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Native Seed Imaging Project
Bruce Leander, Wildflower Center volunteer photographer, put his considerable skills to the test this winter when he set out to chronicle hundreds of seeds of Texas species collected by the Wildflower Center for storage in the Millennium Seed Bank Project - a global plant conservation effort developed by England's Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. The process required the use of a high quality macro lens with extension tubes and three flash units to capture the beautiful intricacy of seeds of plants the Center hopes to protect from extinction. Staff member, Minette Marr, and a small army of volunteers painstakingly prepared the seeds and removed dust and debris to make the seeds camera-ready.
We would like to thank (in alphabetical order) Sam Elkin, Charlene Farris, Maggie Glazener, Pippa Gordon, Patty Koeninger, Betty Korts, Karen Langridge, Betty Mading, George Mading, Rae Minyard, Robert Neese, Susan Norwood, Sam Strickland, Guy Thompson and Janice Zimmerman who provided invaluable assistance during the photoshoots and on other parts of the project.
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Panicum amarum | Bitter Panicgrass Beachgrass Coastal Panic Grass |  |
| Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox Small Palafoxia |  |
| Paspalum floridanum | Florida Paspalum |  |
| Paspalidium geminatum | Egyptian Panicgrass |  |
| Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox Showy Palafox Hooker Palafoxia Sand Palafoxia Hooker's Palafoxia |  |
| Paspalum langei | Rustyseed Paspalum |  |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia |  |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower |  |
| Paspalum pubiflorum | Hairyseed Paspalum |  |
| Passiflora tenuiloba | Birdwing Passionflower Slender-lobe Passionflower Spread Lobe Passionflower Bird Wing Passionflower |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |