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🌸 A beautiful new orchid species, Ceratostylis wanrosdyi, has been discovered in the mossy montane forests of Cameron Highlands, Malaysia, recognised by its distinctive long peduncles and elegant oblong-lanceolate labellum. ➡️ Learn more here: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.279.206002

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🌾 A new grass species, Elymus chaobotryus, has been discovered on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, distinguished by its remarkable grape-like flowering spikes; its name honours the collector, Yongchao Zhang. Learn all about it: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.279.181697

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 29/09/2026

🌿 A new succulent plant species, Sedum hengshanense, has been discovered in central China and formally described, revealing a previously unknown member of the Sedum genus with distinctive papillate leaf margins and unique nectar scales: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.279.192928

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026

🔬 An examination of Brazilian grasses using advanced microscopy has confirmed three distinct Imperata species in the country. Learn more: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.279.207098

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026

🌿 A reassessment of plant specimens combined with genetic analysis has revealed that what was once considered a single species is actually three distinct species within the Rhamnella complex, each with clearly defined characteristics and geographic distributions: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.279.204054

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 25/09/2026

🌙 Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Meet Jasminum parceflorum, a stunning new species from Yunnan, China, just described in our journal. Like osmanthus, it belongs to the Oleaceae family but produces few flowers. 📖 doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 23/09/2026

🗺️ At #TDWG2026 we attended an excellent presentation by Sabine von Mering: "Here, There, and Everywhere: Modelling Research Expeditions in Wikidata". 🔗 Sabine is also an author in our journal: phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/1227... @tdwg.org

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 23/09/2026

📍 We're featured at @pensoft.net's booth at #TDWG2026, running this week in Oslo! 📚 Come and find out more about the scope of our journal and how we can support your research. @tdwg.org #BiodiversityData

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 21/09/2026

🎤 We were delighted to attend Quentin Groom's presentation at #TDWG2026 on reducing lag in biodiversity information systems. 👉 Groom is also an author in our journal. Access one of their recent articles on the enigmatic Lathyrus platyphyllos: bdj.pensoft.net/article/1416... @tdwg.org

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 21/09/2026

🎤 It was fantastic to attend the opening ceremony of #SMCC2026, where we heard from PhytoKeys author Lyuben Zagorchev and @zookeys.pensoft.net subject editor Boyko Georgiev, both members of the @pensoft.net community. #SmallMammalConservation @habitatfoundation.bsky.social

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 21/09/2026

🎉 We were delighted to attend the opening talk of one of our long-time editors, Hugo de Boer, this morning at #TDWG2026. 🔍 Stay tuned for further updates! @tdwg.org

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 17/09/2026

🌴 A new palm species, Lanonia nhatii, has been described from Lao Cai, Vietnam. A new record of the related Lanonia yangchunensis in Guangxi, China, has also been confirmed in the following study: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.279.207204

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 17/09/2026

🌸 Four magnolia species, treated as synonyms of Michelia lacei since 1993, have been restored as distinct species and formally transferred into the genus Magnolia: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.279.194847

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 14/09/2026

🌿 Salvia has long posed a taxonomic challenge in Japan, with its 12 species proving difficult to tell apart. Therefore, attention was recently turned to an overlooked source: the seeds. ➡️ Learn more about this fresh way to distinguish Japan's Salvia species: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.279.199134

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 11/09/2026

Hydrangea medogensis is a new #plant species in the #hydrangea family that has been described based on herbarium specimens and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 11/09/2026

Meet Staurogyne konchurangensis, new #plant species from the acanthus family, described and illustrated from Vietnam: doi.org/10.3897/phyt... #newspecies #botany

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 10/09/2026

Type-specimen comparison and phylogenomic analysis (plastomes & Angiosperms353) show Lappula betpakdalensis and L. lasiocarpa to be distinct species, not synonyms as treated in #Flora of China. Learn more about the differences between the species here: doi.org/10.3897/phyt... #plants

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 08/09/2026

🎉 We were delighted to welcome Lukas Petrulaitis to @pensoft.net's booth at #NeoBiota2026! 👉 Lukas is an author in our journal! You can read their paper on Asclepias speciosa in Europe in our journal: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 08/09/2026

🌱 Our team has touched down in Brussels for #NeoBiota2026 - the 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions! Here through 11 Sept. 🤝Come chat with our team about @pensoft.net's publishing portfolio - journals, books & conference services. We'd love to connect

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 08/09/2026

🌿 A new plant species, Vincetoxicum phucanhense, has been described from Vietnam, bringing the total number of Vincetoxicum species recorded in the country to fourteen: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.279.203612

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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 03/09/2026

📍 We recently attended the 4th BioSyst.EU meeting in Uppsala, Sweden, held in the very city where taxonomy was born! ➡️ Read the full recap on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/09/03/p... #BioSyst2026

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Pensoft at the 4th BioSyst.EU Meeting 2026 | Blog

The 4th BioSyst.EU meeting took place in Uppsala, Sweden, from 17 to 19 August 2026, organised by the Swedish Systematics Association, in collaboration with Uppsala University.

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 02/09/2026

👹 A new species of fairy lantern plant, Thismia daemona, has been described from Thailand, named for its devil-like blackish flowers with horn-like appendages! ➡️ Study: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.202868 🔗 @pensoft.net's blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/09/02/n...

