The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany June 22, 2026
This week: The human connection to digital botany and what we know about the plants closest to extinction.
Puzzles
Plant Hunt
⚽ From Asia to North America
Plant of the Week
Cylindropuntia imbricata
The Tree Cholla Cactus produces beautiful other-worldly gardens
Science Shared
Science Shared: June 20
This week: debris for diversity, attack and defence in pathogens, and getting your statistics right.
Puzzles
Sudoku Garden
It's the Solstice
Digital Botany Focus Issue
Unravelling Human-Plant Connections
An Unexpected Use of a Digital Collection
Digital Botany Focus Issue
Hidden Stories in Collections: How Art and Science Come Together after Digitisation
We often think of herbaria as a scientific resource used by researchers to study plant taxonomy, evolution, conservation and climate change, perhaps. But herbarium collections are
Plants & People
The Plants Closest to Extinction Are the Ones Science Often Knows Least
New research shows that economic value, not conservation urgency, is the strongest predictor of which Brazilian plants attract scientific study.
Digital Botany Focus Issue
Herbarium Collections Can Offer Exciting New Career Paths Far Beyond Taxonomy: an Interview with Dr. Barnabas Daru
Digital botany is changing what we can ask of old collections. Herbarium specimens, once used mainly for taxonomy and identification, are now helping researchers study evolution,
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany June 15, 2026
This week: Tools for digital botany, secret photosynthesis and the shifting habitats of state flowers.
Plant of the Week
Turfgrass
From golf to tennis to football, turfgrass is specially bred for a variety of sports
Puzzles
Plant Hunt
⚽ From Africa to North America