Humanity is "staring down the barrel" of potentially losing up to half of its future medicines because so many plant species are facing extinction, scientists have warned.
Ecology
Oct 10, 2023
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When you hear about the abundance of life on Earth, what do you picture? For many people, it's animals—but awareness of plant diversity is growing rapidly.
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2023
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Most species of the famously large Rafflesia flower, which has long captured the imagination with its enormous speckled red petals, are now at risk of extinction, new research warned Wednesday.
Ecology
Sep 24, 2023
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An international group of scientists, including botanists at the University of Oxford's Botanic Garden, has issued an urgent call for coordinated action to save the iconic genus Rafflesia, which contains the world's largest ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 19, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Oxford's Botanic Garden and the Mathematical Institute have shown that the shape, size, and geometry of carnivorous pitcher plants determines the type of prey they trap. The results have been ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2023
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Five botanical gardens in the United States dating to the early 1800s were high diversity horticultural microcosms representing nearly every continent, yet had few plants in common, according to Penn State researchers.
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2023
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The genus Sonerila, belonging to the plant family Melastomataceae, is represented by approximately 194 species. The genus is poorly known in the Philippines and is represented by only two species, Sonerila tenera and S. woodii.
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2023
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When the unusual branches of a tall tree were first noticed in a canyon northwest of Sydney in 1994, it sparked great excitement in the botanical world. The tree was new to science. It had very few living relatives and a ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 28, 2023
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The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has hit a momentous milestone in its mission to digitize its entire collection of plant and fungal specimens. RBG Kew's Digitization Project has reached the one millionth specimen scanned, marking ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 18, 2023
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In a new study, researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and partners have described the only known member of the palm family (Arecaceae) to flower and fruit almost entirely underground. Owing to this unusual characteristic, ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2023
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