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Featured: Rubiaceae Gynochthodes jasminoides (A.Cunn.) Razafim. & B.Bremer

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

Hawkesiophyton ochraceum (Cuatrec.) A.Orejuela & C.I.Orozco

SPECIES

Solanaceae Hawkesiophyton ochraceum (Cuatrec.) A.Orejuela & C.I.Orozco

Diosma L.

SPECIES

Rutaceae Diosma L.

Aniba puchury-minor (Mart.) Mez

SPECIES

Lauraceae Aniba puchury-minor (Mart.) Mez

Recent Publications

Exploring sagebrush leaf microbial metagenomes from deep, host-derived sequencing

Adedotun Adedayo Arogundade, Carlos Dave C. Dumaguit, Anthony E. Melton et al.

2026

Microbiology Spectrum

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

Differences in functional traits and drought tolerance between heteromorphic leaves of Artemisia tridentata seedlings, a keystone species from a semiarid shrubland

Marcelo Serpe, Jacob Venable, Sven Buerki

2025

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