Isabel Larridon

Phylogeny of Southeast Asian Mapania (Cyperaceae: Mapanioideae) using chloroplast sequence data Abstract. Mapania (Cyperaceae) is a pantropical genus associated with the forest understorey. Its evolutionary history and species delimitation are poorly

The pantropical genus Mapania is associated with forest understorey, yet its evolutionary history & species delimitation are poorly known. Here, DNA sequence data was used to change this, highlighting the need for further research to better protect this genus! 🌍 🧪 👇

YSF2025 Registration Form Welcome to the YSF2025 Registration and Abstract Submission form. This year the conference will be held online on Friday, November 14th 2025. We look forward to seeing old and new faces from across t...

The Young Systematists' Forum is nearly upon us!

If you are a student (or postdoc) working on phylogenetics, taxonomy or systematics, join us Nov 14th for this free and friendly online conference!

Abstract submission closes Saturday, October 25th at 11:59PM GMT+1

REGISTER: tinyurl.com/2w5n3e8

LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

New funded PhD opportunity at Kew Gardens/LSE: Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century. Closes 14/1/26: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions: 2025 Apply for funding to conduct research at participating cultural and heritage institutions.

Postdoc opportunity at Kew Gardens: AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions. Closes 10 Dec 25: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

Explaining extreme differences in species richness among co-occurring palm clades in Madagascar Abstract. Imbalance in species richness among related clades is a pervasive, yet incompletely understood feature of biodiversity. Comparison of species-poo

Why do some palm clades in Madagascar thrive while others stagnate? Why do some have 1 species, and others 180+? Turns out it's less about that Island Magic & more about inherited traits and timing (when is it not?)! 🌍🧪👇
doi.org/10.1093/evol...
@linneansociety.bsky.social

Vacancies | Working Here | What We Do

🌲🌲🌲 An exciting opportunity to work on #conifer #conservation research at RBGE @thebotanics.bsky.social: www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/job... #conservationjobs #botany #redlist #ICCP🌲🌲🌲

The Amazon Rainforest — vast, mysterious, and teeming with life — has long captured the imagination of explorers, scientists, and storytellers alike. Yet today, it stands at a crossroads, facing… The Spirit of the Rainforest

Did you miss Rosa Vásquez Espinoza's lecture about the #AmazonRainforest? You can catch it here! Join Rosa as she explores her own experiences navigating remote ecosystems, discovering biodiversity known to very few, and rekindling our innate sense of wonder.

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An exciting #postdoc opportunity working on a class in the #Solanaceae family based in Boulder, Colorado 🍅 🥔 🫑 jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
#sciencejob #botany #research #hortresearch #herbarium #collections

Museum Specialist (Natural Science), IS-1016-09 Job Opening: Museum Specialist (Natural Science), IS-1016-09 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

Why learn botany and plant identification?

Knowledge of botany, including experience with identifying specimens and accessing the advanced literature of plant systematics (which implies understanding of the terminology and language of the science).

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Team #GlobalTreeSeedBank representing at #AETFAT 2025 in Ghana! Well done team, a successful symposium on seed conservation across Africa hosted, and wishing you an interesting few final days!

🌿 Thousands of pressed plants
🧳 Centuries of global collecting
📜 Millions of herbarium records - digitised & ready to explore!

Our Data Portal is growing - come browse the collection: data.kew.org?utm_source=b...

💬 Already using the data? We’d love to hear from you! 📗🌾

Work Experience We offer unpaid work experience placements to people aged 15-18 who are interested in natural history, science education, or libraries and archives.

This year's #WorkExperience application window closes on July 30. Learn all about the work we do at the Linnean Society from every department: Collections, Operations and Engagement!

Follow the link below for more info and how to apply:

Phylogenomic analysis reveals five independently evolved African forage grass clades in the genus Urochloa AbstractBackground and Aims. The grass genus Urochloa (Brachiaria) sensu lato includes forage crops that are important for beef and dairy industries in tro

Interested in co designing a fully funded PhD project with ‪@vorontsovams.bsky.social‬ and me on Urochloa plant biodiversity, evolution, morphology and genomics? Please contact us. Building on exciting work on the forage grass by @LizoMasters academic.oup.com/aob/article/...

