Missouri Botanical Garden

Diversification and coexistence amid widespread and persistent gene flow in Andean trees

Hybridization and introgression are increasingly recognized as important in plant evolution, yet their prevalence and consequences remain poorly understood in tropical Andean trees, where species coexist at low densities and turn over rapidly across elevation gradients. Here, we...

Enhance food plant diversity conservation and use through greater coordination between genebanks and botanic gardens

Societal Impact Statement Food plants are vital to human and planetary health, but their diversity is threatened, making food security, nutrition, and environmental goals more difficult to achieve. Food plant diversity conservation, research, and education can be enhanced through...

Large‐scale nuclear and plastid phylogenomic analyses inform an updated Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification: APG V

Abstract We present here a revision of the APG classification that considers the extensive recent analyses of hundreds of nuclear and plastid genes for many angiosperm species. Although previous versions of the APG classification were largely based on uniparentally inherited mark...

Discovery of two non-native mealybugs in Germany: Conicosoma gracile and Puto barberi (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae, Putoidae)

Abstract Scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) are obligate phytophagous insects that often become pests on ornamental plants, particularly indoors. Due to their purpose, botanical gardens require the constant exchange of plant material to maintain and enhance th...