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Featured: Orchidaceae Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindl.

Featured plants

Plantago palmata Hook.fil.

SPECIES

Plantaginaceae Plantago palmata Hook.fil.

Chamaedorea linearis (Ruiz & Pav.) Mart.

SPECIES

Arecaceae Chamaedorea linearis (Ruiz & Pav.) Mart.

Pitcairnia commixta L.B.Sm.

SPECIES

Bromeliaceae Pitcairnia commixta L.B.Sm.

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

Utilizing a comparative approach to assess genome evolution during diploidization in Artemisia tridentata, a keystone species of western North America

Anthony E. Melton, Stephen Novak, Sven Buerki

2024

American Journal of Botany

Pandanus plastomes decoded: When climate mirrors morphology and phylogenetic relationships

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

2025

American Journal of Botany