Alismatales

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Let’s face it—when you think of charismatic megaflora, chances are you have in mind something majestic, like a towering Sequoia, or something ancient, like a Joshua tree. But a plant with a four-foot stalk that smells like a cross between rotting stinky cheese and animal feces? This week’s podcast takes us to a sacred island off the coast of Madagascar, where an intrepid botanist braved fever and worse to bring a specimen of this unlikely botanical superstar back alive. Ari Daniel Shapiro reports. Image Credit: Amorphophallus Sp., Greg Wahlert read moreDuration: 5:29Published: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:00:44 +0000

Species: Potamogeton nodosus Poir. Date: 2006-09-24 Location: Small dam in forest off the Woodland Rd, Vumba Habitat: In the water; spikes emergent

Species: Monstera deliciosa Liebm. Date: 2009-01-06 Location: Crocodile Farm, Kariba Habitat: Garden

Australian freshwater, Duration 8 seconds

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 11 seconds

Coral Sea, Duration 24 seconds

Enhalus acoroides is not the primary subject of the video clip; the primary subject is Platax teira (Blunthead batfish). Coral Sea, Schooling, Duration 53 seconds

Halophila sp. is not the primary subject of the video clip; the primary subject is Octopus sp. 4 (unidentified long arm octopus). Coral Sea, Shot at night, Duration 19 seconds

Fussing Sø V.f. Randers, Danmark

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Amossen, Öland, Sverige

Skjern Å ved Skjern, Jylland, Danmark

Aptera, E of Chania, Greece