Ep. 580 - Celebrating a Foundational Aquatic Plant

In Defense of Plants Podcast by In Defense of Plants

May 31, 202601:01:08Science & Medicine

What could be better than a tiny plant with an outsized impact on the world around it? Hornleaf riverweed AKA Podostemum ceratophyllum is one such plant. This tiny aquatic plant has so many mysterious surrounding it but...

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