JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Biogeographic inference of plastid genome evolution in Cephalanthera reveals multiple independent transitions to mycoheterotrophy, with a focus on the phantom orchid (C. austiniae) Craig Barrett, D. Fred Disbrow www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Herendeenia willistonensis gen. et sp. nov., fossil Actinidiaceae fruits and seeds from the Late Paleocene of North Dakota, USA Kathleen B. Pigg, Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond, Melanie L. DeVore, Soon Flynn www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Dopyeria elongata, gen. et sp. nov., aka "New Brunswick plant A": more information on these anatomically preserved ribbed axes w/secondary xylem from the Early Devonian (Emsian) of New Brunswick, Canada P Gensel www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 Nectar yeast scent additions fail to impact overall bouquet composition and bumble bee visitation in a montane herb N Dabagia, V Martin, D Souto-Vilaros, RN Schaeffer, RE Irwin www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 Fossil Malpighiaceae from the Miocene of Northwestern Venezuela: a taxonomic revision of Gyrocarpus miocenica to Tetrapterys miocenica. Noah Crook, Caroline Siegert, Maria A. Gandolfo www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social New Early Cretaceous Seeds from Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, China with Chlamydospermous Organization Maya A. Bickner, Peter R. Crane, Fabiany Herrera, Niiden Ichinnorov, Gongle Shi, Patrick S. Herendeen www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

In the January 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 EXTINCT FAGACEAE FROM THE PALEOCENE OF WYOMING: CUPULATE NUTS OF HEXAGONOKARYON GEN. NOV. SR Manchester, J Correa-Narvaez, K Krinsky, WS Judd, BH Tiffney www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

In the January 2026 @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/full/10.... #PlantScience

In the January 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social The evolutionary potential of plasticity in cleistogamy: exploring temperature-induced variations in flower cleistogamy across soybean (Glycine max L.) cultivars @marinastrelin.bsky.social et al www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

In the January 2026 @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 et al www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

In the January 2026 @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/full/10.... #PlantScience

January 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social featured cover article Coulter Review: Coulter Review: Patterning and Evolution of the Land Plant Gametangia Elissa Suphapun Sorojsrisom, Dennis Wm Stevenson, Barbara A Ambrose www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

The January 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social is out: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/ijps/202...

This JUST ACCEPTED, OPEN ACCESS from International Journal of Plant Sciences answers "Is hybridization an important consideration for ex situ conservation" through a case study using parentage in white oaks at The Morton Arboretum. https://ow.ly/S13X50Y0ZfL. International Journal of Plant Sciences

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Ploidy does not affect responses to increased soil nutrients and salinity in a perennial geophyte Masingitla P. Mtileni, Kenneth C. Oberlander, Kelsey L. Glennon www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social A century of paradox: Re-investigating paradoxopterid ferns with new material from the Early Cretaceous of Northwestern Gondwana HD Palma-Castro, MR Carvalho, RJ Mason-Gamer, B Bomfleur, F Herrera www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Coulter Review: Patterning and Evolution of the Land Plant Gametangia Elissa Suphapun Sorojsrisom, Dennis Wm Stevenson, Barbara A Ambrose www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience #Botany

AOP @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/full/10.... #PlantScience

AOP @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

AOP @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/full/10.... #PlantScience

AOP @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/full/10.... #PlantScience

Botanists who do research with undergraduates, take note 👇🏼

All @ijpsjournal.bsky.social authors are special to us, but it is a particular treat to publish undergraduate research. To celebrate our undergrad authors, we started making mock journal covers featuring pictures of undergrad researchers at work. A thread of mock covers from 2025. /1 #PlantScience

Sneak peek of the January 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social cover. As always, our managing editor @journalwrangler.bsky.social knocks it out of the park. #PlantScience

A review of 2025 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social, as viewed through covers by our managing editor @journalwrangler.bsky.social (1/8) We started the year with this cool leaf blade from Psidium grandifolium. This species produce an exudate that naturally fluoresces! #PlantScience

Folks, this can compromise the confidentiality of the review process, as well as authors’ intellectual property rights. Doing it is a breach of peer review ethics.

Of interest to our followers. Editorial work is important and can be very professionally rewarding. #PlantScience

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social The evolutionary potential of plasticity in cleistogamy: exploring temperature-induced variations in flower cleistogamy across soybean (Glycine max L., Fabaceae) cultivars @marinastrelin.bsky.social et al www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 Is hybridization an important consideration for ex situ conservation? A case study using white oaks at The Morton Arboretum EK Schumacher, M Evans, A Hamilton, M Westwood, S Hoban www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social SINDORA LEAFLETS FROM THE EARLY PLEISTOCENE KON TUM FLORA OF CENTRAL VIETNAM Teng-Xiang Wang, @radiogondwana.bsky.social, Truong Van Do, Tao Su www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience

Almost 20 years in the making! So happy to see this in print!

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Comparative Population Genetic Structure of Spirodela polyrhiza and the Lemna minor Species Complex (Lemna minor and Lemna japonica) Across the Northern US TT Hobble, JE Kerstetter, @exp-evoeco.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social First architectural analysis of a non-arborescent cladoxlopsid identifies two possible growth habits for the Carboniferous Cladoxylon taeniatum ​ @thibault-durieux.bsky.social, @aldpaleo.bsky.social, CJ Harper www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 Morphological and anatomical changes during the flower-to-fruit transition in species of the parasitic family Loranthaceae. V Botero-Castaño, F Gonzalez, @nataliapabonm.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

AOP @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/full/10.... #PlantScience

Explore undergrad-powered research with this collection of papers authored by the next generation of plant scientists, in the International Journal of Plant Sciences. Read it here: https://ow.ly/pSi750Xm7nO International Journal of Plant Sciences

All @ijpsjournal.bsky.social covers are AI-free. Just sayin'

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