JXB Advance Access originally published online on September 15, 2009
Journal of Experimental Botany 2009 60(15):4219-4220; doi:10.1093/jxb/erp266
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Symbolism of plants: examples from European-Mediterranean culture presented with biology and history of art
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1Institute of Botany, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Gregor Mendelstr. 33, 1180 Wien, Austria
2Institute of Botany, Darmstadt University of Technology, Kirchbergweg 6, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
* To whom correspondence should be addressed: E-mail: ullrichcw@online.de
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We close the year by looking over our series and by reflecting, with some observations, on creativity, reductionism, and diversity.
In the contributions on plant symbolism of this past year only a few examples could be given. They show that, over the millennia, many more relationships between humans and plants have existed than just their use for food, technical purposes, and decoration. It applies to all the plants discussed in these