The cover of the September-October issue of Applications in Plant Sciences. The photo shows a queen bumble bee (Bombus bifarius) foraging on a pale green and white Frasera speciosa flower, with her proboscis extended into a nectary. Her orange pollen basket is prominently visible on her hind leg. Photo credit: Jane Ogilvie.

The new issue of #AppsPlantSci is online!

Highlights include an approach to improve DNA #metabarcoding accuracy, new bait sets for #Amaranthaceae & the Astragalean clade, and a PCR assay to detect toxic #Digitalis species in food products.

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/21680450... #botany

Chenopodium nutans (R. Br.) S. Fuentes & Borsch subsp. nutans blet australià [Einadia nutans (R. Br.) A. J. Scott subsp. nutans; Rhagodia nutans R. Br. subsp. nutans] · família: Amaranthaceae · tàxon introduït [establert]: Australàsia · forma biològica: camèfit · hàbitat: talussos · rang altitudinal: 150 – 160 m

Chenopodium nutans (R. Br.) S. Fuentes & Borsch subsp. nutans blet australià [Einadia nutans (R. Br.) A. J. Scott subsp. nutans; Rhagodia nutans R. Br. subsp. nutans] · família: Amaranthaceae · tàxon introduït [establert]: Australàsia · forma biològica: camèfit · hàbitat: talussos · rang altitudinal: 150 – 160 m

Chenopodium nutans (R. Br.) S. Fuentes & Borsch subsp. nutans blet australià [Einadia nutans (R. Br.) A. J. Scott subsp. nutans; Rhagodia nutans R. Br. subsp. nutans] · família: Amaranthaceae · tàxon introduït [establert]: Australàsia · forma biològica: camèfit · hàbitat: talussos · rang altitudinal: 150 – 160 m

Chenopodium nutans (R. Br.) S. Fuentes & Borsch subsp. nutans blet australià [Einadia nutans (R. Br.) A. J. Scott subsp. nutans; Rhagodia nutans R. Br. subsp. nutans] · família: Amaranthaceae · tàxon introduït [establert]: Australàsia · forma biològica: camèfit · hàbitat: talussos · rang altitudinal: 150 – 160 m

Violin plot showing the number of recovered genes reaching 50% (solid line) and 75% (dotted line) of the reference length across the five major clades of Amaranthaceae s.s., as well as the two genera Bosea and Charpentiera.

Advancing phylogenomics in #Amaranthaceae s.s.: Development and application of a new nuclear target enrichment bait set

New in #AppsPlantSci by ‪@tinakiedaisch.bsky.social, Kadereit, Žerdoner Čalasan & @dfmoralesb.bsky.social

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #phylogenomics

Haste de flor rosa com pink que lembra uma crista.

🥰😋Celosia ❤️

#Amaranthaceae

Ela lembra a minha infância. 😍

Ptilotus sessilifolius
Amaranthaceae,
Opal Miners Way,
Wilcannia-White Cliffs,
New South Wales
June 2024
#PtilotusSessilifolius #Amaranthaceae #Crimson-Tails #Silver-tails #CrimsonFoxtail #ozplants #Wilcannia-WhiteCliffsRoad #wildoz #ozflora #Australiannature #AustralianFlora #botany #Bluesky

Tenacious Mulla-Mulla
Ptilotus exaltatus
Amaranthaceae,
Mt Isa street
#PtilotusExaltatus #Amaranthaceae #ozplants #MtIsa #North-WestQueensland #Outback

Ptilotus exaltatus
Amaranthaceae,
Barkly Highway (west of Mt Isa),
Queensland, Australia.
October 2023
#PtilotusExaltatus #Amaranthaceae #wildoz #ozflora #ozplants #Australiannature #AustralianFlora #botany #Outback

Ptilotus exaltatus (#4)
Amaranthaceae,
Early evening light,
Pioneer, Mt Isa,
North-west Queensland,
Australia. August 2020
#PtilotusExaltatus #Amaranthaceae #LambsTail #Mulla-Mulla #wildoz #ozflora #ozplants #Australiannature #botany #MtIsa

Ptilotus exaltatus (#3)
Amaranthaceae,
Mt Isa township,
North-west Queensland,
Australia. August 2020
#PtilotusExaltatus #Amaranthaceae #LambsTail #Mulla-Mulla #wildoz #ozflora #ozplants #Australiannature #botany #MtIsa

Ptilotus exaltatus (#2)
Amaranthaceae
West of Mt Isa, North-west Queensland,
Australia. August 2022

#PtilotusExaltatus #Amaranthaceae #LambsTail #wildoz #ozflora #ozplants #Australiannature #botany #BarklyHighway

Ptilotus exaltatus (#1)
Amaranthaceae
West of Mt Isa, North-west Queensland,
Australia. August 2022
#PtilotusExaltatus #Amaranthaceae #LambsTail #wildoz #ozflora #ozplants #Australiannature #botany #BarklyHighway

Chenopodium curvispicatum
Amaranthaceae
Mallee Highway, between Hay and Kerri-Kerri,
New South Wales, Australia.
July 2024
#Amaranthaceae #Chenopodium #wildoz #ozflora #ozplants #Australiannature #Botany

Maireana turbinata
Opal Miners Way, (Wilcannia-White Cliffs Road),
New South Wales, Australia.
late June 2024
#Amaranthaceae #Maireana #wildoz #ozflora #ozplants #Australiannature #Botany

Maireana pyramidata
Amaranthaceae
Silverton, New South Wales,
Australia
June 2024
#Amaranthaceae #Ptilotus #wildoz #ozflora #ozplants #Australiannature #Botany

Ptilotus obovatus
Amaranthaceae
Living Desert State Park
Broken Hill, New South Wales,
Australia
late June 2024
#Amaranthaceae #Ptilotus #wildoz #ozflora #ozplants #Australiannature #Botany