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Featured: Orchidaceae Koellensteinia graminea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

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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

Pouteria Aubl.

SPECIES

Sapotaceae Pouteria Aubl.

Sclerophylax spinescens Miers

SPECIES

Solanaceae Sclerophylax spinescens Miers

Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D.Don

SPECIES

Cupressaceae Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D.Don

Recent Publications

Adaptive introgression facilitates tropical plant evolution: Pandanus as a case study

John M. A. Wojahn, Félix Forest, Olivier Maurin et al.

2026

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Resolving taxonomic uncertainty and exploring evolutionary relationships in the Cymopterus terebinthinus (Apiaceae) species complex

Annie Taylor, Donald H. Mansfield, Sven Buerki et al.

2025

TAXON

A single widespread species or multiple narrow endemics: a search for boundaries within the Piper amalago complex (Piperaceae)

James F. Smith, Cara Hastings, Christopher Davidson et al.

2026

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution