Folks, it is University Press Week! @ijpsjournal.bsky.social has been published by the non-profit @chicagojournals.bsky.social since 1896. Were it not for their support @ijpsjournal.bsky.social might not be celebrating its 150th birthday in 2025. 🎂 #UPWeek #PlantScience

In the November 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social ‬ From the Archives: BIRBAL SAHNI INTRODUCES THE PENTOXYLEAE Peter Crane www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

In the November 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social From the Archives: Using physiological models to identify the relative importance of plant adaptations to environmental variation, an appreciation of Heckathorn and DeLucia (1991) H Maherali www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

In the Nov 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social From the Archives: 3 papers that paved the way to integrate the fossil record into a synthetic understanding of the origin and evolution of leaves in the euphyllophytes M Tomescu www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

In the November 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 PENTACARPELLATE CAPSULAR FRUITS OF ERICACEOUS AFFINITY FROM THE PALEOCENE OF WYOMING, USA: SANDRAWIA GEN. NOV. B Tiffney, K Krinsky, W Judd, SR Manchester www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

In the November 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Pollen ultrastructure and phylogenetic relationships of Saportanthus from the Lower Cretaceous of Portugal Mario Miguel Mendes, Maria Tekleva, Peter K. Endress, James A. Doyle www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

In the November 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Oldest known Malpighiaceae fossils: early Eocene Patagonian fruits support a wide paleolatitudinal distribution Caroline Siegert, Maria A. Gandolfo, Peter Wilf www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience #Botany

In the November 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 AN EXPLORATION OF FACTORS DRIVING PATTERNS OF HYBRIDIZATION IN TRIODANIS Keegan McConnell, Alyssa Zhan, Jolie Linhart, Kurt M. Neubig, @flwrecoevo.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

Nov 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social featured cover article: 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 Viral-induced flower colour breaking reveals that turnip mosaic virus infection prevalence increases with urbanization in H. matronalis Kaitlyn Dawson et al www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

The November 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social is out: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/ijps/202... #PlantScience

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Another Primer in Plant Sciences! 🎉 🌱 Fantastic topic, lots of nuances reviewed here to clear up misconceptions. Check out the appendix for an extended glossary and some questions you can use to assess student understanding. Please consider writing a primer in your area of expertise!

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Primers in the Plant Sciences: Tracing the history of angiosperm systematics through Liliales and Asparagales @astragaler.bsky.social‬, @wile-phylote.bsky.social‬, @tribblelab.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 A new genus of permineralized Eocene fruits: Menispermaceae (Chasmantheroideae) from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Joaquin Rico, Ruth Stockey, Gar Rothwell, Graham Beard www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social EXTINCT SAPINDALEN FRUITS AND INFLORESCENCES FROM THE EOCENE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, EASTERN UTAH, USA: UINTACARPA ALATA GEN. ET SP. NOV. Steven R. Manchester, Walter S. Judd, Bruce H. Tiffney www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

November 2025 is a special month for @ijpsjournal.bsky.social, as the first issue of @ijpsjournal.bsky.social was published in November 1875. To celebrate our 150th, we've solicited short appreciations of our editors’, authors’, and readers’ favorite papers. See them all here: tinyurl.com/ym2ddx5y

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Fossil endocarps of the East Asian endemic genus Davidia Baill. from the Eocene of India and its palaeoclimatic and biogeographic implications A Ali, J-M Chen, S Ai, R Patel, RS Rana, Y He, T Su, M Khan www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Garcinia-like reproductive parts from the Early Eocene of India: Systematics, paleoecology, and biogeography Ashif Ali, Rafael Felipe Almeida, Raman Patel, Rajendra Rana, Tao Su, Mahasin Khan www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

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These mockup covers are so fun! This project was so much stronger thanks to the data provided by Alyssa and Jolie (pictured). Thanks @ijpsjournal.bsky.social for valuing the important contributions that undergrads make to research.

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 Viral-induced flower colour breaking reveals that turnip mosaic virus infection prevalence increases with urbanization in the invasive Hesperis matronalis Kaitlyn Dawson et al. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience #Botany

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 AN EXPLORATION OF FACTORS DRIVING PATTERNS OF HYBRIDIZATION IN TRIODANIS Keegan McConnell, Alyssa Zhan, Jolie Linhart, Kurt M. Neubig, @flwrecoevo.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

🎂 to our fellow @chicagojournals.bsky.social science journal @qrb.bsky.social. Go check them out!

Patterns of hybridization are driven by many factors. Here we explore these patterns w a special emphasis on breeding system variation. Really great collab w wonderful students and colleagues!

