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Featured: Fabaceae Acmispon plebeius (Brandegee) Allred

The last of their kind

We hold 7 of the world's 100 most irreplaceable flowering plants.

and 18 of the world's 100 most irreplaceable gymnosperms.

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Amorphophallus lewallei Malaisse & Bamps

#2

Critically Endangered

Amorphophallus lewallei Malaisse & Bamps

Araceae

Gomortega keule (Molina) Gunckel

#11

Endangered

Gomortega keule (Molina) Gunckel

Gomortegaceae

Lyonothamnus floribundus A.Gray

#15

Endangered

Lyonothamnus floribundus A.Gray

Rosaceae

Petenaea cordata Lundell

#24

Endangered

Petenaea cordata Lundell

Petenaeaceae

Featured plants

Corylus californica hort. ex K.Koch, 1873

SPECIES

Betulaceae Corylus californica hort. ex K.Koch, 1873

Myrciaria floribunda (West ex Willd.) O.Berg

SPECIES

Myrtaceae Myrciaria floribunda (West ex Willd.) O.Berg

Dendropanax arboreus (L.) Decne. & Planch.

SPECIES

Araliaceae Dendropanax arboreus (L.) Decne. & Planch.

Recent Publications

Pandanus ramromensis (Pandanaceae), a new species from Peninsular Thailand

Martin W. Callmander, Yee Wen Low, M Poopath et al.

2024

Gardens' Bulletin Singapore

A piece of the Piper puzzle: Systematics of Piper section Enckea, a Neotropical section in a giant genus

Cara Hastings, Emma Casselman, Christopher Davidson et al.

2024

Systematic Botany

Pandanus plastomes decoded: When climate mirrors morphology and phylogenetic relationships

John M. A. Wojahn, Martin W. Callmander, Sven Buerki

2025

American Journal of Botany