[HN Gopher] A Botanical Mystery Solved, After 146 Years
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       A Botanical Mystery Solved, After 146 Years
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2022-04-06 19:00 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | irrational wrote:
       | I read the article, but I don't understand that there was a 146
       | year old mystery. A grad student saw some berries he didn't
       | recognize in a painting, looked through some botanical archives
       | and found berries that matched the painting, then named the
       | berries after the painter. That doesn't seem like much of a
       | mystery.
        
         | sethammons wrote:
         | > "It is still very hard to go to all the places she visited,
         | even in this day, and some places she visited still lack
         | scientific survey," says Yu. "There are still many species in
         | her paintings without information or a photo, or even a
         | scientific name, so the paintings are still very important for
         | scientific research."
         | 
         | Sounds more like "A Botanical Observation Finally Classified
         | After 146 Years." The current title suggest people have been
         | wondering about these blue berries for that time - but the
         | article sounds like only one person was curious and that was
         | very recently.
        
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