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Oldest known Malpighiaceae fossils: early Eocene Patagonian fruits support a wide paleolatitudinal distribution Caroline Siegert, Maria A. Gandolfo, Peter Wilf www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience #Botany

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 AN EXPLORATION OF FACTORS DRIVING PATTERNS OF HYBRIDIZATION IN TRIODANIS Keegan McConnell, Alyssa Zhan, Jolie Linhart, Kurt M. Neubig, @flwrecoevo.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Pollen ultrastructure and phylogenetic relationships of Saportanthus from the Lower Cretaceous of Portugal Mario Miguel Mendes, Maria Tekleva, Peter K. Endress, James A. Doyle www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social ‪ 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 PENTACARPELLATE CAPSULAR FRUITS OF ERICACEOUS AFFINITY FROM THE PALEOCENE OF WYOMING, USA: SANDRAWIA GEN. NOV. Bruce Tiffney, Kaitlyn Krinsky, Walter Judd, Steven R. Manchester www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social From the Archives: Multiple ways to escape stick-world: 3 papers that paved the way to integrate the fossil record into a synthetic understanding of the origin and evolution of leaves in the euphyllophyte clade Mihai Tomescu www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 Viral-induced flower colour breaking reveals that turnip mosaic virus infection prevalence increases with urbanization in the invasive Hesperis matronalis Kaitlyn Dawson et al. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience #Botany

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social From the Archives: Using physiological models to identify the relative importance of plant adaptations to environmental variation, an appreciation of Heckathorn and DeLucia (1991) Hafiz Maherali www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

AOP and OA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social‬ From the Archives: BIRBAL SAHNI INTRODUCES THE PENTOXYLEAE Peter Crane www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social From lianas to trees: The impact of habit transition on the evolution of wood and bark in the Malpighiaceae (Bunchosia clade) @angelicaqc.bsky.social, Andre M. Amorim, Marcelo Rodrigo Pace www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 THE PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF THE FOSSIL: POLYSTICHUM ESPINARENSIS SP. NOV., REVEALS ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH AN EXINDUSIATE ANDEAN CLADE A Aliaga-Castillo, B León, D Sanín, C Martinez www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

From the International Journal of Plant Sciences, this From the Archives article reflects on past scholarship examining how plants adapt to changing resource availabilities and levels of environmental stress. Read it for FREE here: ow.ly/yEZQ50WVnxJ @ijpsjournal.bsky.social

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Low reproductive output suggests hermaphrodites are unlikely to spread in a dioecious hybrid willow population Ashmita Khanal, Nan Hu, Minghao Guo, Diksha Gambhir, Matthew S. Olson www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

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JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Spatiotemporal variation in selection on floral traits related to abortion rate, predispersal seed predation, and fitness variance @evoecoamy.bsky.social, Monica A Geber www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 EXTINCT FAGACEAE FROM THE PALEOCENE OF WYOMING: CUPULATE NUTS OF HEXAGONOKARYON GEN. NOV. Steven R. Manchester, Julian Correa-Narvaez, Kaitlyn Krinsky, Walter S. Judd, Bruce H. Tiffney www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social High water requirement controls germination phenology in Miconia rubiginosa (Melastomataceae), a late-rainy-season fruiting species from tropical seasonal ecosystems Diego Fernando Escobar et al. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Plant volatile and non-volatile chemicals defend against seed predators using different strategies in an alpine plant-seed predator network Hua Wang, Yunshu Zhang, Xinqiang Xi, Karl Niklas, Shucun Sun www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

Hutu (Ascarina lucida) is the first New Zealand native plant shown to have heterodichogamy (explained in ALT) and also the first report of it for Chloranthaceae. Most heterodichogamoous plants are wind pollinated and monoecious. Details in latest @ijpsjournal.bsky.social (see above post)

In the September 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social From the Archives: Essential Readings in Plant Mating System Evolution: Three Classic Contributions from Lloyd and Schoen @flwrecoevo.bsky.social, Carol Goodwillie www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

In the September 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Flowering and fruiting characteristics and phenology of an endemic, monoecious tree in a fragmented African rainforest landscape FS Kabala, HJ Ndangalasi, E Dangremond, KA Stenson, NJ Cordeiro www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

In the September 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Deep time evolution of tubers in Equisetum and the broader sphenophytes Jaemin Lee www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

In the September 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Heterodichogamy in Ascarina lucida (Chloranthaceae) @theobrominated.bsky.social et al. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

In the September 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Oligocene cf. Canarium L. (Burseraceae) leaflet from India provides new evidence of its Gondwanan legacy Harshita Bhatia, Gaurav Srivastava www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

In the September 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Successful allelopathic competition is not limited to non-native plants Mimi Byrne, @rjwarrenii.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

In the September 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social From the Archives: Biomass allocation coordinates physiological details in the context of evolutionary history to manifest species life history strategy @heyrhododendron.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

In the September 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Soil biota modify plant responses to elevated CO2 and temperature Andre G Duarte, Hafiz Maherali www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience