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Ever think about all the plants that touch your world every day? From the cotton sheets on your bed and coffee beans in your cup, to the paper on your desk and the flower on the windowsill? Not to mention all the plants that produce the oxygen we breathe.
Even though we encounter plants everywhere, there’s still a lot to learn. Dr Lúcia Lohmann, head of the Missouri Botanical Garden, joined Host Ira Flatow on stage at a live event in St Louis to speak about our daily connections to the plants that make up our world. She’s part of a global effort to preserve the world’s plant species, discover and identify new ones, and explore their properties.
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Segment Guests
Lúcia Lohmann
Dr. Lúcia Lohmann is president and director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the George Engelmann Professor of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis.
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