duration: 00:01:05

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13. Insect eating plants

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How the venus fly trap catches its food.

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Botanic Garden Audio trail
People
Lili Friend
Keywords
nepenthes
pitcher plants
Dionaea muscipula
traps
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 28/05/2012
Duration: 00:01:06

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12. The Victoria lily

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Lili talks about the water lilies she looks after every day.

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Botanic Garden Audio trail
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Lili Friend
Keywords
Victoria cruziana
seed
perennial
Pollination
beetles
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 28/05/2012
Duration: 00:01:26

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10. The black pine

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Hear about JRR Tolkiens favourite tree!

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Botanic Garden Audio trail
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Timothy Walker
Keywords
tolkien
Pinus nigra
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 28/05/2012
Duration: 00:00:50

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09. The hornbeam

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How photosynthesis explains why this tree has grown so large.

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Botanic Garden Audio trail
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Timothy Walker
Keywords
Carpinus betulus
Photosynthesis
timber
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 28/05/2012
Duration: 00:00:47

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08. Mistletoe

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A plant growing on a tree! Emma describes how it comes to be growing on this tree.

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Botanic Garden Audio trail
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Emma Williams
Keywords
semi-parasite
Viscum album
seed
christmas
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 28/05/2012
Duration: 00:00:52

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07. The dawn redwood

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No-one knew this tree still existed until the middle of the last century - hear about its name and its discovery.

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Botanic Garden Audio trail
People
Emma Williams
Keywords
latin plant names
fossil record
china
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 28/05/2012
Duration: 00:01:09

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