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Image: A flowering branch of Nasa colanii. Credit: A. A. Wong Sato

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Forgotten tropical plants rediscovered after 100+ years with the help of community science

Through the collaborative efforts of botanists and citizen scientists, these plants have been rediscovered after decades, some even after more than a century.

Isabel22/08/2023

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Spurge purge: Plant fossils reveal ancient South America-to-Asia ‘escape route’

Anyone who has taken a long road trip or bike ride has used a product of the spurge plant family — rubber. The spurge family, or Euphorbiaceae, includes economically valuable plants like the rubber tree, castor oil plant, poinsettia and…

Isabel21/08/2023

Image: Agricultural landscape dominated by exotic species of European origin (La Honda Creek Preserve, California, U.S.A.). Credit: Dr Javier Galán Díaz

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Can we predict if a plant species will become exotic?

Plant species become exotic after being accidentally or deliberately transported by humans to a new region outside their native range, where they establish self-perpetuating populations that quickly reproduce and spread. This is a complex process mediated by many factors, such…

Isabel18/08/2023

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Scientists Unravel Evolutionary History of the Arctic Flora

A research team has unraveled the evolutionary history of the Arctic flora. Researchers selected 32 angiosperm clades comprising 3,626 species across the angiosperm tree of life. They found that dispersal to the Arctic and in situ diversification within the Arctic followed similar…

Isabel17/08/2023

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Study highlights urgent need to protect world’s forests from non-native pests in the face of climate change

A total of 57 institutions around the world share their expertise in a ground-breaking study which highlights the urgent need to protect the world’s forests from non-native pests amid climate change.

Isabel15/08/2023

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Forgotten tropical plants rediscovered after 100+ years with the help of community science

Spurge purge: Plant fossils reveal ancient South America-to-Asia ‘escape route’

Can we predict if a plant species will become exotic?

Scientists Unravel Evolutionary History of the Arctic Flora

Study highlights urgent need to protect world’s forests from non-native pests in the face of climate change

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