Most people use the word “berry” loosely, assuming it means any small, sweet, juicy fruit. Botanists, though, have a much ...
Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and their partners reveal their pick of the top 10 plants and fungi named new to science in 2024. From marzipan-scented lianas to an entirely new genus ...
Why are there more plant species in some places than in others? Why is diversity highest in the tropics? What is the connection between biodiversity and environmental conditions? To help answer these ...
Scientists working inside Peru’s Alto Mayo Protected Forest have cataloged 27 species new to science, a tally that includes ...
Five botanical gardens in the United States dating to the early 1800s were high diversity horticultural microcosms representing nearly every continent, yet had few plants in common, according to Penn ...
Researchers have proposed that some wild plant species possess certain attributes which make them more suitable for human cultivation than others. Researchers at the University of Southampton have ...