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Paco Lara
@flara-bryo.bsky.social
Professor at UAM
Taxonomic botanist Searching for orthotrichaceous mosses around the world
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Our studies of Lewinskya in fog oases of Central and Northern Chile reveal yet hidden diversity within Orthotrichaceae. Find more in our paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Lewinskya crinita sp. nov. and L. aristoblephara comb. nov. (Orthotrichaceae, Bryophyta), two remarkable species from the coastal fog oases of central-northern Chile
Few species of the genus Lewinskya have been reported from central and northern Chile, with only L. johnstonii known from the northern coastal hills of the region. Immersed in arid lands, these coa...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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New insights on the distribution of Lewinskya firma! Check our recently published paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Lewinskya firma s.s. is actually in West Africa
Published in Journal of Bryology (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Are you bored just lying on the beach? Have some fun reading our last published paper!
www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14...
www.mdpi.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Just published! This is not only the description of a new species. It responds to the necessity of redefining generic boundaries in our favorite moss family. Don't miss it! With @logarilleti.bsky.social @flara-bryo.bsky.social @paguado-ramsay.bsky.social
Are you bored just lying on the beach? Have some fun reading our last published paper!
www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14...
www.mdpi.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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@24iscb.bsky.social is running and today our teams has contributed with Niko's talk about the possible hybrid origin of one lineage of Orthotrichaceae
July 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Proud and grateful for having won an award for best poster communication at the @24iscb.bsky.social
Congrats Niko!
#24ISBC #mosses
July 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Today is Belen's turn with an inspiring talk on thermal time models in bryophyte spores germination at the @24iscb.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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What an amazing experience at the XXIV International Symposium of Cryptogamic Botany, with a great team helping bring more visibility to the Orthotrichaceae! 💚
#ISCB2025 #mosses
July 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Two Orthotrichaceae posters presented at the
@24iscb.bsky.social
If interested, just ask!!
July 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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We are excited to share our new article on riparian alders in the Iberian Peninsula 🌳💚 We hope you find it interesting!

⚠️⚠️Trigger warning: Alder identification only for the bravest botanists

authors.elsevier.com/c/1ks-31JWF2...

doi.org/10.1016/j.fl...
April 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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¿Quieres aprender a diferenciar los #robles autóctonos? 🌳💚 Hemos creado esta guía que esperamos sea muy útil ✨✨
🟢Qpy=Quercus pyrenaica
🟢Qpe=Q. petraea
🟢Qro=Q. robur
🟢Qca=Q. canariensis
🟢Qpu=Q. pubescens
🟢Qce=Q. x cerrioides
🟢Qfa=Q. faginea
🟢Qlu=Q. lusitanica
March 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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🎉 Good news! The paper ‘Ancient reticulation, incomplete lineage sorting and the evolution of the pyrenoid at the dawn of hornwort diversification’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Gabriel Peñaloza-Bojacá and co-authors is now #free for a limited time 🧵(1/8)

👉 doi.org/n7pc

@stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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A tiny plant with a powerful secret! The Li Lab discovered that hornworts have a unique CO₂ booster that could supercharge photosynthesis and boost crop yields by up to 50%! Could this be the future of agriculture? Find out more: ambrook.com/research/stu...

@fernway.bsky.social
#PlantScience
The Funny Little Plant That Could Upend Agriculture - Ambrook Research
Hornworts, an otherwise unremarkable bit of flora, has a unique photosynthesis booster. New research finds this booster has the potential to increase crop yields up to 50%.
ambrook.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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🔔Descubre #geoSABINA 🌿 herramienta digital especializada en #botánica ☘️ permite explorar distribuciones potenciales de más de 180 especies en escenarios de cambio climático www.uam.es/uam/investig...
January 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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New Correspondence: "Time to end the vascular plant chauvinism" rdcu.be/d38L4

The emphasis on vascular plants reveals a bias that leaves the non-vascular plants — the tiny, overlooked, inconspicuous plants — hidden in the shadows, literally.
December 19, 2024 at 10:46 AM