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While it looks similar to its neighbors, its shorter spurs and unique DNA signatures prove this rare find is a species of its own.

Read all about it: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.269.173115

January 20, 2026 at 1:27 PM

PhytoKeys

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🎉PhytoKeys is excited to welcome prof. José Floriano B. Pastore as a new subject editor!

Learn more about his expertise here: phytokeys.pensoft.net/news/1077

José Floriano B. Pastore joins PhytoKeys as a Subject Editor

José Floriano B. Pastore is a Professor of Botany at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil, and a faculty member of the Graduate Program in Algae, Fungi and Plants (UFSC).His ...

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January 16, 2026 at 1:34 PM

Plazi

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#NewSpecies!
Solanum nectarifolium
A newly discovered #solanaceae from #australia!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/FBF66E47-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#Phytokeys #SolanumNectarifolium

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #plants

Upright open growth habit of Solanum nectarifolium.

January 16, 2026 at 1:04 PM

Plazi

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#NewSpecies!
Peperomia kauaiana
A newly discovered #piperaceae from #hawaii!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/6C345A09-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#Phytokeys #PeperomiaKauaiana

#FAIRdata
#OA #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #plants

Peperomia kauaiana, fertile plant in situ.

January 16, 2026 at 7:40 AM

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🏆 PhytoKeys is proud to announce its 2025 Annual Journal Awards!

🎉We are celebrating the authors of our most cited 2022 papers alongside some of our most active editors of 2025!

🌿Thank you to our community for another year of #botanical discoveries!

➡ phytokeys.pensoft.net/news/1082

2025 Annual Journal Awards

Continuing its yearly tradition, PhytoKeys once again celebrates the achievements of its authors and editors through its annual awards initiative, which spotlights the journal’s most influential...

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January 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM

GBIF Morpho 🦋

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New paper in @phytokeys.pensoft.net using @gbif.org mediated data:

An updated checklist of vascular plants of Myanmar 🇲🇲

#CiteTheDOI: ✅

#OpenAccess: ⭐️

https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.261.154986

An updated checklist of vascular plants of Myanmar

Myanmar is one of the Southeast Asian countries where biodiversity richness is very high as well as under various anthropogenic threats. Its broad latitudinal range, heterogeneous topography, and trop...

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January 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM

Plazi

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#NewSpecies!
Polygonatum dabieshanensis
A newly discovered #asparagaceae from #china!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/D484BDD6-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#PhytoKeys #PolygonatumDabieshanensis

#FAIRdata
#ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flowers #plants

January 9, 2026 at 8:11 AM

PhytoKeys

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Huge thanks to all our readers, authors, editors, and reviewers for making 2025 such a great year for PhytoKeys!

🌱 We’re so excited to see what amazing work will sprout in 2026!

#Pensoft2025Review

December 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM

PhytoKeys

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Happy holidays from everyone at PhytoKeys!

December 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM

Plazi

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#NewSpecies!
Viola yuelingensis
A newly discovered violaceae from #china!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/596BF0CF-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#PhytoKeys #ViolaYuelingensis

#FAIRdata
#OA #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildflowers #flowers #plants #wildlife #violaceae

Viola yuelingensis, flower in front view.

December 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM

Plazi

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#NewSpecies
Ceratostema limonensis
A newly discovered #ericaceae from #ecuador

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/A2628450-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#phytoKeys #CeratostemaLimonensis

#FAIRdata
#openaccess #biology #ecology #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flowers #plants

December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM

Plazi

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#NewSpecies!
Lepanthes nasariana
A newly discovered orchid from #colombia!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/D3F1E630-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#phytoKeys #LepanthesNasariana

#FAIRdata
#OA #biology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #plants #orchidaceae #orchids

Lepanthes nasariana in vivo. Flower, frontal view.

December 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM

Plazi

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#NewSpecies!
Polystichum oligodontum
A newly discovered fern from #china!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/00D2F038-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#PhytoKeys #PolystichumOligodontum

#FAIRdata
#OA #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #plants #fern

November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM

Plazi

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#NewSpecies!
Primula xinjingensis
A newly discovered primulaceae from #china!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/90FC766F-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#PhytoKeys #PrimulaXinjingensis

#FAIRdata
#OA #openaccess #ecology #nature #biodiversity #botany #flowers #plants #wildlife #primulaceae

November 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM

PhytoKeys

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Researchers presents morphological evidence for the reinstatement of 𝐿𝑒𝑒𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑎, including its taxonomic description, illustration, distribution maps, notes on habitat, and conservation status

🔗https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.266.173605

November 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM

Plazi

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#NewSpecies!
Balanophora xinfeniae
A newly discovered #balanophoraceae from #china!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/8D91C8DC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#Phytokeys #BalanophoraXinfeniae

#FAIRdata
#OA #biology #ecology #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flowers #plants

November 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM

Plazi

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#NewSpecies
Solanum stellaticalycinum
A newly discovered solanaceae from #peru!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/6BC1FD64-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#Phytokeys #SolanumStellaticalycinum

#FAIRdata
#OA #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #botany #flowers #plants #wildlife #solanaceae

Solanum stellaticalycinum, flower at full anthesis.

November 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM

Plazi

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#NewSpecies!
Bredia macrophylla
A newly discovered melastomataceae from #china!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/48F49EC5-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#PhytoKeys #BrediaMacrophylla

#FAIRdata
#OA #ecology #taxonomy #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flowers #plants #melastomataceae

November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM

Plazi

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#NewSpecies!
Benzoscaphe stelleri
A newly discovered natural hybridization of orchid from #costarica!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/502E5546-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#PhytoKeys #BenzoscapheStelleri

#FAIRdata
#biodiversity #conservation #botany #flowers #orchidaceae #orchids

Flower of × Benzoscaphe stelleri, from the plant that served as the holotype.

November 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM

PhytoKeys

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Conferences are so exciting because we get to meet our happy authors - here are Martin Savov and Stefan Savov, who published their first PhytoKeys article three weeks ago!