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Featured: Iridaceae Gladiolus permeabilis D. Delaroche

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Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames

SPECIES

Orchidaceae Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames

Cyperaceae Cyperus albostriatus Schrad.

SPECIES

Cyperaceae Cyperus albostriatus Schrad.

Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.

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Araceae Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.

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

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

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