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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Pauridia pygmaea, of the Cape Region, is just a few cm tall & grows from a summer-dormant corm. The flowers are white & fragrant. Remarkably, as the fruits mature, the stalk bends & pushes the capsule onto the ground. 📷: Martine Robinson CCBYNC4 #Hypoxidaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Photo of a finger pointing to and nearly overshadowing a tiny plant with two white, star-shaped flowers. The two flowers together are smaller than the fingernail in the photo.

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🪻 Squills vs. Hyacinths – our new phylogenomic study of Hyacinthinae is out in TAXON! Angiosperms353 data provide a robust backbone for the group – and show why Scilla s.l. cannot be maintained as a monophyletic genus. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/tax.... #PlantSystematics #Phylogenomics #Taxonomy

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📢 We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate to join our new DFG-funded project on the evolution of Ribes (currants & gooseberries) at the University of Bonn! 🌱 Phylogenomics 🧬 Reference genomes & pangenomics 🌍 Historical biogeography 🏛️ Plant taxonomy Please share! tinyurl.com/Ribes-Phylo

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Research Associate / PhD Candidate

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Katy @katydiddance.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

San Diego botany

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Imagine you're shrunk down to amoeba size & could observe a tiny plant root under the soil. The first thing you might notice is that the root isn't all plant cells. Both inside & outside the root are symbiotic fungal cells (grey in photo) in close association, working together. (🔬:Eye of Science)

It looks like giant dried cells with visible cell walls in brown and yellow, with green phloem tissue, but the grey stuff, which looks all sort of wispy and tangled, are the fungal cells that are in partnership.

Endomycorrhiza in grass root, SEM
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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

A plant nearly 900 km offshore 🌊 #Cryptantha stylosa is endemic to Isla San Ambrosio, a tiny island far west of central #Chile. Long treated as a taxonomic outlier, it turns out to be a striking example of long-distance dispersal in #Boraginaceae. @phytokeys.pensoft.net doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

Composite figure showing the distribution and appearance of Cryptantha stylosa. Top left: satellite view of Isla San Ambrosio with marked observation sites. Top right: map showing the island’s position about 900 km west of the Chilean mainland. Bottom images: a low, woody shrub growing on rocky volcanic ground and a close-up of its silvery-green shoots with small white flowers.

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Ausstellung „BananaRama – Eine Forschungsreise zur #Banane“ Einblicke - von Labor bis Acker - in Biologie & Vielfalt - neue Sorten - bis #Landwirtschaft - etc. noch bis 21. Sept. @unibonn.bsky.social #Bonn www.botgart.uni-bonn.de/de/ihr-besuc...

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PhytoKeys @phytokeys.pensoft.net · 30/07/2025

A new white-flowered species of Gagea has been discovered in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

🌱 Just published! I am thrilled to see our Flora of Greece treatment for the genus #Muscari (Asparagaceae) online. Check it out: portal.cybertaxonomy.org/flora-greece... Also check out the other treatments available for your next trip to Greece! #Botany #Scilloideae #Taxonomy #FoG

Close-up of Muscari comosum in flower. The inflorescence shows a dense terminal tuft of sterile, vivid violet to bluish-purple flowers, contrasting with the lower, widely spaced, drooping fertile flowers that are pale brownish-yellow with darker tips. The background is a natural, grassy habitat with rocks.

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Cultivated wild beauty from Japan! 🇯🇵 #Cirsium purpuratum, native to forest edges and slopes in Japan, is thriving in full-sun, dry habitats at #Bonn Botanic Gardens 🌞🌿 Its striking flowers & tolerance suggest real potential as a garden plant in Europe. #botany #Asteraceae #UrbanEcology

Close view of a freshly opened flower head of C. purpuratum, revealing the bright magenta-pink florets and dark, hooked bracts.

Close-up of a mature Cirsium purpuratum flower head with deep reddish-purple involucral bracts and hooked spines, photographed in strong sunlight.

Whole plant of Cirsium purpuratum in cultivation, showing multiple nodding flower heads with dark purple bracts and large, lobed basal leaves.

