@alanelliott.bsky.social
Biodiversity Conservation Network Manager.
World Flora Online & Global Conservation Consortium Rhododendron.
Frae Angus.
All things #Himalayan.
World Flora Online & Global Conservation Consortium Rhododendron.
Frae Angus.
All things #Himalayan.
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Did you hear the big news from our friends at Botanic Gardens Conservation International? BGCI launched new updates to PlantSearch that strengthen its role as the world’s most comprehensive resource on living plant collections. WFO will serve as the primary taxonomic reference! Swipe to learn more.
January 14, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Did you hear the big news from our friends at Botanic Gardens Conservation International? BGCI launched new updates to PlantSearch that strengthen its role as the world’s most comprehensive resource on living plant collections. WFO will serve as the primary taxonomic reference! Swipe to learn more.
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🚨New content alert🚨
WFO is always adding new data! Last month we added the following data:
🌺 Plants of Nepal
🌸 Flora Helvetica
🇫🇷 French descriptions
🇩🇪 German descriptions
🌼 Flora of Central Africa
📈 Approximately 50% of the Parse GBIF data
Browse the latest data on worldfloraonline.org
WFO is always adding new data! Last month we added the following data:
🌺 Plants of Nepal
🌸 Flora Helvetica
🇫🇷 French descriptions
🇩🇪 German descriptions
🌼 Flora of Central Africa
📈 Approximately 50% of the Parse GBIF data
Browse the latest data on worldfloraonline.org
January 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
🚨New content alert🚨
WFO is always adding new data! Last month we added the following data:
🌺 Plants of Nepal
🌸 Flora Helvetica
🇫🇷 French descriptions
🇩🇪 German descriptions
🌼 Flora of Central Africa
📈 Approximately 50% of the Parse GBIF data
Browse the latest data on worldfloraonline.org
WFO is always adding new data! Last month we added the following data:
🌺 Plants of Nepal
🌸 Flora Helvetica
🇫🇷 French descriptions
🇩🇪 German descriptions
🌼 Flora of Central Africa
📈 Approximately 50% of the Parse GBIF data
Browse the latest data on worldfloraonline.org
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As we start off the new year, WFO is excited to share our latest Plant List Update. The Plant List is updated twice a year in conjunction with the solstices. Watch to learn more about what's new since June.
January 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM
As we start off the new year, WFO is excited to share our latest Plant List Update. The Plant List is updated twice a year in conjunction with the solstices. Watch to learn more about what's new since June.
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Welcome to one of our newest TEN, Hydnoraceae!
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Welcome to one of our newest TEN, Hydnoraceae!
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Welcome to one of our newest TEN, Monimiaceae!
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Welcome to one of our newest TEN, Monimiaceae!
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Rhododendron Dashanbaoense (Ericaceae), a New Species from North-Eastern Yunnan, China
Zhang, Ye, Wang, Luo, Chen, Liu & Su
CURRENT SCIENCE
5(6),5472-5482
currentscience.info/index.php/cs...
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Zhang, Ye, Wang, Luo, Chen, Liu & Su
CURRENT SCIENCE
5(6),5472-5482
currentscience.info/index.php/cs...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Rhododendron Dashanbaoense (Ericaceae), a New Species from North-Eastern Yunnan, China
Zhang, Ye, Wang, Luo, Chen, Liu & Su
CURRENT SCIENCE
5(6),5472-5482
currentscience.info/index.php/cs...
🧪🪴🌱
Zhang, Ye, Wang, Luo, Chen, Liu & Su
CURRENT SCIENCE
5(6),5472-5482
currentscience.info/index.php/cs...
🧪🪴🌱
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Rhododendron coin!
From Nepal, 1972
From Nepal, 1972
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Rhododendron coin!
From Nepal, 1972
From Nepal, 1972
@worldfloraonline.bsky.social
Nomenclatura y taxonomía para la comunidad: La familia de angiospermas Putranjiváceas cuenta ya con un nuevo catálogo global
rjb.csic.es/nomenclatura...
Nomenclatura y taxonomía para la comunidad: La familia de angiospermas Putranjiváceas cuenta ya con un nuevo catálogo global
rjb.csic.es/nomenclatura...
Nomenclatura y taxonomía para la comunidad: La familia de angiospermas Putranjiváceas cuenta ya con un nuevo catálogo global – Real Jardín Botánico CSIC
El estudio, que supone un hito taxonómico en el orden Malpighiales, ha sido realizado por un equipo internacional en el que han participado un investigador del Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC y una investigadora de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid y facilitará el trabajo para futuras investigaciones en esta familia
rjb.csic.es
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@worldfloraonline.bsky.social
Nomenclatura y taxonomía para la comunidad: La familia de angiospermas Putranjiváceas cuenta ya con un nuevo catálogo global
rjb.csic.es/nomenclatura...
Nomenclatura y taxonomía para la comunidad: La familia de angiospermas Putranjiváceas cuenta ya con un nuevo catálogo global
rjb.csic.es/nomenclatura...
