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[Vincent Merckx @VMerckx]

Plants go extinct, but sometimes species are rediscovered. This one after 151 years. https://t.co/fd5Rp21Nsj

[Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society @BotJLinnSoc]

Convergent evolution of high elevation plant growth forms ... in Andean Lupinus (Fabaceae), Contreras-Ortiz, Atchison, Hughes & Madriňán - available in Advance Access https://t.co/yPsHYFaf2b … (one of the papers in the upcoming special issue on legumes)

[Plant Gateway @PlantGateway]

'Would you burn the Mona Lisa if it was sent?': Our horror bureaucratic bungle https://t.co/5Y3v6LZj7S via @smh

[Miranda Luke @Miranda_j]

Fantastic ‘Meet The Experts’ tour by @PassifloraTree today on the carnivorous plants that we grow @kewgardens . The visitors absolutely loved it! #behindthescenes #carnivorousplants

[Michael McKain @mrmckain]

Happy #DarwinDay! #Istudyevolution in plants to understand the consequences of doubling (and then some) a genome. #Polyploidy is everywhere! I look at a lot of trees but not those kinds of trees.

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

“Conservation is not just about protecting species numbers but also protecting evolutionary diversity and processes,” said Pam Soltis about a new paper. Mapping China's flowering plant species revealed info about #conservation vs. biodiversity hotspots:
https://t.co/BoZWhDdgVs

[Narcis Yousefi @YousefiNarcis]

We now have the phylogeny of angiosperms poster in our herbarium (TRH)!! Next step: to learn it! @PlantGateway

[£. Π. @LucasPestana]

The phylogeny of angiosperms poster: a visual summary of APG IV family relationships and floral diversity https://t.co/7puYMkHANB @PlantGateway

[Plant Gateway @PlantGateway]

The phylogeny of angiospems poster

https://t.co/cXzofbwcwN

[Plant Gateway @PlantGateway]

The Global Flora, a new plant taxonomic serial, is launched. Checkout the first two volumes: https://t.co/G93Zbdsykz

[PhytoKeys @PhytoKeys]

We probably only currently know around 13% of Sulawesi’s real #Syzygium diversity https://t.co/wRXG2EAXrO Story by @mongabay @mikeg2001

[American Scientist @AmSciMag]

#Confessions of a herbarium-savvy field #biologist https://t.co/KdWTxcwPtn by @carolynmbeans

[PhytoKeys @PhytoKeys]

Cushioned in Andean #páramos: 2 new #pipewort species in a revision of the P.pilosus complex https://t.co/JaZ50NxRGR

[Chris Thorogood @thorogoodchris1]

Speedwells (Veronica spp.) have become weeds throughout much the Northern Hemisphere. Very closely related to Hebes.

[Plant Gateway @PlantGateway]

An ambitious project to document and describe one of the worlds most species rich genera https://t.co/yUUBLXWr20 #discoverplants #Myrtaceae

[Know Our Plants @KnowOurPlants]

State Herbarium of South Australia'a Plant of the Month: Apr. 2016. Choretrum glomeratum. https://t.co/Ov3BpdJ4dj

[Paul Egan @Paul_A_Egan]

Well done to James @PlantGateway (a BSc buddy!) as a lead-author of the next major #angiosperm phylogeny; #APGIV https://t.co/6L9dNXvfXz

[Hervé Sauquet 🌈 @hsauquet_bgsyd]

#discoverplants of the week: Degeneria vitiensis (Degeneriaceae), Colo-I-Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji #magnoliids

[JSTOR Global Plants @JSTORPlants]

Assessing levels of biodiversity using innovative applications of modern taxonomic methods https://t.co/MDMWapy1s2

[Plant Gateway @PlantGateway]

@Scott_Zona I know, hopefully only for a short period of time.... It will be open access soon