Zoom on a single large leaf of C. purpuratum, showing its broad, spiny margin and longitudinal venation.

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

🌍 Help model biodiversity from genes to ecosystems! 🧬🌿 Prof. Cabral’s group @unibonn.bsky.social is hiring a scientific programmer (100%, permanent). Apply by 27.07.2025 → tinyurl.com/ecomod-bonn 📣 Spread the word! #EcoModeling #ComputationalEcology #BIOB #Botany #BiodiversityScience

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

🎓PhD student M. Pourghorban leads this new study tracing the evolutionary history of #Cynoglossum 🌍 Turns out: the genus originated in the Irano-Turanian region and spread westward A @humboldt-foundation.de funded 🇮🇷🇩🇪 collab, now out in Cladistics: 📄 doi.org/10.1111/cla.... #Boraginales #IranFlora

Twelve photographs showing the diversity of flowers and nutlets in Cynoglossinae.
Top row (a–d): Blue to red flowers of Cynoglossum amabile, C. creticum, C. dioscoridis, and Lindelofia stylosa.
Middle row (e–h): Red to pale flowers and fruiting structures of Paracaryum rugulosum, Rindera lanata, Solenanthus apenninus, and S. circinatus.
Bottom row (i–l): Diverse nutlet morphology in C. creticum, S. circinatus, Paracaryum cyclhymenium, and inflated calyces of R. lanata.
Photos highlight variation in corolla color, hairiness, fruit shape, and dispersal structures across the clade.

Time-calibrated phylogeny of Boraginaceae subtribes, including Microulinae, Amsinkininae, Bothriosperminae, and Cynoglossinae, with ancestral area reconstruction.
Color-coded circles at nodes represent inferred ancestral ranges across global biogeographic regions (e.g., Irano-Turanian, Mediterranean, East Asia).
The tree is divided into three major clades, with Clade III containing most Cynoglossum species.
Inset maps show reconstructed dispersal pathways from the Irano-Turanian region to Europe, Africa, and beyond. A color key explains regional codes (A–F), and global map at top right shows their geographic extent.

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

📜 This stunning 1774 illustration by Jacquin is now the lectotype of #Muscari tenuiflorum. We typified three iconic species—M. armeniacum, M. commutatum & M. tenuiflorum—laying groundwork for future revisions & #FloraOfGreece 🇬🇷. 📄 doi.org/10.1002/tax.... #Typification #BotanicalArt #Aparagaceae

Illustration of Muscari tenuiflorum from Jacquin’s Flora Austriaca (1774: t. 126), showing a bulbous plant with narrow leaves and an inflorescence bearing fertile flowers and a short tuft of sterile flowers at the apex.

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

The systematics of #Bellevalia remain a challenge—but step by step, we’re making progress! 🔬 Together with colleagues from Iran 🇮🇷, we revisited a puzzling species pair using morphology, fieldwork & molecular tools. 📄 doi.org/10.11646/phy... #Scilloideae #Asparagaceae #FloraOfIran

Four images of Bellevalia specimens.
A–B: B. shiraziana in rocky habitat in southern Iran, showing low rosettes with fruiting scapes.
C: Herbarium specimen of B. shiraziana (holotype).
D: Herbarium specimen of B. decolorans (holotype) showing bulb and scape.

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worldfloraonline.bsky.social @worldfloraonline.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The June solstice has passed, which means we have a fresh update for our WFO Plant List! The big news since December is we now have more than 200 named co-authors on the WFO Plant List. Watch to see what else is new and visit worldfloraonline.org to browse the Plant List.

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

So we now have two #PlantScience specific Clusters of Excellence in Germany... well done! 👍 #CEPLAS3 #GreenRobust @ceplas.bsky.social

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Check out this new #AJB essay by @thebeachcomber.bsky.social, @hsauquet.bsky.social & @willcornwell.bsky.social! #Citizenscience records are fuelling exciting discoveries of new plant species doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #iNaturalist #herbarium

A world map showing the locations of new plant species discovered through iNaturalist. Each species is represented by a photograph and text explaining the family and year of description.