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Rhododendron campanulatum dominance increased progressively with altitude gain
Leaf traits showed strong negative correlations with rising altitude
Shrubby growth of R. campanulatum aids survival in cold environments
Morphological changes suggest adaptation to harsh alpine conditions
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Leaf traits showed strong negative correlations with rising altitude
Shrubby growth of R. campanulatum aids survival in cold environments
Morphological changes suggest adaptation to harsh alpine conditions
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Adaptive strategies of Rhododendron campanulatum and Rhododendron anthopogon subsp. hypenanthum in the alpine ecosystem of Central Himalaya, India
Rhododendron campanulatum and Rhododendron anthopogon subsp. hypenanthum are significant species of the alpine ecosystem of the Central Himalaya, Indi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Rhododendron campanulatum dominance increased progressively with altitude gain
Leaf traits showed strong negative correlations with rising altitude
Shrubby growth of R. campanulatum aids survival in cold environments
Morphological changes suggest adaptation to harsh alpine conditions
🧪🍁🌏🌐🌿🌱🪴
Leaf traits showed strong negative correlations with rising altitude
Shrubby growth of R. campanulatum aids survival in cold environments
Morphological changes suggest adaptation to harsh alpine conditions
🧪🍁🌏🌐🌿🌱🪴
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Marking 125 years of #EJBotany #OpenAccess and its forerunner, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, we are delighted to announce that ALL content is now freely available at journals.rbge.org.uk/notes and journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb
October 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Marking 125 years of #EJBotany #OpenAccess and its forerunner, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, we are delighted to announce that ALL content is now freely available at journals.rbge.org.uk/notes and journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb
Scaffolding for Scientific Knowledge – the Nomenclatural Checklist
stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/40823
stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/40823
Scaffolding for Scientific Knowledge - the Nomenclatural Checklist
A checklist of the plant family Putranjivaceae has just been published in the Edinburgh Journal of Botany (Quintanar et al. 2025). It’s a list of all the species accepted in the family. But it is more...
stories.rbge.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Scaffolding for Scientific Knowledge – the Nomenclatural Checklist
stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/40823
stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/40823
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Excited to share my first PhD paper which was based on my fieldwork at @thebotanics.bsky.social and just published on @geoopenaccess.bsky.social yesterday! 🌺
PhD work by @mingcan-rong.bsky.social on the colonial legacy of cultivating scientific authority through the lens of Rhododendron @thebotanics.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
Cultivating Scientific Authority: A Vegetal Geography of Chinese Rhododendrons at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The paper presents a vegetal geography of Chinese rhododendrons at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), examining the mechanisms through which RBGE's scientific authority is established in the ....
doi.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Excited to share my first PhD paper which was based on my fieldwork at @thebotanics.bsky.social and just published on @geoopenaccess.bsky.social yesterday! 🌺
PhD work by @mingcan-rong.bsky.social on the colonial legacy of cultivating scientific authority through the lens of Rhododendron @thebotanics.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
Cultivating Scientific Authority: A Vegetal Geography of Chinese Rhododendrons at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The paper presents a vegetal geography of Chinese rhododendrons at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), examining the mechanisms through which RBGE's scientific authority is established in the ....
doi.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
PhD work by @mingcan-rong.bsky.social on the colonial legacy of cultivating scientific authority through the lens of Rhododendron @thebotanics.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
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🚨Extended deadline for our plant identification tool survey!🚨
World Flora Online is planning plant identification features that could be incorporated into the WFO platform and we want to hear from you to guide our priorities. 🧵
World Flora Online is planning plant identification features that could be incorporated into the WFO platform and we want to hear from you to guide our priorities. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🚨Extended deadline for our plant identification tool survey!🚨
World Flora Online is planning plant identification features that could be incorporated into the WFO platform and we want to hear from you to guide our priorities. 🧵
World Flora Online is planning plant identification features that could be incorporated into the WFO platform and we want to hear from you to guide our priorities. 🧵
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As the world faces a biodiversity crisis, precise knowledge about specific species is more important than ever.
World Flora Online’s Taxonomic Expert Networks, or TENs, are collaborations of taxonomic experts who work together to agree upon a consensus classification for their plant groups.
World Flora Online’s Taxonomic Expert Networks, or TENs, are collaborations of taxonomic experts who work together to agree upon a consensus classification for their plant groups.
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
As the world faces a biodiversity crisis, precise knowledge about specific species is more important than ever.
World Flora Online’s Taxonomic Expert Networks, or TENs, are collaborations of taxonomic experts who work together to agree upon a consensus classification for their plant groups.
World Flora Online’s Taxonomic Expert Networks, or TENs, are collaborations of taxonomic experts who work together to agree upon a consensus classification for their plant groups.
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Happy Halloween from WFO! You may have heard of the ghost orchid, but did you know there is also a phantom orchid, hairy shadow witch orchid, and even a whole genus of dracula orchids? If you did, or know someone who knows all of this and much more about orchids, send them our way!
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Happy Halloween from WFO! You may have heard of the ghost orchid, but did you know there is also a phantom orchid, hairy shadow witch orchid, and even a whole genus of dracula orchids? If you did, or know someone who knows all of this and much more about orchids, send them our way!
