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Featured: Pinaceae Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco

The last of their kind

We hold 7 of the world's 100 most irreplaceable flowering plants.

and 19 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

Adansonia suarezensis H.Perrier

SPECIES

Malvaceae Adansonia suarezensis H.Perrier

Teucrium capitatum L.

SPECIES

Lamiaceae Teucrium capitatum L.

Carex polystachya Sw. ex Wahlenb.

SPECIES

Cyperaceae Carex polystachya Sw. ex Wahlenb.

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

Generic delimitation of Turraea (Meliaceae–Turraeeae) and allied genera in continental Africa and Madagascar

Martin W. Callmander, Félix Forest, Martin Cheek et al.

2026

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

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