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

🌺 #Echium wildpretii .. from 🌋Tenerife to #Bonn! Our garderns tested overwintering under climate change—most plants survived ❄️🌱 Now buzzing with pollinators 🐝 #BonnBotanicGardens #ClimateChange #Botany 📄 More on the evolution of #Boraginales in our new paper in Ann. Bot.: doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

A honey bee collects nectar from the densely packed pink flowers of Echium wildpretii. The tubular blossoms are arranged along a tall inflorescence covered in fine hairs, with greenhouses reflecting in the background.

A row of tall Echium wildpretii plants growing along a greenhouse wall at the Bonn Botanic Garden. The plants have silver-gray rosettes and striking pink flower spikes, all in full bloom under a sunny sky.

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

🌵 Happy #FloraFriday : "The Cactaceae" by Britton & Rose (1919-1923) is a early definitive on cactus taxonomy, featuring exquisite #SciArt by @nybg.bsky.social artist Mary Emily Eaton. Dive into this masterpiece on #BHLib via NYBG: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... #Botany 🧪

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I have no idea, yet, how to make use of the package, but the name itself dictates that I have to try it out. 😜

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

📢 New synonymy in Bellevalia! Morphology + molecular data = 🧬 one species, not two: B. shiraziana is now B. decolorans. Endemic, rare, and finally resolved. 🔗 doi.org/10.11646/phy... #PlantTaxonomy #IranFlora #Systematics

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Insights from morphological investigations and molecular phylogenetics reveal a new synonymy in Bellevalia (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae) in Iran | Phytotaxa

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Ever seen teal flowers? 🟢🟠 Puya alpestris ssp. zoellneri looks unreal—metallic blooms with orange stamens, bird-pollinated & found only in #Chile 🇨🇱. All six Chilean #Puya species are endemic & form a distinct clade in this ancient genus. #DesertPlants #AndesFlora #Bromeliads #botany 🐦🌺

Close-up of the flowering spike of Puya alpestris ssp. zoellneri, showing dense clusters of turquoise-green flowers with vivid orange stamens and unopened green buds arranged spirally.

Tall, upright inflorescence of Puya alpestris ssp. zoellneri rising above Chilean scrub vegetation, with its flowering head densely packed with turquoise blossoms; cactus and agave-like plants visible in the background.

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

The stunning Himalayan Mayapple (Sinopodophyllum hexandrum, #Berberidaceae) is blooming at #Bonn #BotanicGardens! 🌸 Its poisonous rhizomes have anticancer power 💊 but face threats from overharvesting. 🚨 Listed by #IUCNRedList (VU) & #CITES. #RarePlants #Conservation #MedicinalPlants

Close-up of the Himalayan Mayapple (Sinopodophyllum hexandrum) flower, highlighting its delicate white petals, bright yellow central stigma, and orange stamens surrounded by textured green leaves.

A single Himalayan Mayapple (Sinopodophyllum hexandrum) plant against a black background, showing a white flower with a yellow center above a whorl of broad, deeply lobed green leaves.

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Nolana reichei #Solanaceae is a coastal endemic from the southern #AtacamaDesert, #Chile. Like many Nolana spp., it has a fleshy taproot. No filter – colors range from yellow to blue, purple, and black! 🔎 #iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations... #Nolana #DesertPlants #Biodiversity #Botany

A small desert plant with a single, vibrant flower growing on sandy soil. The flower has a bright yellow center, a dark blackish ring, and vivid blue to purple petals. The leaves are small, green, and covered in fine hairs. The background shows dry, rocky soil with sparse vegetation.

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Spring just got more exciting! The #Scilloideae TEN is now part of the #WFO family, diving deep into the taxonomy of #bulbs. From #Hyacinthus to #Ornithogalum, we're unearthing the taxonomic secrets of these #geophytes. Join us on this botanical journey. ➡️ about.worldfloraonline.org/tens/asparag...

