Kew Bulletin

15/01/2025

And our first post for this new year comes from the last article we published online in 2024. Introducing Distimake aparantae a new species of morning glory from 🇮🇳 by S. Patil, V. Shimpale &
A. Simoes from Check it out
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-024-10231-2

17/05/2024

Exciting news! Introducing "Taxonomic Novelties" a new section
devoted to rapidly publish 1-5 new plant or fungal species. Check it out: https://link.springer.com/journal/12225/submission-guidelines

24/04/2024

We are looking for a motivated experienced taxonomist to join us as our new Editor-in-Chief! Deadline 12 May 2024. See https://careers.kew.org/vacancy/editorinchief-kew-bulletin-556903.html

18/03/2024

In 2014, botanists went to explore the high mountains of northern where they collected for ex situ . In 2022, a tree grown from those seeds finally flowered and proved to be a new species. Check it out
Kew Bulletin https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-023-10133-9
This was part of a fantastic between researchers from Birmingham Botanical Gardens Kew Gardens Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Singapore Botanic Gardens & Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. Congrats to all the authors! 🇬🇧🇸🇬🇻🇳

18/03/2024

People say are notorious for being unable to write legibly because they haven't seen ' . Check out this article on nomenclatural notes on Nertera, a genus in the family by I. Turner
Kew Bulletin
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-023-10128-6

13/03/2024

Superb job by & on documenting the diversity of a genus in the family in . Keep up the good job Kew Bulletin

A summary of the species of Pyrostria from continental Africa is presented, including full descriptions of three new species, P. makovui, P. namacubiensis and P. rovumensis from the coastal forests of the Tanzania-Mozambique border region, and one new subspecies, P. lobulata subsp. bridsoniae from Z...

11/03/2024

Ceratozamia oliversacksii a new species from described by
et al honouring Oliver Sacks, author of 'The Island of the Colorblind' a fascinating story about a disease linked to a neurotoxin accumulated by Cycas' seed-eater bats Kew Bulletin
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-021-09992-x

08/03/2024

Celebrating we highlight this piece led by Rafaela J. Trad from
RBGE Science et al where they discovered leaf anatomical traits useful to disentangle the of a species complex from Kew Bulletin
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-023-10083-2

07/03/2024

morphology can be very useful to identify species as demonstrated by B. Wantongsuk et al who studied in from . They discovered seed appendages that absorb and may facilitate dispersion
Kew Bulletin
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-023-10161-5

07/03/2024

are all included in the genus which was known to always present inferior o***y, until a with superior o***y was described from . Check it out
Kew Bulletin
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-023-10144-6

05/03/2024

Fresh off the press! Four new species of deciduous in the family from . These trees form the Sofikomba alliance, meaning leaves shaped like a lemur’s ear, in : sofi = ear + komba = lemur. See it
Kew Bulletin

The genus Hyperacanthus comprises 11 species, nine in Madagascar and two in Africa, although many Madagascan species remain undescribed. All Madagascan species of Hyperacanthus are evergreen trees occurring in humid and semi-humid forest. Four deciduous species occur in the dry forests of northern,....

05/03/2024

Fresh off the press! Four new species of deciduous in the family from . These trees form the Sofikomba alliance, meaning leaves shaped like a lemur’s ear, in : sofi = ear + komba = lemur. See it
Kew Bulletin
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-023-10158-0