International Journal of Plant Sciences

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THE PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF THE FOSSIL: POLYSTICHUM ESPINARENSIS SP. NOV., REVEALS ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH AN EXINDUSIATE ANDEAN CLADE

A Aliaga-Castillo, B León, D Sanín, C Martinez

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I'm excited to share that our article is now officially published! I hope this accessible review can be especially useful for professors introducing undergrads to plant systematics and all the monocot nerds out there 🧅🌷! @wile-phylote.bsky.social @tribblelab.bsky.social

IJPS cover in yellow with a cartoon phylogeny of the liliales and asparagales

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Primers in the Plant Sciences: Tracing the history of angiosperm systematics through Liliales and Asparagales

@astragaler.bsky.social, @wile-phylote.bsky.social, @tribblelab.bsky.social

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-Upload any portion of in-review manuscripts (including text, tables, figures, and supporting data or code) to generative AI tools
-Use generative AI tools to write or edit a peer review report

Any violation of this policy represents a breach of peer review ethics.

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For reference, this is @ijpsjournal.bsky.social's policy for reviewers:

The use of generative AI tools can compromise the confidentiality of the review process, as well as authors’ intellectual property rights. As such, reviewers may not do the following:

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Folks, this is a very clear violation of peer review ethics. Using AI compromises the confidentiality of the peer review process and has implications for the authors' copyright.

The journal 100% needs to be informed. This is a clear violation of peer review ethics. Hopefully the journal has a written policy.

I'm excited to work w/the @ijpsjournal.bsky.social editorial team!

Reasons to submit:
-great science & people
-not for profit & affordable
-celebrates undergrad pubs w/mock covers (3 examples)
-awesome bandanas (pic of my lab)
-Primers in the Plant Sciences www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/ijp...

Finally, a reminder that editorial work is important and can very professionally rewarding. So if the opportunity arises to take an editorial position at your favorite non-profit and/or society journal, consider stepping up. You may find that it is your jam. (6/6)

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And we have two new additions to announce: @jmheberling.bsky.social and @smwadgymar.bsky.social have signed up for 4-year terms on the @ijpsjournal.bsky.social board. We're excited to have them join our merry band of editors. (5/n)

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Chris Caruso has also signed on for another 4-year term as EIC. She says it is because she finds editorial work professionally rewarding, but the REAL reason is that it lets her continue to hang w/@ijpsjournal.bsky.social managing editor @journalwrangler.bsky.social (IYKYK). (4/n)

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At the same time, 4 editors have signed up for another 4-year term on the board, including @rorrodew.bsky.social, Steffi Ickert-Bond, @hsauquet.bsky.social, and Cassie Majetic. We're grateful for their dedication to @ijpsjournal.bsky.social and editorial work more generally. (3/n)

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First some departures. @flwrecoevo.bsky.social and Susan Mazer are leaving the @ijpsjournal.bsky.social editorial board after serving multiple terms. They will be missed but we wish them well. (2/n)

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Ir is the time of year to announce some comings and goings at @ijpsjournal.bsky.social. (1/n)

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From lianas to trees: The impact of habit transition on the evolution of wood and bark in the Malpighiaceae (Bunchosia clade)

@angelicaqc.bsky.social, Andre M. Amorim, Marcelo Rodrigo Pace

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Garcinia-like reproductive parts from the Early Eocene of India: Systematics, paleoecology, and biogeography

Ashif Ali, Rafael Felipe Almeida, Raman Patel, Rajendra Rana, Tao Su, Mahasin Khan

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Is hybridization an important consideration for ex situ conservation? A case study using white oaks at The Morton Arboretum

EK Schumacher, M Evans, A Hamilton, M Westwood, S Hoban

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On the cover: Transverse stem section of Heladena multiflora (Hook. & Arn.) Nied. (Malpighiaceae), the only species of the genus Heladena, a liana distributed from south-central Brazil to northern Argentina. The wood displays biphasic development, with differences between the self-supporting and climbing phases, diffuse porosity, vessel dimorphism, and bands of non-lignified axial parenchyma. Axial parenchyma distribution is a key anatomical trait in Malpighiaceae and, within the Bunchosia clade, non-lignified parenchyma occurs only in Heladena and Henleophytum, sister genera. This tissue has been linked to flexibility, storage, wound repair, and meristematic potential in lianas, highlighting functional diversification of stem structure in climbing plants (Quintanar Castillo et al., in this issue, pp. XX–XX). Photo by Angélica Quintanar-Castillo, October 2023.

