Annals of Botany
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International journal publishing novel and rigorous research in all areas of plant science, managed by the Annals of Botany Company, a not-for-profit educational charity.
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Annals of Botany
@annbot.bsky.social
· Oct 21
![The cover image shows an oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) visited by pollenforaging thrips. Thrips are minute plant and flower visitors and are commonly viewed as pests, but they are key pollinators of a wide range of plant taxa. [See van der Kooi et al., pp. 669–682. Picture credit: Sara Leonhardt.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qowz7hsvbml54nxg6hzo7rrg/bafkreidvkftxqqwuhnjobqposgemfzpy57zr6dcmokh2jtt4cpp7xmgzie@jpeg)
🆕 The new issue of Annals of Botany is now online!
🌸 Pollination & plant–insect interactions
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🧬 Genomics & evolution
🌿 Physiology & climate responses
🍎 Structure & function
🌱 Seeds & reproduction
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🌸 Pollination & plant–insect interactions
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🌿 Physiology & climate responses
🍎 Structure & function
🌱 Seeds & reproduction
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Resolving taxonomic complexity in the genus Boechera (Brassicaceae) using the Boechera Microsatellite Website: a case study of the rare triploid B. bodiensis
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November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Resolving taxonomic complexity in the genus Boechera (Brassicaceae) using the Boechera Microsatellite Website: a case study of the rare triploid B. bodiensis
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: What are grana in chloroplasts of vascular plants good for?
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November 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: What are grana in chloroplasts of vascular plants good for?
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Decoding a unique double flower pattern in herbaceous peony: insight into proliferate flower bud development
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November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Decoding a unique double flower pattern in herbaceous peony: insight into proliferate flower bud development
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: The mechanism and application of the selenium hyperaccumulator Cardamine hupingshanensis: status and challenges
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November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: The mechanism and application of the selenium hyperaccumulator Cardamine hupingshanensis: status and challenges
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🎉🆕📰🎉: Deep learning black box and pattern recognition analysis using Guided Grad-CAM for phytolith identification
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November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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♻️🆓: Spatiotemporal variability in population demography and morphology of the habitat-forming macroalga Saccorhiza polyschides in the Western English Channel
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November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
♻️🆓: Spatiotemporal variability in population demography and morphology of the habitat-forming macroalga Saccorhiza polyschides in the Western English Channel
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November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Plants within plants: a journey through endoparasitism: a commentary on ‘Plant life without leaves, roots, or stems: anatomy, development, and 3D structure of the endoparasite Pilostyles blanchetii (Apodanthaceae) in Mimosa hosts’
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November 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Plants within plants: a journey through endoparasitism: a commentary on ‘Plant life without leaves, roots, or stems: anatomy, development, and 3D structure of the endoparasite Pilostyles blanchetii (Apodanthaceae) in Mimosa hosts’
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Repeated loss of plastid NDH during evolution of land plants
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November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Repeated loss of plastid NDH during evolution of land plants
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Isotopic and genetic evidence of partial mycoheterotrophy in leafy variants of Cremastra aphylla, a predominantly leafless orchid
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November 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Isotopic and genetic evidence of partial mycoheterotrophy in leafy variants of Cremastra aphylla, a predominantly leafless orchid
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Persistence of Gondwanan woods in Myanmar through the Palaeogene
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November 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Persistence of Gondwanan woods in Myanmar through the Palaeogene
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Exploring the role of β-1,3-glucanase in aerenchyma development in sugarcane roots
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November 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Exploring the role of β-1,3-glucanase in aerenchyma development in sugarcane roots
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🎉🆕📰🎉: A spatial perspective on flowering in cauliflorous cacao: architecture defines flower cushion location, not its early activity
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November 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🎉🆕📰🎉: A spatial perspective on flowering in cauliflorous cacao: architecture defines flower cushion location, not its early activity
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Boundary-line trade-off in bryophytes between UV photoprotection and photosynthetic capacity, but not desiccation tolerance
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November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Boundary-line trade-off in bryophytes between UV photoprotection and photosynthetic capacity, but not desiccation tolerance
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📣Now Free Access: Diploid and tetraploid cytotypes of the flagship Cape species Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis (Asteraceae): variation in distribution, ecological niche, morphology and genetics
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November 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
📣Now Free Access: Diploid and tetraploid cytotypes of the flagship Cape species Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis (Asteraceae): variation in distribution, ecological niche, morphology and genetics
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Away from the primary domestication centre, the far-west diversification area of the olive tree: towards the management of Moroccan natural resources
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November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Away from the primary domestication centre, the far-west diversification area of the olive tree: towards the management of Moroccan natural resources
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Experimental thinning reduces inter-ovary competition among and within inflorescences
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November 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Experimental thinning reduces inter-ovary competition among and within inflorescences
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Varied responses of Atriplex canescens to different intensities of drought, salinity, and their coupled stresses
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November 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Varied responses of Atriplex canescens to different intensities of drought, salinity, and their coupled stresses
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🎉 Great news! The paper ‘From bats to bees: changes in flower anthesis and nectar traits drive a pollination ecotype in dwarf Caryocar brasiliense (Caryocaraceae)’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Caio Ballarin and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/7)
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November 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🎉 Great news! The paper ‘From bats to bees: changes in flower anthesis and nectar traits drive a pollination ecotype in dwarf Caryocar brasiliense (Caryocaraceae)’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Caio Ballarin and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/7)
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🎉🆕📰🎉: A gap and synergy analysis of the European research infrastructure (RI) ecosystem: advancing the novel GRACE-RI dedicated to plant genetic resources
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November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🎉🆕📰🎉: A gap and synergy analysis of the European research infrastructure (RI) ecosystem: advancing the novel GRACE-RI dedicated to plant genetic resources
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📣Now Free Access: Fire facilitates ground layer plant diversity in a Miombo ecosystem
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November 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
📣Now Free Access: Fire facilitates ground layer plant diversity in a Miombo ecosystem
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Effect of topographic and spatial factors on bryophyte communities in riparian forests of the Brazilian Cerrado
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November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Effect of topographic and spatial factors on bryophyte communities in riparian forests of the Brazilian Cerrado
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Seed fatty acid composition and physical dormancy in fire-prone ecosystems
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November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Seed fatty acid composition and physical dormancy in fire-prone ecosystems
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Polygenic discrimination of leaf morphotypes in alpine Heldreichia bupleurifolia (Brassicaceae) across its natural range
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November 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Polygenic discrimination of leaf morphotypes in alpine Heldreichia bupleurifolia (Brassicaceae) across its natural range
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🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Evolutionary history of Australian samphires (Salicornieae, Amaranthaceae)
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November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Evolutionary history of Australian samphires (Salicornieae, Amaranthaceae)
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