Amid the challenging terrain of north-western Honduras, where Dr. Kelly's team faced rugged and steep forest areas cut across here and there by a few trails, a gorgeous tree with cherry-like fruits was discovered. Being about ...
Ecology
Oct 13, 2015
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As easy as it might seem, seeking new species among cultivated plants could be actually quite tricky. While looking into the undescribed orchid, known at the market as 'Big Pink', Bobby Sulistyo and his team were likely to ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 1, 2015
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Garden lovers and horticulturalists now have two new species names to add to their vocabulary and memory. The world's most commercially successful dogwood garden trees have finally received proper scientific names decades ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2015
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Dr. Michele Rodda describes two new tropical plants species from the Hoya genus, found on the world's third largest island Borneo. The genus is one of the largest and most complex plant groups in Asia. The first to be described ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 21, 2015
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The spigot for plant discoveries in Madagascar continues to flow steadily, with no signs of slowing down in the near future.
Plants & Animals
May 13, 2015
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The description of five new species of blueberry relatives from Colombia highlights the country's great diversity of the plant family Ericaceae and the importance of field exploration. These new mortiños, as locally known, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 28, 2015
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Amateur botanists in the Western Cape Province of South Africa have discovered two new species of beautiful blue-flowered legumes. The study was published in the open access journal PhytoKeys.
Plants & Animals
Mar 19, 2015
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A new genus and species of flowering plants from the custard apple family, Annonaceae, has been discovered in the jungles of Gabon by French and Gabonese botanists. The extraordinary genus was named Sirdavidia, after Sir ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 4, 2015
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The five-day discussions and decisions of the Nomenclature Section of the XVII International Botanical Congress took place in Vienna, Austria in July 2005. This meeting was held in association with the International Botanical ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 2, 2015
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Scientists discover and describe three new species of the plant genus Begonia, which holds many of the world-favourite decoratives. The news species come from Brazil, where they are found dwelling on small, confined territories ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2015
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