Luo Chen

PhD student working on the systematics of Melastomes @botmuc

[Luo Chen @Luo_Chen2]

@Jungle_KL 没错，几年前去西山的时候拍的，当时也是冬天，记得还看到了红花龙胆和一个铁线莲

[Agnes Dellinger @the_kunsze]

New paper out from my postdoc days with @iochromaland showing how Andean colonization during the mid-Miocene and subsequent rapid climatic #niche evolution, but not #pollinator shifts, increased diversification in the #Melastomataceae tribe Merianieae, https://t.co/0CLipPgRRz

[Luo Chen @Luo_Chen2]

Overlooked this post while in the field, but excited to share this now: Myrianthemum mirabile, once classified under #Medinilla, has been rightfully placed in its unique monotypic genus within #Melastomataceae, expanding the diversity of Dissochaeteae to Africa!

[Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society @BotJLinnSoc]

Combining #Angiosperms353 and #Sanger data supports the reinstatement of the monospecific #genus Myrianthemum, expanding the SE Asian tribe #Dissochaeteae! Find out more below 👇
https://t.co/ovcwmsKyRD
@LinneanSociety @OxfordJournals

[Luo Chen @Luo_Chen2]

@Scott_Zona I once saw this species in Majorca. It’s a little shrub growing in an oak forest. I had absolutely no idea to which family it belongs to when I first saw it…

[Jamie C. Tijerina @jamietijerina]

PhD student @UCBerkeley Gabriel Trujillo was killed while collecting plant samples 🌱 in Mexico. We need the Mexican government to fully investigate and get justice for Gabriel and his family, and for all researchers who are targeted while doing fieldwork. (1/2)

[Luo Chen @Luo_Chen2]

@LaBotaniste So cute. Wish I could spot this species next summer ;)

[Diego F. Morales-Briones @dfmoralesb]

At LMU-Munich we are looking for a PhD student to work on a herbarium-based phylogenomic project focusing on Astragalus 🌿 (the most species-rich genus of flowering plants!). Please RT! @researchbavaria @Botanical_ @PlantSciDBG_en

[Luo Chen @Luo_Chen2]

@TrisNorton @BSBIbotany Verbascum?

[Fabián A. Michelangeli @pedoconnective]

After a two year process (and many more in gestation) a book that brings together most of our current knowledge on #melastomataceae
Thanks to Renato Goldenberg & Frank Almeda for their partnership on to our 70+ coauthors (can only tag 10...sorry)

https://t.co/EWSZRwFwwM

[Luo Chen @Luo_Chen2]

One of the highlights of yesterday’s hike - Ranunculus fluitans blooming in the river Würm.

[Luo Chen @Luo_Chen2]

Veronica filiformis from Andechs

[Luo Chen @Luo_Chen2]

Daphne mezereum

[Luo Chen @Luo_Chen2]

Spectacular Pulsatilla vulgaris from today’s hike.

[Luo Chen @Luo_Chen2]

@TrisNorton @BSBIbotany Nice pics! Are they from a macro lens?

[Luo Chen @Luo_Chen2]

@LaBotaniste Looks like Illicium

[Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society @BotJLinnSoc]

#Phylogenomics of #Tibouchina s.s. (#Melastomataceae) highlights the evolutionary complexity of Neotropical #savannas. Jantzen (@JohannaJantzen) et al.
#Neotropics #Biodiversity #CamposRupestres #Cerrado #Evolution
https://t.co/FUMmwOKvIT

[Grey Monroe @Grey_Monroe]

Mutations are NOT random.

Check out our discoveries published today in @Nature!
https://t.co/6kqW7RZmPc

Feeling super lucky to work with an amazing group of scientists on this unexpected and exciting line of research 🙏