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Featured: Cactaceae Epiphyllum phyllanthus (L.) Haw.

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

Plectritis macroptera subsp. macroptera

SPECIES

Caprifoliaceae Plectritis macroptera

Ixora cremixora Drake

SPECIES

Rubiaceae Ixora cremixora Drake

Coccoloba tiliacea Lindau

SPECIES

Polygonaceae Coccoloba tiliacea Lindau

Recent Publications

Genomics and phylogenetics inform a species recovery plan for a threatened allopolyploid plant

Sven Buerki, Mathew Geisler, Peggy Martinez et al.

2026

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms

Alexandre R. Zuntini, Tom Carruthers, Olivier Maurin et al.

2024

Nature

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