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Aloe microstigma Salm-Dyck

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Asphodelaceae Aloe microstigma Salm-Dyck

Gardenia volkensii K.Schum.

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Rubiaceae Gardenia volkensii K.Schum.

Ricinus communis L.

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Euphorbiaceae Ricinus communis L.

Recent Publications

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

AoB PLANTS

Integrative species delimitation methods infer species boundaries in the Lomatium foeniculaceum complex and indicate an evolutionary history from the Southwest towards the Northeast in western North America

Daniel E. Botello, Donald H. Mansfield, Sven Buerki et al.

2025

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Pandanus plastomes decoded: When climate mirrors morphology and phylogenetic relationships

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

2025

American Journal of Botany