Over 800 abstracts and counting! There's still time to submit and present a talk or poster at #Botany2026 in Tucson.....but write it up quickly and submit in the coming hours. Don't miss out! www.botanyconference.org
I got out there at lunch today to see some of my favorites at the Missouri Botanical Garden! #IPAD2026 #IwishIwasaBotanist 😆
Promotional graphic with a tropical leaf border for International Plant Appreciation Day, April 13, 2026. Features the PlantingScience logo and heading "Student Quotes." Three quote bubbles contain anonymous student testimonials about how their PlantingScience mentor sparked their interest in plants and science. Bottom text reads "Support student botanical science exploration with a donation to PlantingScience.org today!" Includes a Donate Here label and QR code.
Hear it from the students themselves:
🌿 "His job made me more interested in plants."
🌿 "Plants are something I take for granted."
🌿 "Our mentor made science sound interesting and fun."
Support PlantingScience today! crm.botany.org/makeadonation
#IPAD2026 #PlantingScience #IamaBotanist #STEM
Promotional graphic with a tropical leaf border for International Plant Appreciation Day, April 13, 2026. Features the PlantingScience logo and heading "Mentor Quotes." Two quote bubbles are shown. The first, from Gina Errico, describes students who wanted to grow plants to share food with their community. The second, from Edi Wipf, describes wanting to help make science more accessible and share in the joy of learning and discovery. Bottom text reads "Support student botanical science exploration with a donation to PlantingScience.org today!" Includes a Donate Here label and QR code.
The scientist mentors behind PlantingScience give their time because they believe in the next generation. 🌿
Their words speak volumes about why this program is worth fighting for.
Please donate to PlantingScience today: crm.botany.org/makeadonation
#IPAD2026 #PlantingScience #IamaBotanist #STEM 🌿
Happy Monday! Remember the deadline for #botany2026 abstracts is coming up.
#bsaecophys is also hosting a colloquium on non-foliar gas exchange and a workshop on measuring gas exchange on unusual materials. See the links below!
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Spending some time with some of my favorite plants (tulips and peonies) in the Missouri Botanical Garden on International Plant Appreciation Day! #IPAD2026 #Botany
Support #PlantingScience while treating yourself!
Proceeds from PlantingScience t-shirts and tote bags featuring a wood-cut botanical design by BSA's own Catrina Adams go directly to PlantingScience.
🌿 Shop: www.bonfire.com/store/bsa-spring-swag-store-2026/
🌿 Donate: crm.botany.org/makeadonation
It's a BIG DAY! Abstracts are due and we celebration International Plant Appreciation Day! #IPAD2026 #BOTANY2026
It's International Plant Appreciation Day and BSA President Ken Cameron has a message to send! #IPAD2026 #Botany #IamaBotanist
www.youtube.com/shorts/lTWrn...
Promotional graphic with a tropical leaf border for International Plant Appreciation Day, April 13, 2026. Features the Botanical Society of America logo and the PlantingScience logo side by side. Text reads "Support PlantingScience Today!"
It's International Plant Appreciation Day 🌿
Tell us your favorite plants – #IPAD2026!
This year we are rallying support for PlantingScience.org, 20 years of connecting students with real scientists and growing the next generation of botanical researchers.
Donate now: crm.botany.org/makeadonation
WTF?
Y'all know you have a few days left to submit an abstract for #Botany2026, right? www.botanyconference.org
A promotional graphic for the BSA Spring Swag Store 2026 featuring three rows of merchandise on a green background. The top row showcases the "Resilient" collection, featuring botanical artwork by Catrina Adams where each letter of the word "Resilient" is styled to reflect the environment of a different plant, shown on blue, olive, and pink shirts and a tank top. The middle row features the PlantingScience collection in a woodcut style, showing a heart-shaped seedling design with the text "Growing a Love for Plants and Science" and the PlantingScience.org URL, displayed on a teal shirt, a yellow pocket t-shirt, and a canvas tote bag. The bottom row shows BSA logo merchandise including a mauve tank top, a teal cap, and a red bucket hat. A QR code and "Shop Here!" call to action appear in the bottom right corner.
