Botanists see the start of tropicalisation
With climate change, plants start colonising new areas, but how will new regions become tropical? A new study hints at the start of the process.
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When did the first flowers open?
Finding out when the earliest ancestor of the flowering plants evolved has been difficult. Estimates have been wildly different, depending on the method you use.
The plant that farms other plants for food
It’s not just animals that the bladderwort, Utricularia, eats. Two new papers are finding out how bladderworts also digest microscopic plants.
The act of drawing can teach more about Botanical morphology than writing
A study comparing descriptive writing with botanical drawing has found that both methods aid learning about taxonomy. However, drawing subjects captured more morphological information.
Go Fungal!
It’s a belated present, the PDF of the handout we’ve been using on stands for Botany One.
Reading the fingerprints on your nuts
Are you getting the hazelnuts you pay for? How do you know? A new technique offers an alternative to subjective tests like flavour.
Can carnivorous plants control an invasive hornet?
Betteridge’s law of headlines states: “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.” But some scientists in France have tested Sarracenia to find the answer is more like ‘not yet’.
A changing climate can help exotic plants escape gardens
Plants brought in by gardeners for horticultural reasons can turn invasive. Research published by an international team from the US, Europe and China finds that climate change could increase the competitiveness of non-naturalized species.
Spanish mistletoe travels
Mistletoe is said to ward off evil, but it cannot ward off climate change. However, a new study from Spain shows it might be able to escape the worst for a while.
Pitcher plants eat their spider competitors
Some spiders go after the same prey that pitcher plants want. What happens when the two compete?
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