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#EJBotany is a Diamond Open Access International Journal of Plant Systematics and Biodiversity journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb/index

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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A new species of #Agrocybe #Strophariaceae from #Uttarakhand #Himalaya, #India, is published by researchers from University of Jammu and Government PG College in #OpenAcess #EJBotany @thebotanics.bsky.social: bit.ly/4h6knJD
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
An endangered #Gaultheria #Ericaceae from #Sikkim is newly described to science by researchers from #CalcuttaUniversity, #BurdwanUniversity and #Forest&EnvironmentDepartmentSikkim in #OpenAcess #EJBotany @thebotanics.bsky.social: bit.ly/4gop6os
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Two endemic species of the genus #Cyrtandra #Gesneriaceae from megadiverse #PapuaNewGuinea described as new to science by researchers from @rbgkew.bsky.social and #PapuaNewGuineaForestResearchInstitute in #OpenAccess #EJBotany @thebotanics.bsky.social : rbge.cc/4wVNxAD
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Scientists describe a new #Pterolepis #Melastomataceae from the Brazilian #Cerrado of #Bahia and #Tocantinsis in #OpenAcess #EJBotany @thebotanics.bsky.social : bit.ly/3RxBD0o
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A new endangered species of #Aeschynomene #Papilionoideae #Leguminosae #Fabaceae is published by Brazilian researchers in #OpenAcess #EJBotany @thebotanics.bsky.social : bit.ly/4yfdIDu
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A striking new species of #Entolomataceae from #Guyana described by researchers at #CaliforniaStatePolytechnicUniversity in #EJBotany #OpenAcess @thebotanics.bsky.social : bit.ly/4eTDwgI
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
New taxonomic contributions to #FloraOfNepal in #Plantaginaceae and #Scrophulariaceae published today by researchers from @thebotanics.bsky.social and Altai State University in #OpenAcess #EJBotany: bit.ly/4oAsAYI
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A paper containing vegetative keys to 16 genera and 46 species of woody climbers in the family #Apocynaceae from the #SanghaTrinational protected area #CentralAfrica is published today in #EJBotany #OpenAcess @thebotanics.bsky.social : bit.ly/4fDY4uK
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A paper on the fascinating species of #Rubiaceae with multiple fruits and on the systematic position of #Conjugatovarium published today by @brechtverstraete.bsky.social and @erobbrecht.bsky.social of @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social in #EJBotany #OpenAcess @thebotanics.bsky.social : bit.ly/4vMILol
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A new species of #Adenosciadium #Apiaceae from the foothills of the northern mountains of #Oman if formally described and assessed as vulnerable in the wild by @alfarsi_amina from #SultanQaboosUniversity in #EJBotany #OpenAcess @thebotanics.bsky.social : bit.ly/3SwnksZ
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Two new species in the enigmatic genus #Duparquetia #Leguminosae–Duparquetioideae described as new to science by Carel Jongkind @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social in #OpenAccess #EJB @thebotanics.bsky.social: bit.ly/43gUPBJ
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
A beautiful but endangered species of #Gentiana #Gentianaceae from #Sikkim described as new to science by Indian researchers #CalcuttaUniversity, #GuruNanakDevUniversity, #MansarovarGlobalUniversity #Forest&EnvironmentDeptartmentSikkim in #OpenAccess #EJB @thebotanics.bsky.social: bit.ly/49adcvL
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
A new species of wintergreen #Gaultheria endemic to #MindanaoIsland #Philippines published in #EJB #OpenAccess @thebotanics.bsky.social by researchers from #PhilippineTaxonomicInitiative; #CentralMindanaoUniversity, #NationalMuseumofthePhilippines #BotanicalResearchInstituteofTexas: rbge.cc/4wdTQ2s
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A critically endangered new species of #Begonia from #Palawan #Philippines is described in #EJB #OpenAcess @thebotanics.bsky.social by researchers from #PhilippineTaxonomicInitiative; #PalawanStateUniversity and #NorthEasternMindanaoStateUniversity: bit.ly/4qYSaqz
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
A beautiful new species of #Elaeocarpus #Elaeocarpaceae is described from #PulneyHills #India in #OpenAccess #EJBotany @thebotanics.bsky.social by researchers from #SavitribaiPhulePuneUniversity and #ThackerayWildlifeFoundation: bit.ly/4sIvwnL
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
A new species of #Henckelia #Gesneriaceae from #ArunachalPradesh published today by researchers from #ThackerayWildlifeFoundation in #OpenAccess #EJBotany @thebotanics.bsky.social : bit.ly/3YEg5yY
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
A nomenclatural checklist of #Putranjivaceae published in #EJBotany #OpenAcess by researchers from #RealJardínBotánicoCSIC, #UniversidadAutónomadeMadrid @thebotanics.bsky.social alanelliott@bsky.social #TEN #WorldFloraOnline: bit.ly/49CCeom
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
A synopsis of #Sarcotheca #Oxalidaceae #SouthEatAsia published today in #EJBotany #OpenAcess @thebotanics.bsky.social by researchers from @rbgkew.bsky.social and #FRIM #FloraPeninsularMalaysia #FloraSingapore now available: rbge.cc/3WBdAww
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Marking 125 years of #EJBotany #OpenAccess and its forerunner, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, we are delighted to announce that ALL content is now freely available at journals.rbge.org.uk/notes and journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
A species of #Heteropolygonatum #Asparagaceae from #Myanmar and western Yunnan #Gaoligongshan is described as new to science by botanists from @mobotgarden.bsky.social and @thebotanics.bsky.social in #EJBotany #OpenAcess: bit.ly/46IqSMs
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
A new paper by @petermoonlight.bsky.social published in #EJBotany #OpenAccess @thebotanics.bsky.social on the names in the genus #Begonia published in Vellozo’s #FloraFluminensis: rbge.cc/47Q6wmL
an image from the publication
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
A new paper by I.M. Turner published today in #EJBotany #OpenAccess @thebotanics.bsky.social includes 85 new typifications and nomenclatural clarifications from #G.E.Rumphius’s #HerbariumAmboinense posthumously published between 1741-1750: rbge.cc/47jg8Gh
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Global species richness patterns of #FilmyFerns #Hymenophyllaceae investigated in a new paper by researchers from #InstituteOfBotany,ChineseAcademyOfSciences and #ChinaNationalBotanicGarden,Beijing published in #OpenAccess #EJB @RBGEscience: rbge.cc/4jqhCl8
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
A new species of #Memecylon from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India published by researchers from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal and Thackeray Wildlife Foundation, Mumbai, India in #OpenAcess @thebotanics.bsky.social #EJBotany: rbge.cc/4iAylko
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
An obituary celebrating the life and research of Professor Mary Gibby, Ph.D., OBE, FLS, FRSE, PPBPS (1949-2024) by Professor Stephen Blackmore #RoyalBotanicGarden #Edinburgh and Professor Johannes Vogel #MuseumFürNaturkunde #Berlin published today #OpenAccess in #EJBotany: rbge.cc/4gsoNbc
Professor Gibby collecting Pelargonium multibracteatum from the Sumara Pass in Yemen, 4 February 2007. Photograph by Leigh Morris.
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
A beautiful new species of #Primula #Gesneriaceae from #Yunnan #China is described as new to science by researchers from #KunmingInstituteOfBotany and Academy of Biodiversity #SouthwestForestryUniversity in #OPenAccess #EJBotany @rbge_science: rbge.cc/3V9Bjnm
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Darren Crayn @dcrayn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A little starter pack for fans of biological systematics. I’d love to gather more people and organisations- if that’s you please let me know :) go.bsky.app/GCP9Um
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Two #ultramafic species of #Syzygium #Myrtaceae from the #Phillipines described as new to science by researchers from University of the Philippines Los Baños and Diliman #OpenAccess #EJBotany @RBGE_Science today: rbge.cc/3Vdaoa3
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A critically endangered #Pleurothallis #Orchidaceae from northwest Andes of #Ecuador is described as new to science by researchers from @UDLAInvestiga and Grupo Científico Calaway Dodson, Ecuador in #OpenAccess #EJBotany: rbge.cc/3UUO3xK
An image from the paper of a flower dissection
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