I think this group will find this article in Science interesting/useful:
Hemingway, C., W. Dahl, C. Haufler, and C. Stuessy. 2011. Building
Botanical Literacy. Science 331 (6024):1535-1536.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6024/1535.short
Plant biology can be made interesting and engaging, but it does
require special efforts. Some good ideas are aired here, but others
having to do with topics (long story) are not.
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