The Orchid Tree of Life poster visually summarizes the main findings of our study, ‘The origin and speciation of orchids’ (Pérez-Escobar et al., 2024). Designed as a science communication tool, the infographic aims to share the core messages of our research with a broad audience – highlighting the evolutionary history, global significance and conservation challenges facing orchids today. The poster is freely available for download at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.27021472.v2.

Big congrats to Kew scientist Dr Oscar A. Pérez Escobar. He’s profiled by New Phytologist, covering his journey and research on orchid evolution and comparative genomics.🧪
Read more: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70484
#KewScience #Orchids

Bromeliads on top of branches of a tree in Jamaica. Image credit - Vida Svahnström.

If ranges were overestimated, risk may be underestimated. See what this means for conservation, from cloud forests to collections 🧪
#KewScience #Epiphytes #PlantConservation

PhD supported by @granthamicl.bsky.social and @rbgkew.bsky.social, supervised and collaboration with the amazing @vorontsovams.bsky.social, Tiziana Ulian, Colin Turnbull, @flip-ryan.bsky.social, @casparchater.bsky.social, and Rafal Gutaker 🌾🥳 #kewscience #foniomillet #sscpdtp #granthaminstitute #phd

Last week, I attended the British Ecological Society meeting for the first time and enjoyed a range of fascinating talks. I also had the opportunity to present our project on the predicted impacts of climate change on the germination of UK tree populations. #kewscience @britishecolsoc.bsky.social

Mind the lag: understanding genetic extinction debt for conservation The delay between disturbance events and genetic responses within populations is a common but surprisingly overlooked phenomenon in ecology and evolut…

✨Excited to share our new article on time lags/genetic extinction debts, online now in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
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Adapting wild biodiversity conservation approaches to conserve agrobiodiversity - Nature Sustainability The global biodiversity crisis impacting agriculture is overlooked compared with wild systems. This Perspective presents an overview of the the tools developed for wild biodiversity conservation and p...

'Adapting wild biodiversity conservation approaches to conserve agrobiodiversity' 🌿👩‍🌾🚜
Now online at #naturesustainability We share solutions of multiple co-authors in solving this challenge for food security, climate resilience & a sustainable future 👇 #KewScience
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🌿Esta semana participamos en el curso-taller para la colecta y conservación de semillas de especies nativas de árboles amenazados de los bosques de magnolia de la RD con facilitadores de #KewScience #JardínBotanicoRD, apoyo de #FundaciónMoscosoPuello, #FundaciónProgresssio, #ukindomrep