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International journal publishing novel and rigorous research in all areas of plant science, managed by the Annals of Botany Company, a not-for-profit educational charity.
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🆕 The new issue of Annals of Botany is now online!

🌱 How leaf-dwelling fungi can reshape soil chemistry
🌬️ Why some wind-pollinated plants evolved grass-like traits
🔥 How plants recover after fire, drought, and salinity
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The cover image shows the inflorescence of Gynandropsis gynandra (Cleomaceae; formerly Cleome gynandra), a leafy vegetable and medicinal plant widely cultivated in Africa. Commonly known as spider plant or spider flower, the species is characterized by its prominent, elongated floral structures. The accession shown here originates from Malawi in southeastern Africa.
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Tri-trophic consequences of plant-to-plant volatile signalling and its contingency on plant relatedness in wild cotton
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February 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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📅Submissions deadline: 31 May, 2026 (4/4)

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Call for Papers for Upcoming Special Issues
Submissions to open calls are made via our regular submissions site. When submitting, please choose the appropriate special issue title in the 'Special Section'
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February 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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🧬Confirmed contributions to the issue span the historical foundations of Gnetales research; development and gene expression of reproductive structures in Gnetum and Ephedra; pollen evolution (extant and fossil), neotropical diversity, and conservation under climate change. (3/4)
Welwitschia mirabilis. Credits: Stefanie Ickert-Bond
February 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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🌱 This Annals of Botany Focus Issue invites original research and critical reviews using Gnetales as a focal group to address fundamental questions in seed plant evolution and stimulate novel, interdisciplinary research on this enigmatic lineage. (2/4)
Ephedra distachya subsp. helvetica
February 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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📢🌿Annals of Botany invites submissions to the new focus issue "Gnetales - Controversies of Seed Plant Evolution", edited by guest editors Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond, Cecilia Zumajo-Cardona & Dimitry Sokoloff. (1/4)

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Promotional banner for an Annals of Botany Focus Issue titled “Gnetales: Controversies of Seed Plant Evolution,” featuring green-toned text alongside a close-up photograph of Welwitschia mirabilis reproductive structures. Guest editors are listed, with the Annals of Botany logo at the bottom. Image credit: Stefan Little
February 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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♻️🆓: Analyses of high spatial resolution datasets identify genes associated with multi-layered secondary cell wall thickening in Pinus bungeana
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February 10, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Geographically proximate rare species exhibit strong population divergence while maintaining intraspecific genetic diversity in Homoranthus (Myrtaceae)
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February 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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🎙️ Dmitry Sokoloff
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Dmitry Sokoloff: “Be Fascinated by Plant Diversity”
Botany One interviews Dr. Dmitry Sokoloff, a speaker at the “Evolutionary History of the Gnetales” symposium held during Botany...
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Multiple invasive plants show a lower trait plasticity in comparison to coexisting native plants under co-invasion scenarios
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February 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Integrating genomics and habitat surveys to uncover population structure and regeneration challenges in Adansonia suarezensis (Malvaceae)
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February 8, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Low red:far-red light ratios reduce the content of major sesquiterpenes in type VI trichomes of Solanum habrochaites and increase plant attractiveness to Tuta absoluta females
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February 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: From bats to bees: changes in flower anthesis and nectar traits drive a pollination ecotype in dwarf Caryocar brasiliense (Caryocaraceae)
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February 7, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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🎉🆕📰🎉: ‘Tayloring’ botanical education to student experience: an editor’s perspective on ‘Dance with plants: Taylor Swift’s music videos as advanced organizers for meaningful learning in Botany’
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February 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Don’t be so Crabby: Characterization and RNA Expression of the Crabs Claw Gene in Petiolar Nectaries of Passiflora Alata and Passiflora Cincinnata
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February 7, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Reappraisal of Pseudobornia ursina Nathorst: implications for the evolution and systematics of Palaeozoic sphenophytes
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February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Differential gene expression in wild and cultivated cacti reveals diverse metabolic pathways for stressful environments
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Combined effects of inflorescence developmental age and environmental conditions during microgametogenesis on pollen viability, germination and size in Musa acuminata ssp.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Geographic distance and landscape ruggedness shape genome-wide divergence and admixture in Leucostele cacti across the Atacama–central Chile biodiversity hotspot
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February 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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🎙️ Ramiro Aguilar
📝 “Plants Are the Most Incredible Organisms”

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Ramiro Aguilar: “Plants Are the Most Incredible Organisms”
Botany One interviews Dr. Ramiro Aguilar, who was sponsored by Annals of Botany to speak at ATBC 2025.
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🎉🆕📰🎉: Ecological niche differentiation mediates near complete premating reproductive isolation within the Gladiolus carneus (Iridaceae) species complex
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Disentangling a big genus: unwinding Ipomoeeae s.l. (Convolvulaceae) using an Angiosperms353-guided classical phylogenetic approach
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February 4, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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🎉🆕📰🎉: Dehiscent fruits in Brassicaceae and Papaveraceae: convergent morpho-anatomical features with divergent underlying genetic mechanisms
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Dehiscent fruits in Brassicaceae and Papaveraceae: convergent morpho-anatomical features with divergent underlying genetic mechanisms
AbstractBackground and Aims. Dry dehiscent fruits have independently evolved multiple times during angiosperm diversification. A striking example is the co
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February 4, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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🌍 The findings reinforce the importance of tropical mountain systems, including the Andes and Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, as global centres of range-restricted plant diversity and conservation priority. (9/9)
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No evidence for the niche breadth – range size hypothesis in big plant genera
AbstractBackground and Aims. Although almost 40% of the world's plant species are likely rare, little is known about the determinants of range size, a majo
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February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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🧩 Macroclimatic variables capture only part of a species’ niche. Other factors, such as soil preferences, fire regimes, and biotic interactions, are likely crucial in determining range size, especially in species-rich tropical groups. (8/9)
February 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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🌡️ More than two-thirds of species showed their narrowest niche breadth in temperature seasonality, with sharp differences between range-restricted and widespread species, highlighting its role in shaping distributions. (7/9)
Figure showing how climate tolerance differs between narrowly distributed and widespread plant species. This figure compares how much climate variation different species can tolerate across several temperature and rainfall conditions. Begonia species are shown in blue and Solanum species in orange. Within each group, species with very small geographic ranges are compared with those that are widespread. Each panel focuses on a different aspect of climate, including average temperatures, how much temperatures vary through the year, total rainfall, and how rainfall is distributed across seasons. Together, the figure shows whether species that occur in many places tend to cope with a wider range of climatic conditions than species restricted to smaller areas.
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