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International Journal of Plant Sciences
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Publishing plant science research since 1875. University of Chicago Press Journal. Posts by EIC Chris Caruso.
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Folks, this is a very clear violation of peer review ethics. Using AI compromises the confidentiality of the peer review process and has implications for the authors' copyright.
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A reviewer just very clearly used AI to write a review. What do I do (as an author)?
February 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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I'm excited to work w/the @ijpsjournal.bsky.social editorial team!

Reasons to submit:
-great science & people
-not for profit & affordable
-celebrates undergrad pubs w/mock covers (3 examples)
-awesome bandanas (pic of my lab)
-Primers in the Plant Sciences www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/ijp...
A picture of a woman smiling and standing next to plants with giant leaves. The picture has been edited to look like the cover of an issue of the International Journal of Plant Sciences. A picture of a person smiling at the camera and with herbarium samples spread out before them. The picture has been edited to look like the cover of an issue of the International Journal of Plant Sciences. A picture of a person standing in a forest , next to a tree, and with a few other people in the background. The picture has been edited to look like the cover of an issue of the International Journal of Plant Sciences. A picture of the wall of a science laboratory with six bandanas hanging on the wall above the cabinets and drying rack. The bandanas are produced yearly by the International Journal of Plant Sciences and are passed out at conferences. Images on the bandanas are usually derived from a publication in the journal.
February 11, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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Ir is the time of year to announce some comings and goings at @ijpsjournal.bsky.social. (1/n)

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February 11, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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From lianas to trees: The impact of habit transition on the evolution of wood and bark in the Malpighiaceae (Bunchosia clade)

@angelicaqc.bsky.social, Andre M. Amorim, Marcelo Rodrigo Pace

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February 11, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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Garcinia-like reproductive parts from the Early Eocene of India: Systematics, paleoecology, and biogeography

Ashif Ali, Rafael Felipe Almeida, Raman Patel, Rajendra Rana, Tao Su, Mahasin Khan

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February 11, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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🚨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

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Is Hybridization an Important Consideration for Ex Situ Conservation? A Case Study Using Parentage in White Oaks at the Morton Arboretum
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February 11, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Sneak peek of the March 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social cover, featuring work by @angelicaqc.bsky.social:

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On the cover: Transverse stem section of Heladena multiflora (Hook. & Arn.) Nied. (Malpighiaceae), the only species of the genus Heladena, a liana distributed from south-central Brazil to northern Argentina. The wood displays biphasic development, with differences between the self-supporting and climbing phases, diffuse porosity, vessel dimorphism, and bands of non-lignified axial parenchyma. Axial parenchyma distribution is a key anatomical trait in Malpighiaceae and, within the Bunchosia clade, non-lignified parenchyma occurs only in Heladena and Henleophytum, sister genera. This tissue has been linked to flexibility, storage, wound repair, and meristematic potential in lianas, highlighting functional diversification of stem structure in climbing plants (Quintanar Castillo et al., in this issue, pp. XX–XX). Photo by Angélica Quintanar-Castillo, October 2023.
February 11, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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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

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February 4, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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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

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February 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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EXTINCT FAGACEAE FROM THE PALEOCENE OF WYOMING: CUPULATE NUTS OF HEXAGONOKARYON GEN. NOV.

SR Manchester, J Correa-Narvaez, K Krinsky, WS Judd, BH Tiffney

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January 27, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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Spatiotemporal variation in selection on floral traits related to abortion rate, predispersal seed predation, and fitness variance

@evoecoamy.bsky.social, Monica A Geber

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January 27, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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The evolutionary potential of plasticity in cleistogamy: exploring temperature-induced variations in flower cleistogamy across soybean (Glycine max L.) cultivars

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January 27, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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Plant volatile and non-volatile chemicals defend against seed predators using different strategies in an alpine plant-seed predator network

Hua Wang et al

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January 27, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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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

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January 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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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

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All land plants have life cycles that alternate back and forth between haploid (1n) gameto-phyte and diploid (2n) sporophyte phases. The January cover features representatives of the major land plantlineages with a diagram of the life cycle (top), illustrations of the gametophyte phase (middle), and details ofthe gametangia (bottom). In bryophyte lineages, such as mosses, the life cycle is gametophyte dominant; ingymnosperms and angiosperms the life cycle is sporophyte dominant; in homosporous ferns and lycophytes,the life cycle is codominant between phases. The relative dominance of the gametophyte (haploid) phase isa key feature that characterizes the major land plant lineages and is mirrored by the complexity of the gam-etangia. This issue’s Coulter Review (see Sorojsrisom et al., pp. 1–70) discusses the evolution and develop-ment of the land plant gametangia, places them into a shared framework, and highlights future directions forintegrating a wealth of ontology descriptions from two centuries of botanical research with emerging -omicstechniques to understand the molecular basis of gametangia patterning and how these developmental pro-grams have changed throughout the evolution of land plants
January 27, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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All land plants have life cycles that alternate back and forth between haploid (1n) gameto-phyte and diploid (2n) sporophyte phases. The January cover features representatives of the major land plantlineages with a diagram of the life cycle (top), illustrations of the gametophyte phase (middle), and details ofthe gametangia (bottom). In bryophyte lineages, such as mosses, the life cycle is gametophyte dominant; ingymnosperms and angiosperms the life cycle is sporophyte dominant; in homosporous ferns and lycophytes,the life cycle is codominant between phases. The relative dominance of the gametophyte (haploid) phase isa key feature that characterizes the major land plant lineages and is mirrored by the complexity of the gam-etangia. This issue’s Coulter Review (see Sorojsrisom et al., pp. 1–70) discusses the evolution and develop-ment of the land plant gametangia, places them into a shared framework, and highlights future directions forintegrating a wealth of ontology descriptions from two centuries of botanical research with emerging -omicstechniques to understand the molecular basis of gametangia patterning and how these developmental pro-grams have changed throughout the evolution of land plants.
January 27, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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January 22, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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Ploidy does not affect responses to increased soil nutrients and salinity in a perennial geophyte

Masingitla P. Mtileni, Kenneth C. Oberlander, Kelsey L. Glennon

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Ploidy does not affect responses to increased soil nutrients and salinity in a perennial geophyte | International Journal of Plant Sciences: Vol 0, No ja
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January 21, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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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

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A century of paradox: Re-investigating paradoxopterid ferns with new material from the Early Cretaceous of Northwestern Gondwana | International Journal of Plant Sciences: Vol 0, No ja
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January 21, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Coulter Review: Patterning and Evolution of the Land Plant Gametangia

Elissa Suphapun Sorojsrisom, Dennis Wm Stevenson, Barbara A Ambrose

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Phylogenetic tree showing the evolution of land plant gametangia
January 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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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.

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January 5, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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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

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January 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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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

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December 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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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.

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December 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Botanists who do research with undergraduates, take note 👇🏼
ijpsjournal.bsky.social International Journal of Plant Sciences @ijpsjournal.bsky.social · Dec 17
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

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