🌿 The BSA Spring Swag Store is here!
Two gorgeous new designs by BSA's own Catrina Adams, including the stunning Resilient collection and a woodcut-style design to benefit PlantingScience.org.
BSA members can email aneely@botany.org for 10% off.
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Photo of a color polymorphic population of Anemone pavonina Lam. on Mt. Olympus, Greece.
#Flower color polymorphism in the peacock #anemone (Anemone pavonina) reflects spatiotemporal variation in #pollinator abundance
Nw #AJB research by Jonathan Heinze, Casper van der Kooi, Gerd Vogg, Udo Jäger & Johannes Spaethe
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #pollen #ecology
A clipart image of a plant representing the weed palmer amaranth surrounded by three additional images. In the upper left, a circle with three arrows on it represents extrachromosomal circular DNA containing the GS2 and EPSPS genes. On the right, a section labeled "Metabolic herbicide resistance" depicts an irregular shape representing a cytochrome P450 protein containing a heme domain shown as facilitating the metabolism of the chemical bentazon by adding a hydroxyl group. In the lower left, a section labeled "Horizontal gene transfer in parasitic plants" depicts a clipart of a mustard plant connected to the amaranth by tendrils of the vinelike dodder plant.
🌱 Check out this new #AJB On the Nature of Things essay! 🌱
What we learn from #weed #genetics
By Acer VanWallendael
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #herbicides #evolution
Photo of Corallorhiza striata.
Corallorhiza striata is the first example of a pseudocopulatory #orchid in North America & an instance of “double deception” in fully mycoheterotrophic plants
New #AJB research by John Freudenstein & Craig Barrett
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #fungi #pollination
Promotional graphic for Botany 2026 on a white background with an orange border. The top features the conference logo, a semicircular illustrated scene of a Sonoran Desert landscape at dusk with saguaro cacti, prickly pear, barrel cactus, and other desert plants in bloom under a twilight sky with a moon. Text around the circle reads "Biodiversity at the Boundaries" and "Tucson, Arizona." Bold orange text in the center of the logo reads "BOTANY 2026" with "August 1-5" displayed on an orange band. Below the logo, large bold orange text reads "Abstract Deadline April 13, 2026." The website address www.botanyconference.org appears in smaller text. At the bottom is a row of co-sponsoring organization logos including the Botanical Society of America, ASPT, Society of Herbarium Curators, American Bryological and Lichenological Society, IAPT, and American Fern Society.
The abstract deadline for #Botany2026 is April 13!
Share your research with 1,000+ botanical scientists from around the world at this year's conference in Tucson, Arizona.
Submit at botanyconference.org!
Early registration ends April 30th, save by being a member of BSA and registering now!
Image of Juncus ensifolius (Swordleaf rush) and Juncus balticus subsp. ater (Baltic rush) growing in a montane meadow, with Mt. Hood in the background.
Check out these highlights from the latest American Journal of #Botany! botany.org/file.php?fil...
Find the issue Table of Contents at bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197....
#plantscience #botany
Group photo of PLANTS Undergraduate Travel Award recipients at the Botany 2025 conference. Text reads: PLANTS Undergraduate Travel Award and Mentored Experience — Now Accepting Applications! Benefits include mentorship, complimentary conference registration, free travel and lodging, meals, a field trip, and a 3-year BSA student membership. Deadline March 15, 2026. Visit botany.org.
Hey Botanical Science Undergrads, the PLANTS Grant deadline is coming up!!
This award covers Botany 2026 travel, lodging, meals, mentorship, a conference field trip & a complimentary 3-year BSA membership.
Deadline: March 15, 2026
For more information, visit: botany.org/home/awards/...
It's official!!!! #Botany2026 here we come!
Probably Boy Scouts, I know
Omg I found the official @botsocamerica.bsky.social bench in New Mexico. Is there one of these is every state?? Hello, new life list.
#Botany2026 #iamabotanist #plantpeopleFTW
Study sites showing mosaic pattern of blooms after a high-precipitation winter. (A) Carrizo Plain (San Luis Obispo County, California). Species shown include Caulanthus anceps (pink), Leptosyne calliopsidea (yellow, in background), and Monolopia stricta (yellow, in foreground). (B) Cantua Creek (Fresno County, California). Species shown include Lepidium jaredii subsp. album (pale yellow-green), Monolopia major and Madia radiata (both yellow), and Phacelia ciliata (purple). (C) Cantua Creek. Species shown are Lepidium jaredii subsp. album (pale yellow-green) and Phacelia ciliata (purple).
Soil, competition, & niche shifts shape the floral mosaic of an annual plant #diversity hotspot
New #AJB research by Emma Fryer, Ryan O'Dell, Dena Grossenbacher, Alyssa Shon, Skyler McKinnon & Nishanta Rajakaruna
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #desert
Sphagnum magniae, from Sandy Run Savanna Natural area, Onslow County, North Carolina (20 Sept. 2025, B. Aguero 21498, voucher at DUKE). This species, one of four in the S. magellanicum complex in eastern North America, is distributed mainly in the coastal plain from New Jersey to Florida and along the Gulf coast. S. magniae is closely related to the cold-temperate to boreal S. diabolicum and all plants from New Jersey to North Carolina are genetically admixed between these two species. Image credit: photo by B. Aguero.
Check out these highlights from the latest #AJB! botany.org/file.php?fil...
Find the issue Table of Contents at bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197....
#botany #plantscience #Sphagnum
Presenting at #Botany2026 in Tucson? Apply for a BSA Travel Award!
The text at the top reads: “AJB and APPS Special Issue Call for Papers”. Photos, clockwise from top left: Pleopeltis michauxiana, Sequoiadendron giganteum, unidentified moss species, Azolla cristata. The text beneath the image reads: “New Perspectives from the Genealogy of Flagellate Plants (GoFlag)”. Photos by Jessie Pelosi.
🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿
#AJB and #AppsPlantSci are accepting proposals for joint special issues highlighting new resources & advances resulting from the #GoFlag project, led by Gordon Burleigh, @ebsessa.bsky.social & Jessie Pelosi
Proposal deadline: 1 April 2026.
More info: bit.ly/49JPtDe
Moss might seem small and simple, but scientists in St. Louis are digging into what it takes to preserve these plants and the habitats they anchor. This piece gives a cool look behind the scenes.
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Rhododendron groenlandicum. Left image is an inflorescence bud in early spring. Right image is a flower primordium from an inflorescence collected at dormancy. Sepals and petals have been removed.
Contrasting effects of experimental warming in the initiation year & the flowering year on #flower phenology of boreal understory species
New #AB research by Christa Mulder, Eileen Schaub & Pamela Diggle
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #climatechange #Rhododendron #Viburnum
Macaronesian archipelagoes and source regions considered for the seed plant lineages in this study.
Origins of the Macaronesian flora: Dispersal & diversification shape a meta-archipelago
New #AJB research by Jonathan Price, Carlos García-Verdugo, Maria Romeiras, Rüdiger Otto, Juli Caujapé-Castells et al.
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #biodiversity #archipelagos
Comparison of two seed rain trap methods in the field: a sticky trap (a Petri dish with a sticky substance sprayed on it) and an artificial grass carpet. Both have known numbers of grassland seeds placed on them.
From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal issue 🌱
Are they two seeds in a pod? Comparing seed rain recovery in grasslands using artificial grass carpets vs sticky traps (by @llseedsull.bsky.social, DeSiervo, Kahan & Shoemaker)
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantEcology
Promotional graphic for the Botanical Society of America awards featuring a purple flower in soft focus. Overlaid text reads: “Botanical Society of America Awards — Call for Nominations: Young Botanist Awards. Deadline: April 1, 2026.” A line of text invites viewers to visit www.botany.org/home/awards.html for more information. The BSA logo appears at the bottom left and a QR code linking to the awards page appears at the bottom right.
Nominations are open for the 2026 BSA Young Botanist Awards! 🌿
Recognize an outstanding graduating senior in botanical science and introduce them to the global BSA community.
Deadline: April 1, 2026.
For more information, visit: botany.org/home/awards/...
#BSAStudentAwards