[HN Gopher] A Botanical Mystery Solved, After 146 Years ___________________________________________________________________ A Botanical Mystery Solved, After 146 Years Author : benbreen Score : 23 points Date : 2022-04-06 19:00 UTC (2 days ago) (HTM) web link (www.atlasobscura.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.atlasobscura.com) | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-04-08 23:01 UTC)