Today is #TreeDay in #Colombia 🇨🇴one of the world's #biodiversity hotspots and we are featuring Myriopus gleissonii a newly described Colombian-endemic species that is distinct by being the only #tree in the genus Myriopus Kew Bulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225… #DiaDelArbol

And to end off the week with a bang: another new species! Clusia salicifolia got its name by having leaves similar to a #Salix tree ( #willow ) and is native to #CostaRica and #Panama 🇨🇷🇵🇦Check it out #OpenAccess Kew Bulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225… Kew Americas Manuel Luján

Fresh off the press! Lomandra reflexa is a new species in the #asparagus family endemic to central #Queensland in #Australia . Check out how the inflorescence is bent or reflexed (hence the scientific name) Kew Bulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225…

We are looking for a motivated experienced taxonomist to join us as our new Editor-in-Chief! Deadline 12 May 2024. See careers.kew.org/vacancy/editor…

Dipterocarps, a group of large #tropical #trees reaching 40-70 m height, are source of valuable #woods and #resins and therefore has been historically overexploited. In this article authors highlight the urgency for their #conservation
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Ruagea is a group of 15 species of #trees in the #mahogany family (Meliaceae) distributed in #CentralAmerica and throughout Andean #SouthAmerica . Terence D. Pennington et al prepared a thorough revision of this group Kew Bulletin #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1007/s12225…

Check out this new species of #orchid native to Pare mountains in #Tanzania East #Africa 🇹🇿 The species is distinct by its dwarf habit, short stem and short inflorescence #Openaccess Kew Bulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225…

Happy #HerbalistDay ! #Guaraná , source of an effective stimulant, was one of the plants exchanged between @KewGardens and #RiodeJaneiro botanic gardens during the 19th century as reported by Reis de Brito et al in a study Kew Bulletin jstor.org/stable/24637617

When #botanists study a group of #plants they often find that one species has been described with multiple names by different authors. In that case the earliest name has priority and the others become #synonyms like in Portulaca hatschbachii Kew Bulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225…

Casearia septandra is a new species of #tree in the #willow family Salicaceae. The species is native to #tropical #rainforest in #Guinea in west #Africa where is considered endangered. Check it out Kew Bulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225…

Introducing Ruellia taboleirana, a species previously known from tabuleiros litorâneos -exposed flat coastal terrains- in NE #Brazil . Here, authors report new populations on sand #dunes with #Amazonian influence in #Maranhão state. Kew Bulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225…

We've made a couple of posts on fruits, however we are mindful of #botanists working on less...mhhhh...fruitful plants! Checkout these new species of #Neotropical #ferns #openaccess Kew Bulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225…

Continuing our #fruit theme we feature a study on Ziziphus in #Borneo by Daniel Cahen et al including 3 new species with #edible fruits similar to #jujube & #ber . Check it out #OpenAccess Kew Bulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225…

Carpology (from the greek καρπός = fruits) is the discipline of #botany devoted to study #seeds & #fruits which are critical in #plant systematic & taxonomic research. Check out this paper on fruits in the nettle family #Urticaceae #OpenAccess Kew Bulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225…

Taxonomic studies need to be updated as new species are described. G.T. Prance studied Dichapetalaceae, a family of #Neotropical #trees in 1972, 50 years later he published a revised version adding the 29 species described over that period Kew Bulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225…

April is #ScottishAmericanHeritageMonth and we celebrate it featuring John Muir, remarkable Scottish-born American #naturalist #botanist #zoologist and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in USA #Yosemite #Sequoia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸 #JohnOfTheMountains

16 years ago we published our 1st issue online Springer Nature in which S. Mayo et al discussed the role of #taxonomy : an increasing demand for #biodiversity knowledge and an anxiety to contribute — #conservation is a collective enterprise Kew Bulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225…

Once upon a time there was a genus called Monechma, grouping plants happily until Iain Darbyshire et al discovered those plants actually form 2 separate lineages, so they reclassified the group, and plants lived monophyletically ever after Kew Bulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225…
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