A window on the world

For over 300 years botanists from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh have been bringing back unusual, rare and exotic plants to Scotland from all corners of the globe. Join Mark Hughes as he follows in their footsteps during a series of expeditions to the rich tropical montane forests of Sumatra. After a brief stint working in Singapore Botanic Garden, Mark returned to Edinburgh in 2009 to join the RBGE tropical biology research team, and is currently trying to untangle the hundreds of species of Begonia that can be found in Southeast Asia.

For more information about Mark and his current research please visit his home page.

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