Welcome to one of our newest TEN, Hydnoraceae!

🚨Extended deadline for our plant identification tool survey!🚨 World Flora Online is planning plant identification features that could be incorporated into the WFO platform and we want to hear from you to guide our priorities. 🧵

As the world faces a biodiversity crisis, precise knowledge about specific species is more important than ever. World Flora Online’s Taxonomic Expert Networks, or TENs, are collaborations of taxonomic experts who work together to agree upon a consensus classification for their plant groups.

Happy Halloween from WFO! You may have heard of the ghost orchid, but did you know there is also a phantom orchid, hairy shadow witch orchid, and even a whole genus of dracula orchids? If you did, or know someone who knows all of this and much more about orchids, send them our way!

Welcome to our newest member, Info Flora, the national data and information center on the Swiss flora. To date, 55 botanic gardens and botanical institutes are represented on the World Flora Online Council.

Welcome to our newest member, Real Jardín Botánico! 📷 by Antonello Dellanotte

World Flora Online is planning plant identification features that could be incorporated into the WFO platform and we want to hear from you to guide our priorities. We invite you to tell us what you need from future WFO ID tools in a 10‑minute survey.

Welcome to our newest member, Jardin Botanico La Laguna! To date, 55 botanic gardens and botanical institutes are represented on the World Flora Online Council.

Happy World Coffee Day from the WFO! We are looking for a coffee expert, and we don’t mean your local barista. We want to form a Taxonomic Expert Network (TEN) for Rubiaceae, the coffee and quinine family. Swipe through to learn more about TENS, and send your favorite rubiaceae experts our way!

Happy World Coffee Day! WFO is looking for a coffee expert, and we don’t mean your local barista. We want to form a Taxonomic Expert Network (TEN) for Rubiaceae, the coffee and quinine family. Swipe through to learn more about TENS, and send your favorite rubiaceae experts our way!

Exciting news from the World Flora Online! We are thrilled to announce that the WFO Council voted last week to register as an international association in Switzerland.

The June solstice has passed, which means we have a fresh update for our WFO Plant List! The big news since December is we now have more than 200 named co-authors on the WFO Plant List. Watch to see what else is new and visit worldfloraonline.org to browse the Plant List.

Biodiversity is the foundation of all life on Earth. It supports human well-being, a healthy planet, and economic prosperity for all. On #internationalbiologicaldiversity day, we celebrate the incredible variety of life that sustains our planet and efforts to conserve it.

Welcome to one of our newest TENs, Asparagaceae subfam. Scilloideae! This new TEN will focus on the Asparagaceae subfamily Scilloideae, which includes spring species like hyacinths and bluebells, could include as many as 70 genera and 1,000 species. It is being led by Mario Martínez Azorín at @ua.es

Welcome to one of our newest TENs, Loasaceae. Loasaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes 22 genera. This TEN is led by Rafael Acuña-Castillo at the University of Costa Rica and Max Weigend @unibonn.bsky.social

Welcome to one of our newest TEN, Boraginales! Boraginales includes 53 genera and 3,517 species. This new TEN includes the former smaller TENS of Cordiaceae and Boraginaceae subtribe Amsinckiinae. It is led by Max Weigend at @unibonn.bsky.social and Michael G Simpson at @sdsuresearch.bsky.social.

Welcome to one of our newest TEN, Podostemaceae. Podostemaceae is a family of aquatic herbs that includes 52 genera that live attached to rocks in river rapids and waterfalls. This TEN is led by Ana Maria Bedoya at @nybg.bsky.social and Marco Pellegrini at Wits University.

Welcome to one of our newest TEN, Convolvulaceae! Convolvulaceae, commonly called the bindweeds or morning glory family, includes 59 genera and 1,982 species, This TEN is led by Ana Rita Giraldes Simoe at @mobotgarden and builds on the existing Convolvulaceae Network.

Welcome to one of our newest TEN, Combretaceae. Combretaceae, or the white mangrove family, includes 10 genera and 585 species. This TEN is led by Olivier Maurin from Plantentuin Meise in Belgium.

Welcome to one of our newest TEN, Clusiaceae. Clusiaceae is a family of trees and shrubs that includes 18 genera and 905 species. This TEN is led by Manuel Luján Anzola at @rbgkew.bsky.social

Thanks to The Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve for hosting the World Flora Online’s 24th Council Meeting last week! Around 40 individuals, representing 16 countries, participated in our latest meeting in person and virtually.

Happy Valentine's Day from WFO! Instead of flowers, we're hoping for rose and violet experts to help us build more Taxonomic Expert Networks, or TENs. Know a Rosaceae and Violaceae expert? Reach out to us at [email protected].

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