⛰️ A new plant species called Solms-laubachia garzeensis has been discovered within the rugged Hengduan Mountains of Sichuan, China.
➡️ Read the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.273.177843
#criticallyendangered #newspecies
Ongoing field expeditions in Ecuador and herbarium research have resulted in the discovery of a new species and the stabilisation of two names in the plant genus Napeanthus.
Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.273.189993
🌿 A new plant species, Aristolochia ferox, has been discovered in northern Guangxi, China, featuring distinctive dark purple flowers with unique fleshy outgrowths.
See the full study: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.273.169468
@bgbol.org is launching its new seminar series focused on hot scientific topics of practical and academic importance.
The first session begins with a dive into @gbif.org.
More info: phytokeys.pensoft.net/news/1184
#GBIF #DNAbarcoding
🌿📜 Lectotypes for 20 willow names from northern China have been formally designated, providing a definitive scientific reference for these various Salix species.
Check out the full study: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.273.185575
#willow #willowtree
🌿 Selaginella magna, a new species from Guangxi, Fujian and Hunan, China, is described and illustrated.
It is the largest erect Selaginella species in China, characterised by acropetally shortening branches!
➡️ Learn more: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.273.170753
A new plant discovery has emerged from the riverbanks of Colombia! Ayenia nathaliae is described as a species found only in the Magdalena Medio region of Antioquia.
Check out the full study: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.273.188574
#newspecies #newplantspecies
Meet Vietnam’s latest botanical discovery! 🌸
A new plant species called Perilimnastes dongchauensis has been identified, found exclusively in the Quang Tri province.
Learn more about it: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.273.177749
A new species of bamboo named 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 has been discovered in Thailand. It is specially adapted to survive seasonal droughts and forest fires, and has unusually wide leaves and a longer pistil. 🎍
Read more: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.273.182677
#bamboo #newspecies
Afzelia corallina is a massive new tree species found only on Tanzania’s Pemba Island. It stands out from its relatives with unique curved leaflets and vibrant flowers, surviving exclusively within a small stretch of coastal limestone forest.
Read all about it: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.273.186903
🎉 We are delighted to welcome Dr. Tian-Xiong Zheng as a new subject editor.
Learn more about his expertise here: phytokeys.pensoft.net/news/1180
A new checklist presents 319 endemic vascular plants of the Lesser Sunda Islands, derived from specimen data and expert-verified georeferences.
Read the study here: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.273.184780
𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘰𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪 is a rare orchid species from southwestern Ecuador, which has been thought to be synonymous with 𝘛. 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 since 1989.
This study supports the reinstatement of this species as morphologically and genetically distinct: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.273.180600
Check out the first annotated and comprehensive checklist of vascular plants from the Comino archipelago (Maltese Islands), which includes 78 new records for the archipelago, and two recorded for the first time in the Maltese Islands: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.272.184198
Several scientific names for the diverse Touch-me-not flowers (Impatiens) found on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau have been discovered to actually refer to the same plants, leading to a simplified and more accurate list of species for the region.
Find out more: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.272.177434
A new stonecrop species, 𝘚𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘮 𝘹𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦, has been discovered in Zhejiang, eastern China. Distinguished by its stolons, leaf shape, and flower traits, its distinct status was confirmed by phylogenetic analyses: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
Collected 26 years ago during a joint expedition between @thebotanics.bsky.social & Bogor Botanical Gardens from Mt. Sojol, Sulawesi, and cultivated at the RBGE, this striking #jade #ginger has finally been described as a #newspecies: Hellwigia opalina.
👉 doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#plant
A new species of the golden-saxifrage genus has been discovered in the Chinese province of Shaanxi: 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘲𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦.
See the full description here: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#newspecies #plant #plants #biodiversity
🟣 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘩𝘶𝘢𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 is the new gesneriad #plant from the limestone karst of Guangxi, China.
It is distinguished by its purple corolla and filaments, cordate leaf blade, and smaller floral parts: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#newspecies #biodiversity
Also, check out @pensoft.net latest guest blog post, written by lead researchers Lucía Villaescusa-González and Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez to learn more 👇
blog.pensoft.net/2026/03/30/r...
#medicinalplants #botany #research #plants
🌿🔬 A new global review of the genus #Acalypha taxonomically validates the medicinal uses of 62 #species across 55 countries.
🩺 Original study: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.270.169087
#ethnobotany #medicinalplants #plants #research
𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘪, 📷by: Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez.
𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘸𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 is a new goldthread #plant found from Sichuan, China, confirmed by morphological and plastid data. Full description and illustrations are available here: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#botany #newspecies #taxonomy
Molecular analysis reveals that the #genus Sacosperma comprising 2 lianas from the tropical African #rainforests should be placed in the tribe Knoxieae making it a sister to the East African genus Rhodopentas. Full details: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
@meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social
#morphology
🌿The records for ten unique Carex hybrid #plants have been updated through the designation of lectotypes.
➡️ The following #study also breaks down how these hybrids differ from their parent species and where you can find them in the wild: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.272.189738
A new species of bamboo - 𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘰𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘢 - has been discovered from South-Central Vietnam.
Its specific epithet salta refers to bamboo that grows along the coast and is influenced by sea salt!
Read more: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.272.188481
#bamboo #newspecies
An updated checklist of the Lysionotus genus has recently been provided, revealing two new species from Guizhou and Yunnan Province in China.
Check out the full review: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.272.165184
Image: Lysionotus purpureopunctatus
Hidden within the dense forests of Malesia, researchers have identified two new plant species, Meiogyne stenophylla and Meiogyne saundersii, distinguished by their tentacled petals and remarkably narrow leaves.
Find out more by reading the full study: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.272.175385
A new species of Gesneriaceae, named Primulina acutiloba, has been described from the limestone karsts of Northwest Guangxi in China.
See the full study: phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/1786...
#newspecies
🌼 A new species of the family Gentianaceae, Gentiana daofuensis, is described and illustrated from Sichuan Province, China.
🔷🟪 This flower is characterised by its blue-purple colour, coupled with numerous dark blue short stripes or spots.
🔍 Read more: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.272.183828
⛰️ A new cliff-dwelling wildflower, Iris cariciformis, has been discovered on the rocky slopes of China's central Qinling Mountains.
➡️ Find out more about it by reading the full study: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.271.176663
#newspecies #wildflower