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Hiding in plain sight! 2.3M conserved non-coding sequences traced back 300M years across 284 plant species Ground-breaking study in First Release @ScienceMagazine from labs of Madelaine Bartlett, Idane Efroni & Zach Lippman ▶️ doi.org/10.1126/scienc… ▶️ slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/hiding-pl…

🐝A honey of a paper! 💐Liu et al. share insights into the #phylogeny and biogeographic #evolution of #honeysuckles, plus a reference for future studies on the evolutionary history of both #plant and #animal lineages. 🔗doi.org/10.1111/jse.70… @WileyEcology #PlantSci #JSE

Analysis of♂️and♀️#gene expression in floral and leaf tissues of 8 dioecious willow spp. provides novel insights into how sexually dimorphic gene expression evolves during repeated turnovers of sex chromosomes in #plants. doi.org/10.1111/jse.70… @WileyEcology #PlantSci #evolution

Wallace Trail and Wallace Education Centre in Dairy Farm Nature Park. Good to visit and learn about Wallace and the Wallace Line, and stroll through some forest too. Welcoming party too! @nparksbuzz #Singapore #macaque nparks.gov.sg/visit/parks/pa… maps.app.goo.gl/SjK9a78FLfhSp3…

Ipomoea asarifolia 水辺に生えるヒルガオ科のつる植物。 乾季に入り干上がった水牛の水浴び場で最後の力を振り絞って花を咲かせていた。花の大きさは5㎝ほど。

Unseen แก่งกระจาน! 🌸 พบกล้วยไม้หายาก "รองเท้านารีอินทนนท์" บนยอดเขาสูง 1,500 เมตร ตอกย้ำความอุดมสมบูรณ์ของป่ามรดกโลก ผืนป่าตะวันตกที่เชื่อมต่อกับเทือกเขาตะนาวศรี ที่มีความงดงามและทรงคุณค่า🌱✨ ​#กล้วยไม้ #รองเท้านารีอินทนนท์ #แก่งกระจาน

Elaeocarpus griffithii (Wight) A.Gray (Elaeocarpaceae) flowering again at Singapore Botanic Gardens. Here some close-ups of the flowers. Note the awned stamens and bright yellow disk. Slight hint of sweet honey. #SBGScience

Fi, fi, fo, fum! This work on #genome gigantism by Li et al. uses a #chromosome-scale genome assembly to reveal genomic features and conservation implications in the #endangered aquatic #plant Ottelia songmingensis. doi.org/10.1111/jse.70… @WileyEcology #systematics #PlantScience

@timutteridge Happy New Year krub, AJ Tim 🥳

Happy New Year from Singapore! Wishing everyone all the best for 2026. And hoping our unique planet has a healing year. Welcoming 2026 with my wonderful, gorgeous wife @AUtteridge 🇸🇬🌍🌎🌏

From octopuses to snails, the complicated molluscan family tree has been mapped in unprecedented detail, researchers reported earlier this year in Science. This includes sequences for 13 new complete genomes from across the phylum. scim.ag/3LfmvBF

Princess names 43 new species bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener… #Thailand

A new study in Science reveals that the global seafood trade plays a substantial role in driving exposure risk to PFAS pollutants worldwide. The findings illustrate the need for stronger international cooperation and stricter policies to reduce human exposure to “forever chemicals” through the marine food system. scim.ag/4qkUqYD

Teaching plant identification at a university in the age of #ArtificialIntelligence Jan Hackel, Stephan Imhof, and Alexander Zizka nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pp… #PlantScience #LatestIssue

Key innovations, traits that stimulate net diversification, is another popular hypothesis. Here, the evolution of traits that allow butterflies to feed on a host plant family. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Have you seen our gorgeous November cover? Featuring the work of Gâteblé et al., who report on #honeyeater-driven #sympatric speciation associated with corolla shape shift... Read it for free!⬇️ doi.org/10.1111/jse.70… @WileyEcology #JSE #evolution #diversity

@timutteridge Congrats krub 🥳

Flora of Thailand continues heading to the finish line…vol 16 just arrived 450 pages! (with my extremely tiny contribution - 7 species of Pittosporum) #flora #Thailand #botany #SBGScience

The Royal Gazette has published a royal decree announcing the dissolution of the House of Representatives, paving the way for a general election within 45-60 days. Listen to the story or get the full story in the 1st comment. #ยุบสภา #อนุทิน

How many plant species? New paper predicts c. 520k plant species.

🧬 This is the Tree of Life: 2.3 million species connected through 3.5 billion years of evolution. In a remarkable feat of biological mapping, scientists have created the first digital Tree of Life connecting 2.3 million named species across 3.5 billion years of evolution. This vast “supertree” links organisms from all corners of life—animals, plants, fungi, and microbes—into a single, free, online resource. By combining thousands of smaller evolutionary trees, each focused on specific lineages, researchers have built a comprehensive map showing how life on Earth has diversified over eons. It's been compared to a "Wikipedia" of evolutionary relationships—open, expandable, and invaluable to science. Beyond its scientific elegance, the Tree of Life has practical uses: from tracking disease origins and developing new medicines to improving agriculture and conservation. One of the biggest challenges in its creation was untangling naming inconsistencies—where a single species might have multiple, conflicting labels. The effort is ongoing; as more species are discovered and genetic tools improve, the tree will continue to evolve. But even this early version offers an extraordinary window into the shared heritage of all living things on Earth. Source: Hinchliff, C. E., et al.. Synthesis of phylogeny and taxonomy into a comprehensive Tree of Life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(41), 12764–12769.