Sneak peek of the March 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social cover, featuring work by @angelicaqc.bsky.social:

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Biogeographic inference of plastid genome evolution in Cephalanthera reveals multiple independent transitions to mycoheterotrophy, with a focus on the phantom orchid (C. austiniae)

Craig Barrett, D. Fred Disbrow

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Nectar yeast scent additions fail to impact overall bouquet composition and bumble bee visitation in a montane herb

N Dabagia, V Martin, D Souto-Vilaros, RN Schaeffer, RE Irwin

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In the January 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social

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EXTINCT FAGACEAE FROM THE PALEOCENE OF WYOMING: CUPULATE NUTS OF HEXAGONOKARYON GEN. NOV.

SR Manchester, J Correa-Narvaez, K Krinsky, WS Judd, BH Tiffney

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In the January 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social

Spatiotemporal variation in selection on floral traits related to abortion rate, predispersal seed predation, and fitness variance

@evoecoamy.bsky.social, Monica A Geber

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The evolutionary potential of plasticity in cleistogamy: exploring temperature-induced variations in flower cleistogamy across soybean (Glycine max L.) cultivars

@marinastrelin.bsky.social et al

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In the January 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social

Plant volatile and non-volatile chemicals defend against seed predators using different strategies in an alpine plant-seed predator network

Hua Wang et al

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High water requirement controls germination phenology in Miconia rubiginosa (Melastomataceae), a late-rainy-season fruiting species from tropical seasonal ecosystems

Diego Fernando Escobar et al

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All land plants have life cycles that alternate back and forth between haploid (1n) gameto-phyte and diploid (2n) sporophyte phases. The January cover features representatives of the major land plantlineages with a diagram of the life cycle (top), illustrations of the gametophyte phase (middle), and details ofthe gametangia (bottom). In bryophyte lineages, such as mosses, the life cycle is gametophyte dominant; ingymnosperms and angiosperms the life cycle is sporophyte dominant; in homosporous ferns and lycophytes,the life cycle is codominant between phases. The relative dominance of the gametophyte (haploid) phase isa key feature that characterizes the major land plant lineages and is mirrored by the complexity of the gam-etangia. This issue’s Coulter Review (see Sorojsrisom et al., pp. 1–70) discusses the evolution and develop-ment of the land plant gametangia, places them into a shared framework, and highlights future directions forintegrating a wealth of ontology descriptions from two centuries of botanical research with emerging -omicstechniques to understand the molecular basis of gametangia patterning and how these developmental pro-grams have changed throughout the evolution of land plants

January 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social featured cover article

Coulter Review: Coulter Review: Patterning and Evolution of the Land Plant Gametangia

Elissa Suphapun Sorojsrisom, Dennis Wm Stevenson, Barbara A Ambrose

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All land plants have life cycles that alternate back and forth between haploid (1n) gameto-phyte and diploid (2n) sporophyte phases. The January cover features representatives of the major land plantlineages with a diagram of the life cycle (top), illustrations of the gametophyte phase (middle), and details ofthe gametangia (bottom). In bryophyte lineages, such as mosses, the life cycle is gametophyte dominant; ingymnosperms and angiosperms the life cycle is sporophyte dominant; in homosporous ferns and lycophytes,the life cycle is codominant between phases. The relative dominance of the gametophyte (haploid) phase isa key feature that characterizes the major land plant lineages and is mirrored by the complexity of the gam-etangia. This issue’s Coulter Review (see Sorojsrisom et al., pp. 1–70) discusses the evolution and develop-ment of the land plant gametangia, places them into a shared framework, and highlights future directions forintegrating a wealth of ontology descriptions from two centuries of botanical research with emerging -omicstechniques to understand the molecular basis of gametangia patterning and how these developmental pro-grams have changed throughout the evolution of land plants.

The January 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social is out:

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International Journal of Plant Sciences

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Ploidy does not affect responses to increased soil nutrients and salinity in a perennial geophyte

Masingitla P. Mtileni, Kenneth C. Oberlander, Kelsey L. Glennon

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