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Welcome to our newest member, Real Jardín Botánico!
📷 by Antonello Dellanotte
📷 by Antonello Dellanotte
October 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Welcome to our newest member, Real Jardín Botánico!
📷 by Antonello Dellanotte
📷 by Antonello Dellanotte
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Welcome to our newest member, Info Flora, the national data and information center on the Swiss flora. To date, 55 botanic gardens and botanical institutes are represented on the World Flora Online Council.
October 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Welcome to our newest member, Info Flora, the national data and information center on the Swiss flora. To date, 55 botanic gardens and botanical institutes are represented on the World Flora Online Council.
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Welcome to our newest member, Jardin Botanico La Laguna!
To date, 55 botanic gardens and botanical institutes are represented on the World Flora Online Council.
To date, 55 botanic gardens and botanical institutes are represented on the World Flora Online Council.
October 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Welcome to our newest member, Jardin Botanico La Laguna!
To date, 55 botanic gardens and botanical institutes are represented on the World Flora Online Council.
To date, 55 botanic gardens and botanical institutes are represented on the World Flora Online Council.
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World Flora Online is planning plant identification features that could be incorporated into the WFO platform and we want to hear from you to guide our priorities. We invite you to tell us what you need from future WFO ID tools in a 10‑minute survey.
October 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
World Flora Online is planning plant identification features that could be incorporated into the WFO platform and we want to hear from you to guide our priorities. We invite you to tell us what you need from future WFO ID tools in a 10‑minute survey.
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Happy World Coffee Day! WFO is looking for a coffee expert, and we don’t mean your local barista.
We want to form a Taxonomic Expert Network (TEN) for Rubiaceae, the coffee and quinine family. Swipe through to learn more about TENS, and send your favorite rubiaceae experts our way!
We want to form a Taxonomic Expert Network (TEN) for Rubiaceae, the coffee and quinine family. Swipe through to learn more about TENS, and send your favorite rubiaceae experts our way!
October 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy World Coffee Day! WFO is looking for a coffee expert, and we don’t mean your local barista.
We want to form a Taxonomic Expert Network (TEN) for Rubiaceae, the coffee and quinine family. Swipe through to learn more about TENS, and send your favorite rubiaceae experts our way!
We want to form a Taxonomic Expert Network (TEN) for Rubiaceae, the coffee and quinine family. Swipe through to learn more about TENS, and send your favorite rubiaceae experts our way!
Call for papers on #Rhododendron living collections for a special issue of Sibbadia the journal of botanical horticulture. More info at the end of the link.
journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib/anno...
journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib/anno...
August 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Call for papers on #Rhododendron living collections for a special issue of Sibbadia the journal of botanical horticulture. More info at the end of the link.
journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib/anno...
journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib/anno...
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With Love. From an Invader. – Rhododendrons, Empire, China and Me
An intensive field study. Every other day for a year, Yan Wang Preston (CN/GB) went to a particular love-heart-shaped Rhododendron ponticum bush and photographed it.
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#nativeplants
#invasiveplants
#Rhododendronponticum
An intensive field study. Every other day for a year, Yan Wang Preston (CN/GB) went to a particular love-heart-shaped Rhododendron ponticum bush and photographed it.
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1/10
#nativeplants
#invasiveplants
#Rhododendronponticum
With Love. From an Invader. – Rhododendrons, Empire, China and Me - The Eriskay Connection
An intensive field study on a Rhododendron ponticum bush provides insight into our view of native and non-native on an ecological and political level.
www.eriskayconnection.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
With Love. From an Invader. – Rhododendrons, Empire, China and Me
An intensive field study. Every other day for a year, Yan Wang Preston (CN/GB) went to a particular love-heart-shaped Rhododendron ponticum bush and photographed it.
🧵
1/10
#nativeplants
#invasiveplants
#Rhododendronponticum
An intensive field study. Every other day for a year, Yan Wang Preston (CN/GB) went to a particular love-heart-shaped Rhododendron ponticum bush and photographed it.
🧵
1/10
#nativeplants
#invasiveplants
#Rhododendronponticum
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The June solstice has passed, which means we have a fresh update for our WFO Plant List! The big news since December is we now have more than 200 named co-authors on the WFO Plant List. Watch to see what else is new and visit worldfloraonline.org to browse the Plant List.
June 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The June solstice has passed, which means we have a fresh update for our WFO Plant List! The big news since December is we now have more than 200 named co-authors on the WFO Plant List. Watch to see what else is new and visit worldfloraonline.org to browse the Plant List.
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Welcome to one of our newest TENs, Asparagaceae subfam. Scilloideae! This new TEN will focus on the Asparagaceae subfamily Scilloideae, which includes spring species like hyacinths and bluebells, could include as many as 70 genera and 1,000 species. It is being led by Mario Martínez Azorín at @ua.es
April 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Welcome to one of our newest TENs, Asparagaceae subfam. Scilloideae! This new TEN will focus on the Asparagaceae subfamily Scilloideae, which includes spring species like hyacinths and bluebells, could include as many as 70 genera and 1,000 species. It is being led by Mario Martínez Azorín at @ua.es