Today visiting dry forest in SW site of our partner at #Mangoky_Ihotry and take the opportunity to see this amazing #Adansonia grandidieri the one of the biggest #baobab I ever seen so far
Gigantic banyan fig shelters many species of birds and lemurs at #Tsimanampetsotsa National Park in SW #Madagascar, amazing roots system reaching 10 m down below the surface in the sink hole
Today we publish a new paper that sheds light on one of Darwin's "abominable mysteries" - the remarkable diversity of flowering plants, with a great international team of authors, lead by @spidersphylo@Carsten_Rahbek and @zwang2013@Macroecology
https://t.co/ZnRaD83JnQ
Recent #PlantScience accepted in New Phyt
Integrated phylogenomic analyses unveil reticulate evolution in Parthenocissus (Vitaceae), highlighting speciation dynamics in the Himalayan-Hengduan Mountains
Yu et al.
🌱https://t.co/4RzpmOGIzF
Fruits of Schizolaena involucrata (Fam. Sarcolaenaceae - endemic to #Madagascar) are dehiscent but released seeds caught by fleshy, sticky-fingered involucre that I suppose is eaten by lemrus that then disperse the seed.