Balanophora evolution, metabolic retention in reduced plastids, and obligate agamospermy Svetlikova et al. @petrasvetlikova.bsky.social @tugutuguk @filiphusnik.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/EINFCW...

Our study on Taiwanese and Japanese Balanophora is finally on bioRxiv!

We studied the entire known Taiwan population for three years across #Taiwan Proper and Lanyu (Orchid Island), finding that individuals complete their life cycle within one year. We discuss implications on ecological/genetic research & suggest that we should consider the genus to be annual.