Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The genome sequence of Quercus ilex L., 1753 (Fagales: Fagaceae)

<ns5:p> We present a genome assembly of <ns5:italic>Quercus ilex</ns5:italic> (holly oak; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Fagales; Fagaceae). The assembly consists of two haplotypes with total lengths of 847.45 megabases and megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (99.65%) is scaffolded into...

Biology and agricultural relevance of Triticum timopheevii (Zhuk.) Zhuk. and Triticum zhukovskyi Menabde & Ericzjan as underutilised wheat crops historically cultivated in Georgia

The loss of genetic diversity as a result of modern wheat breeding has led to a renewed interest in ancient and underutilised wheats, which often display distinctive agronomic and ecological attributes. Triticum timopheevii and Triticum zhukovskyi are two hulled wheats of the ind...

Echinosphaeria canescens

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Stable biomass accumulation driven by conservative traits in Brazil’s tropical montane forests

While tropical forests are key CO2 sinks, local drivers of aboveground biomass (AGB) dynamics in diverse systems like the Brazilian Atlantic Forest remain uncertain, constraining ecological references for restoration and long-term carbon sequestration. This study evaluates how bi...

Synergies and trade-offs for reaching global biodiversity and climate commitments

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework strives to expand high-quality protected areas globally, yet faces economic constraints, climate change and human pressures. This requires integrating biological and socio-economic complexity while ensuring equity. We explore mul...

Reticulated adaptive radiation and phylogenomic diversity loss in the Hawaiian honeycreepers

The Hawaiian honeycreepers, one of the world’s most iconic adaptive radiations, are facing a human-mediated extinction crisis. More than 60 Hawaiian honeycreepers (Fringillidae: Carduelinae: Drepanidini) evolved from a single rosefinch-like ancestor that colonized the Hawaiian Is...

1173. Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G. Mey

Summary Ipomoea pandurata is a Morning Glory from North America which develops a large storage root. There is much uncertainty about its discovery before its formal description in the middle of the 18th century. Originally described as a Convolvulus , almost a hundred years passe...