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 01/09/2026

🌿 Two new plant species, Besleria purpureovenosa and Besleria roseocalyx, have been discovered during expeditions to Colombia's Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.279.199372

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Metabarcoding and Metagenomics @mbmg.pensoft.net · 01/09/2026

🧬The OPENBAR initiative (a @biogeneurope.bsky.social project) is launching two efforts to build a community #DNA #barcoding field guide: a 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 (𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝟏𝟓, 𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟔 𝐂𝐄𝐓) and a 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 on lab realities. Open to researchers across the field. Register for the online forum: mbmg.pensoft.net/news/1456

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Join BGE+ in developing a DNA barcoding field guide

DNA barcoding has reshaped biodiversity research, but it still doesn't come with a manual. Researchers are largely left to figure out best practices on their own, often the hard way. Now, the...

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 27/08/2026

🌿 A new lycophyte species, Didiclis pseudobisulcata, has been described from northern Thailand and southwest China: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.204624

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 27/08/2026

Phylogenetic study of #grass subtribe Eleusininae reshapes the genus Disakisperma: using 8 plastid markers + ITS, researchers resurrect the genus Cypholepis for three species and narrow Disakisperma down to a single (monotypic) species. Full #openaccess study: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

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A phylogeny of Disakisperma and resurrection of Cypholepis (Poaceae, Chloridoideae, Cynodonteae, Eleusininae)

The classification of Disakisperma is reevaluated with the study of molecular DNA sequences and morphological characters. We present a phylogeny of four species of Disakisperma utilizing eight plastid...

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 26/08/2026

🌸 A new #primrose species, Primula pingwuensis, has been discovered in Sichuan, China, characterised by its branching stems, thick leaves and downy surfaces. Learn all about it: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 25/08/2026

🌿 A new lycophyte species, Didiclis pseudobisulcata, has been discovered and described from northern Thailand and southwest China: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.204624

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 24/08/2026

🌿 Korea's orchid diversity has been found to be greater than previously thought, with a third species of the genus Epipactis, E. xanthophaea, now confirmed to grow on the peninsula after having been mistaken for a related species! 🔍 Full study: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.195337

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 21/08/2026

Check out this new #moss species Brachythecium wangianum, from northern China and southern Russia. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 20/08/2026

🌱 Callicarpa oligantha, long presumed extinct and known only from a single 1917 specimen, has been rediscovered at its original site in Guangdong Province, China. ➡️ Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.203604 #plant

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 19/08/2026

🌿 A new wild #banana subspecies, Musa acuminata subsp. kraburiensis, has been discovered on Thailand's Isthmus of Kra, alongside several previously unrecorded forms and subspecies: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.165557

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 19/08/2026

🤗Delighted to welcome Dr. Sandy Knapp, Editor-in-Chief of PhytoKeys, at @pensoft.net's booth at #BioSyst2026 in Uppsala! 🌿Her keynote "Taming the beasts: strategies for studying megadiversity" explored how to understand mega-diverse genera (>1,000 species) across the Tree of Life.

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 17/08/2026

🎉 We were delighted to welcome Jan Hackel to @pensoft.net's booth at #biosyst2026! 👉 Jan is an author in our journal! You can access their paper on the plant genus Erica here: phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/1413... @systassn.bsky.social

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 17/08/2026

📢 We're at the 4th BioSyst.EU Meeting in Uppsala, Sweden - #biosyst2026! 🤝 Stop by the @pensoft.net booth to learn more about our journal. @systassn.bsky.social

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 14/08/2026

🌸 A striking new primrose species, Primula exserta, has been described from Yunnan, China. Details of its distribution, comparisons with related species, and an initial conservation assessment have also been provided: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.202553

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 07/08/2026

🌿 A new tree species, Cinnamomum fasciculatum, has been discovered and described in Guangdong, China, and has been found to closely resemble a related species, though it is distinguished by its later flowering season and differently positioned flower clusters: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.199869

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 07/08/2026

🌿 A rare plant thought to be found only in the Ukrainian Carpathians, Galium transcarpaticum, has been genetically re-examined using DNA from decades-old herbarium specimens: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.201206

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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 07/08/2026

🔬 We were pleased to attend #IAL10, held last week in Trieste, Italy! ➡️ Check out the highlights from the symposium, our stand, and the talks that caught our eye by visiting our recent blog post: blog.pensoft.net/2026/08/07/p... #IAL2026 #IAL10Trieste #IALichenology

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 05/08/2026

🌍 The 41st SPNHC Annual Meeting is coming to the African continent for the first time! Join natural history professionals in Cape Town, South Africa, from 7 to 11 September 2026. ➡️ Check out our latest news announcement for further details: phytokeys.pensoft.net/news/1409 #SPNHC2026

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 04/08/2026

🌿 A striking new species of holly, Ilex decapetala, has been discovered in central Vietnam, notable for its rare pink flowers bearing up to eleven petals - a combination not seen in any other known member of the genus! Read more: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.197441

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 03/08/2026

🌼 A new species of milkvetch, Astragalus baimaensis, was discovered in the Baima Mountain region of Yunnan Province, China. It is characterised by its hairless leaves, pods and stems alongside its yellow flowers. Read more about it: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.191151

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 03/08/2026

🌿 New genetic tools have recently been developed to improve the understanding and protection of Huperzia serrata, a rare medicinal plant used to produce a powerful treatment for Alzheimer’s disease: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.274.180449

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 31/07/2026

🌱 Two new succulent species have been discovered in central Yunnan Province! They have been named Sinocrassula kunmingensis and S. chenggongensis after the areas where they were found. Learn more about them: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.190330

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