Arjun Adit

Asst. Professor | Dr. Harisingh Gour University | Pollination Ecology | Plant Systematics | Functional Ecology | Trait Evolution | Eco-Evo-Devo

[Arjun Adit @AditArjun]

Checkout our new research paper !

#Beetles chew the fleshy yellow tips of an #orchid's petals and #pollinate its flowers, representing a novel case of pollen-seeking beetles being deceived through anther #mimicry

https://t.co/MYNCPvRemf

@wileyplantsci
@DoctorGour
@DHSGUSagar

[Arjun Adit @AditArjun]

Extremely happy that this was the first lecture of conference day 3, which coincides with Women's day.

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Wonderful keynote lecture by @vinita_gowda on Systematics and ecology of Zingeberaceae at ICASB 2025, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University). Lovely to see keen students interacting with her before and after the lecture.
@DoctorGour
@DHSGUSagar

[Arjun Adit @AditArjun]

Check out our recently published #review on #Pollination research in #India: Current status, future vision and conservation implications.

@ImVineetSingh @DHSGUSagar @DoctorGour @moefcc

https://t.co/e6vwVaMUfU

[Arjun Adit @AditArjun]

Happy to inform that I've joined the Department of #Botany, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), India as #AssistantProfessor

Will continue research on #PollinationEcology #EvolutionaryEcology #PlantSystematics

@DHSGUSagar
@DoctorGour
@EduMinOfIndia

[Phytotaxa updates @Phytotaxa]

Taxonomy of Coelogyne section Fuliginosae (#Orchidaceae): #newspecies, notes, resurrections and typifications
https://t.co/uacz6SOx4b
#Taxonomy

[Arjun Adit @AditArjun]

Taxonomy of vexed #Coelogyne section Fuliginosae
#Orchidaceae
Highlights:
1 new sp.: C. tripurensis
3 ressurections: C. fuliginosa, C. leungiana, C. pallens
3 lectotypifications: C. chrysotropis, C. ovalis, C. pallens
1 neotypification: C. fuliginosa
https://t.co/WihX2hcwQK

[Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo]

Want to do a PhD on why buzz pollination evolves? I will be recruiting a PhD student this Autumn (4 years, fully funded). The official ad will come at the end of summer. if you are interested in the studentship please email me so I can send you the full ad when available.

[Lars Chittka @LChittka]

See below for instructions on how to win a free copy of The Mind of a Bee. Slight change: I will be happy to ship globally - it might just take a little longer!

[Arjun Adit @AditArjun]

@apimondia @LChittka @ImVineetSingh

[Arjun Adit @AditArjun]

New paper🚨

A Shift between #bee and #wasp pollinators explains #floral divergence in the Duvernoia clade of #Justicia

https://t.co/EsIwgmVbgb

#Acanthaceae #Pollinator mediated selection #trait evolution

@BotJLinnSoc @LinneanSociety @OUPAcademic @OxfordJournals @poll_papers

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Original forests vs current forests

[🎞️ globaia]

[Klaus Lunau @KlausLunau]

The cover of the Plant Biology issue containing our review about pollen and stamen mimicry might invite pollination biologists to learn about the most speciose mimicry system of the world: doi:10.1111/plb.13628

[Lars Chittka @LChittka]

🚨PhD position available in insect cognition in my lab via the CSC scheme - Chinese applicants only. Friends with Chinese contacts - please circulate - thank you! Deadline January 31 https://t.co/Qotl69EhKu

[Arjun Adit @AditArjun]

Wondering about #Floral nectaries? Listen to @banishaphukela speaking in @SOLseminars about #Evolution of floral nectaries in #Solanaceae.

https://t.co/ehylfsWrZW

[Arjun Adit @AditArjun]

@CaspervdKooi Just did !
All the best 👍

[Prof. Jeff Ollerton - @[email protected] @JeffOllerton]

The 12th International Symposium on Pollination #ISPXII takes place in South Africa this October and the programme looks amazing!

#pollinators #bees #botany #biodiversity

https://t.co/omsicpFV5E

[Arjun Adit @AditArjun]

Late update: Two papers with Fabaceae collaborators finally came out in July, (i) floral ontogeny of one Biancaea decapetala and Albizia julibrissin, and (ii) DNA barcoding of Asian Caragana.
Check out the links below.
https://t.co/jNBK3UV8DV
https://t.co/8uh6myQUHO

[Casper van der Kooi @CaspervdKooi]

NEW PAPER! Synthesis about honest signalling in plant-pollinator interactions, in @iScience_CP w/ @SpaetheLab. #pollination #colsci in a @AvHStiftung funded project
https://t.co/ro8jHpN1LJ

[Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo]

We are seeking applicants for a 2-3 year competitive postdoctoral fellowship at Uppsala University. Check the call and please get in touch with me if you are interested in applying to my lab. https://t.co/rykL9p6Ktd @PlantEcoEvo_UU