Invertebrate Conservation Coordinator - Full Time - Indianapolis, IN Do you have a passion for species conservation and the determination to work within a global network to promote invertebrate species conservation around the world? The Indianapolis Zoo Global Center f...

Love plants, conservation and the SSC? Come work with us! 🌺🌴🌵🌽🌲🌻

@protectspecies.bsky.social
is looking for a passionate Plant Conservation Coordinator to support the IUCN Species Survival Commission's plant Specialist Groups.

indianapoliszoo.applicantpro.com/jobs/3774489

Biogeography and diversification dynamics of the megadiverse plant genus Cyperus (Cyperaceae, Poales) AbstractBackground and Aims. Species richness varies across the clades of the tree of life and regions of the globe. To understand the nature of such asymm

New paper on: Biogeography and diversification dynamics of Cyperus academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...

The palms of New Guinea We’ve studied, mapped and illustrated all 250 species of New Guinea’s palms in a massive project spanning decades

🌴 Palms of New Guinea has won the 2025 Award of Excellence from the Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries! 🏆

A decades-long, global effort led by Kew’s William Baker: 250 species, 91 new to science - free to read 👇

👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...

Panoramic view of Madagascar’s Itremo Massif showing rolling hills, patchy forest cover, and a plume of smoke rising from the valley floor.

🌄 Ten years. 749 species. One extraordinary mountain range.

Our new checklist for Madagascar’s Itremo Massif reveals over 500 endemic plants - including 70 found nowhere else on Earth 🌍

#Conservation #Madagascar

Browse preserved plant specimen collections to travel through history, exploring millennia of botanical experience.

Herbaria may look like “plant mummies,” but they’re full of life and meaning. Join us this Thursday at 6pm to hear Maura Flannery share why they matter.

Book here: bit.ly/3RZDUhy

Ten years of discovery: A species conservation checklist in Madagascar's Central Highlands by @kewgardens.bsky.social and collaborators - read the story (doi.org/10.1007/s122...) & and scientific paper (doi.org/10.1007/s122...).

iDigBio is sponsoring a webinar at Duke University on Wednesday, May 6th at 12:00 CT entitled:

From Specimens to Stories: Defending Herbaria and Reconnecting Science with Society

This is in response to the plans to close the Duke Herbarium.

To register:
www.idigbio.org/content/spec...

⚠️📢 African botanists and conservationists 📢 ⚠️- the 23rd #AETFAT African Plants Congress takes place on 3-8 August 2025 in Accra, Ghana. Abstract submission is extended until 1st May. This is an unmissable event if you’re interested in the African flora!! aetfat.ug.edu.gh
@aetfat2025.bsky.social

Last chance to apply to join us as Kew Research Fellow in Accelerated Taxonomy careers.kew.org/vacancy/kew-...

Great training today by @pjimmej.bsky.social & @jimarcor.bsky.social on editing the Global Cyperaceae (sedge!) Database.

This will be an extremely useful resource, packed with photos and descriptions, built on a foundation of solid taxonomic expertise. I'm excited to get started!

cyperaceae.org

Congratulations!!

Society President appointed Chief Scientist at Defra Linnean Society President Professor Anjali Goswami has been appointed as Defra’s new Chief Scientist

Congratulations from all of us at the Society to our President, @evoswami.bsky.social, on being appointed Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs!

www.linnean.org/news/2025/04...

Trees of New Guinea:

- Guide to all 693 tree genera
- Fully illustrated with photos and line art
- PDF available here:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

1️⃣ 🌍 Fresh out in #Science! The Asian tropics are among the most biodiverse places on Earth, but where does all that diversity come from? 🤔🔍 We used 🌴 phylogenomics and 🦴 new fossils to unravel the roles of different regions in generating and distributing species! 🌱 #Evolution

Phylogenomics 1-5 December 2025

Registrations are now open for the #Phylogenomics course with this amazing team of instructors Paschalia, Tomas, @sabifo4.bsky.social and @zihengyang.bsky.social

www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

It's been busy in Madagascar on our 2025 Herbarium Techniques course!

Participants from the University of Antananarivo, Tsimbazaza Zoo & Botanical Gardens, and Kew Madagascar have gotten hands on with best practices for creating high-quality collections and effectively managing herbarium specimens!

Plant #evol/#phylo peeps, come join us at UNAM! tinyurl.com/27jwrzne