The team’s experience with Solanum shows how digital, user-friendly tools can open access to plant identification, helping both researchers and the wider community explore plant diversity. (8/8)
🎉 Good news! The paper ‘Taming the beasts: challenges of identification in big plant genera’ in @AnnBot by Tiina Särkinen and co-authors is now #free for a limited time 🧵(1/8)
👉 https://doi.org/p8sx
#PlantTaxonomy #Biodiversity #Solanum #Botany #AoBpapers
🌍Overall, the research reveals how little we know about the ecology of most parasitic plants. These organisms face heightened risks in an era of biodiversity loss, underscoring the need for more research and conservation efforts. (8/8)
#AoBpapers #PlantScience #Botany #Biodiversity #ParasiticPlants #PlantTaxonomy
🌱 Check the newly published paper ‘Parasitic plants show striking convergence in host preference across angiosperm lineages’ in @AnnBot by Sebastian Hatt and co-authors. 🧵(1/8)
#AoBpapers #PlantScience #Botany #Biodiversity #ParasiticPlants #PlantTaxonomy
Fiddlehead ferns at the #RhodyGarden
Taxonomy: Matteuccia struthiopteris aka ‘ostrich fern’ from Ancient Greek words “strouthion” ‘ostrich’ & “pterís” ‘fern’ aka fiddlehead & shuttlecock fern.
Origin: Temperate regions of Northern Hemisphere
#FiddleHead #Fern #Ferns #Friday #Plants #Botany #PlantTaxonomy #PNW #WordHoarder #NoFilter
Annals of Botany
Melody Wainscott