Speaker Series (May 2025): Getting to know Gnetum and its relatives

To allow for cleaning of the glass building, the Tan Hoon Siang Mist House will be closed on 16 & 19 May. In addition, the Yuen Peng McNeice Bromeliad Collection will be closed on 20 & 21 May. Cancelled: The 4pm session (17 May) of the National Orchid Garden Tour is cancelled Closed for Upgrading Works: Washrooms at Melati Gate will be closed till end August for upgrading works The Sun Garden is closed till end of May for upgrading works

Speaker Series (May 2025): Getting to know Gnetum and its relatives - living and extinct!

Date : Tuesday, 13 May 2025
Time : 4.00 pm - 5.30 pm
Venue : Function Hall, Level 1 of Botany Centre (Nearest Entrance: Tanglin Gate)

Description: We are pleased to have with us Professor Sir Peter Crane FRS, who will share about the tropical climber and tree Gnetum. He will also introduce Gnetum's closest relatives - Ephedra and Welwitschia. These three plants are the last living representatives of an ancient botanical lineage that flourished more than 100 million years ago during the heyday of the dinosaurs.

Join us on Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 4pm at the Function Hall of Singapore Botanic Gardens (Level 1 of Botany Centre), to find out more!

Session is free-seating thus no advance registration is required.

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Speaker Series (May 2025): Getting to know Gnetum and its relatives - living and extinct!

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