A collage of colorful flowering inflorescences from various genera within the plant subfamily Scilloideae (Asparagaceae), displayed against a black background. The image showcases the morphological diversity of the group, with blooms in shades of blue, purple, pink, yellow, and white. Floral forms range from compact racemes to loose spikes and dense spherical clusters, representing genera like Muscari, Scilla, Ornithogalum, and others commonly found in Mediterranean and African regions.

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TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Just look at those trichomes! A wonderfully hairy Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) on our lane. Originally from SW Europe, it’s spreading rapidly in many areas plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9... #BankholidayBlooms @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Two peonies are native to western N. America. Paeonia californica & P. brownii (📷: Jim Morefield CCBYSA2) comprise the section Onaepia [anagram!]. They have similar flowers (not very showy). Seeds are dispersed by scatter-hording rodents. #Paeoniaceae #peony #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Close-up photo of the nodding, greenish-brown flower with many stamens and large, free carpels.

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

One of five new species in our revision: #Austrocactus diamantinus 💎 Upright, short, club-shaped—and endemic to the Pampa del Diamante. Meet the local hero of #Mendoza ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/tax.... #NewSpecies #Patagonia #CactusLove #Taxonomy

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Peak Bluebell. Some Dorset woods are already at the zenith of their display but each location works to its own timetable. The Wild Garlic flowers are also really beginning to show in some copses. #dorset #botany #bluebells #wildfloerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

🌵 Our full taxonomic & phylogenomic revision of Austrocactus is out! 17 species (5 new!), 3 sections, 2 subgenera—and one prickly path through Patagonia. ddRADseq meets cactus chaos, published in #Taxon ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/tax.... #Cactaceae #Systematics #ddRADseq #Taxonomy #newspecies

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Sajad Alipour @sajadalipour98.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Alrawia bellii (Baker) Perss. & Wendelbo Asparagaceae Zagros, Iran April 2025 Elevation 1860m

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Hi Bluesky, the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest #OpenAccess digital library of biodiversity literature and archives. We're a global consortium of 660 contributors who've made 63 million pages of biodiversity knowledge freely accessible online. www.biodiversitylibrary.org

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

First comprehensive #phylogenomic study of #Boraginales. So excited to see this out at last. #UniBonn #morphology With @petermoonlight.bsky.social ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

🌵 Eulychnia acida #Cactaceae in bloom in the #Atacama #Desert, and a bee I caught visiting! 🕵️‍♀️Anyone out there with bee ID skills? Help welcome! 🌵 www.inaturalist.org/observations... 🐝 www.inaturalist.org/observations... #Cactus #Pollination #iNaturalist #BeeID

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Hervé Sauquet @hsauquet.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

New phylogenomic study of #Magnoliidae: so excited to see this out at last! doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Fantastic work! Congratulations!

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Check out this new #AJB commentary by Nicholas Turland! From the Shenzhen Code to the Madrid Code: New rules & recommendations for naming #algae, #fungi & plants doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience

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Alex Mackintosh @thymelicus.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

My and Derek Setter's work on gene flow is now published in the latest issue of Genetics. We show that it is possible to detect past gene flow between two populations by summarising the asymmetry in pop-specific external branch lengths. 1/2 tinyurl.com/5ff8ch9e

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Genealogical asymmetry under the isolation with migration model and a two-taxon test for gene flow

Abstract. Methods for detecting gene flow between populations often rely on asymmetry in the average length of particular genealogical branches, with the A

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

New genus, same old secrets. Flower of Prosa fruticosa, #Atacama endemic, visited by Centris buchholzi. Specialized pollination or generalist strategy in disguise? The desert keeps it mysterious. ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/tax.... 🐝 www.inaturalist.org/observations... #Loasaceae #Pollination #iNaturalist

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Tim Boeh @timboeh.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

🎉 Say hi to Prosa fruticosa! First #Angiosperms353 phylogeny of #Loasaceae + SEM cracked open Huidobria—turns out it’s two lineages in disguise. Morphology & molecules agree: it’s genus-splitting time. ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/tax.... #Phylogenomics #Taxonomy #PlantSystematics

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dactylioceras.bsky.social @dactylioceras.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

The role of fossils for reconstructing the evolution of plant development journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... Illustrations by Julianne Kiely

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