International Journal of Plant Sciences

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Low Population Genetic Structure and High Climate Vulnerability of the Narrow Endemic Agave vizcainoensis from the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico Miriam Zúñiga Pedraza et al www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Global Distribution Patterns of Scaly Tree Ferns (Cyatheaceae): A Review and Perspectives Mwihaki J. Karichu, Emily B. Sessa www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Phylogenetic diversity of flowering plants declines across the growing season in Rocky Mountain wildflower communities ​ @leahveldhuisen.bsky.social, Brian J Enquist, Katrina M Dlugosch www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Assessing the population genetics of Quercus tardifolia and other red oaks in west Texas Austin Koontz et al www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

This just in: @akoontz11.bsky.social & al show that trees referred to Quercus tardifolia, the elusive "late-leaf" oak of W. TX, are apparently all hybrids. So: is it a species at all? Read and share: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... @marionrenault.bsky.social @ijpsjournal.bsky.social

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In the September 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Flower and Fruit of Malvaceous Affinity Preserved in Amber from the Eocene of Western India Hukam Singh, Bruce H. Tiffney, Walter S. Judd, Priya Agnihotri, Steven R. Manchester www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

In the September 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 Soft Tissue Preservation of Silicified Melastomataceae Fruits Buried by Intraplate Volcanism in the Early Oligocene Capella Flora, Australia AC Rozefelds et al www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

In the September 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Eucryphia fruit and leaves (Cunoniaceae) from the earliest Miocene Ñirihuau flora, Patagonia, Argentina Mauro Gabriel Passalia, Matías A. Machado, Ari Iglesias, Ezequiel I. Vera www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

In the September 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Dilleniaceae Leaf Fossils from Late Gondwanan Australia Challenge Biogeographic and Paleoclimatic Assumptions @radiogondwana.bsky.social, LA Giraldo, VA Korasidis, RJ Carpenter www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

In the September 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 The flower economic spectrum based on hermaphroditic herbaceous temperate species @sofialarag.bsky.social, Lucian Kaack, Kenneth Monge, Steven Jansen www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

Sept 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social featured cover article Comparative Evolution of Photosynthetic Light Response Curves: Approaches and Pitfalls in Phylogenetic Modeling of a Function-Valued Trait R Davis, @plantevoecophys.bsky.social et al www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience

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AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 EXPANDING THE DIVERSITY OF TAXODIACEOUS CUPRESSACEAE: CASCADIASTROBUS BEARDII GEN. ET SP. NOV., A SEED CONE FROM THE EOCENE APPIAN WAY LOCALITY OF VANCOUVER ISLAND E Dostal et al www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 A charcoalified uniovulate pteridosperm cupule from the late Viséan (Carboniferous) Kingswood Flora, Scotland Samuel T. Fraser et al. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdfplus... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 The usual among the unusual. Floral Ontogeny in Brodriguesia santosii (Fabaceae - Detarioideae) Viviane Aparecida do Nascimento Citeli et al. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Conifer wood taxa in Europe from Rivecourt and Le Quesnoy (France) across the Paleocene-Eocene boundary Robin François Piguet, Cédric Del Rio, Léa De Brito, Romain Gabaix-Hialé, Anaïs Boura www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social The Cost of Longevity: Reduced Pollen Viability in Long-Lived plants SS Gavini, MM Strelin, NC Soares, VR Chalcoff, N da Cunha, MA Aizen, EE Zattara, G Gleiser www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social NEW NYMPHAEACEAE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE OF POLAND Rafał Kowalski, Błażej Błażejowski www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... #PlantScience

Sneak peek of the September @ijpsjournal.bsky.social cover, featuring a paper by Davis et al.: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

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AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 Soft Tissue Preservation of Silicified Melastomataceae Fruits Buried by Intraplate Volcanism in the Early Oligocene Capella Flora, Eastern Australia Andrew C. Rozefelds et al www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Eucryphia fruit and leaves (Cunoniaceae) from the earliest Miocene Ñirihuau flora, Patagonia, Argentina Mauro Gabriel Passalia, Matías A. Machado, Ari Iglesias, Ezequiel I. Vera www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Comparative Evolution of Photosynthetic Light Response Curves: Approaches and Pitfalls in Phylogenetic Modeling of a Function-Valued Trait Rebekah Evelyn Davis, @plantevoecophys.bsky.social, Eric Goolsby www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

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JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social MANGROVE RHIZOPHORACEAE LEAF FOSSILS FROM THE EARLY EOCENE IN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA, AT POLAR PALEOLATITUDE ~ 65° S Raymond Carpenter, Miriam A. Slodownik, Chiou-Rong Sheue, Gregory J. Jordan www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Assessing the population genetics of Quercus tardifolia and other red oaks in west Texas Austin Koontz et al www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 Parental age effects and population growth in an aquatic plant Victoria C. Thwaites, Suzanne L. Chmilar, Amanda C. Luzardo, Abbe Pawluk, Robert Laird www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Primers in the Plant Sciences: Understanding the Role of Soil Microbes in Plant Community Assembly Richard Ekeng Ita, Xinyi Yan, Po-Ju Ke, Meghna Krishnadas, W. Stanley Harpole, Gaurav Kandlikar www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social The Carnian (Late Triassic) flora of Cave del Predil/Raibl (Julian Alps, northern Italy) – systematic revision and new insights from historical collections Miriam Slodownik, Roberta Branz, Evelyn Kustatscher www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨Undergraduate research🚨 EXPANDING THE DIVERSITY OF TAXODIACEOUS CUPRESSACEAE: CASCADIASTROBUS BEARDII GEN. ET SP. NOV, A SEED CONE FROM THE EOCENE APPIAN WAY LOCALITY OF VANCOUVER ISLAND CANADA E Dostal et al www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social First record of Brachyoxylon from the Lower Cretaceous Araripe Basin, Brazil, and its affinities with Pseudofrenelopsis (Cheirolepidiaceae) DM Conceição et al www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

AOP @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Dilleniaceae Leaf Fossils from Late Gondwanan Australia Challenge Biogeographic and Paleoclimatic Assumptions @radiogondwana.bsky.social, L. Alejandro Giraldo, Vera A. Korasidis, Raymond J. Carpenter www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #PlantScience

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In the July 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social A Century of Paradox: Reinvestigating 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/full/10.... #PlantScience

In the July 2026 @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 Barrett, DF Disbrow www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience