🌿 A new plant species, Ophiorrhiza saxatilis, has been discovered growing in the karst regions of Guizhou, China. 🔍 The specific epithet is derived from the habitat of the new species, which occurs in a typical karst limestone environment doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.197480

🌿 DNA analysis has been used for the first time to resolve the evolutionary placement of two unusual South American ferns, Asplenium brasiliense and A. douglasii, in the following study: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.198424

🌿 A new plant species, Ophiorrhiza xinchengensis, has been discovered in Guangxi, China. Its name, "xinchengensis", was chosen in reference to the type locality where it was found. 👉 Read more: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.278.194094

🌿 A new species, Mitreola brachypoda, has been discovered in the karst regions of south-eastern Yunnan, China, and named for its short petioles. 👉 Learn more: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.277.195011

🌱 A new legume species, Campylotropis anningensis, has recently been described and named after Anning City, its type locality in China. Read more: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.277.199754

🏝️ Sedges long assumed to be a single species have been shown to actually comprise multiple distinct species. Indeed, four species were recognised within the Carex brevicaulis complex and five within the C. austrocompacta complex. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.277.189029

🌿 A new plant species, Polygonatum kiangnanense, has been described from south-eastern China. Complete chloroplast genome sequencing confirmed the new species to be genetically distinct from similar-looking relatives. ➡️ Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.277.198454

Magnolia tienii, described from Vietnam. Distinguished from close relatives M. praecalva and M. sinica by paired terminal flowers and elliptic leaves. Full taxonomic description: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

Great meeting our subject editor Marcin Nobis in person at the 21st Eurasian Grassland Conference in Sofia! 🌾 You can check out some of his research in our open-access journal: phytokeys.pensoft.net/browse_journ...

Euphorbia fanjingshanensis, a #newspecies from southwestern/central China, has been described. It differs from close relatives E. micractina and E. hylonoma by its lanceolate leaves, reddish peduncles, and tuberculate capsules. Learn more: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

Researchers counted chromosomes in 30 populations of 14 Rungia plant species from China, finding great diversity and frequent polyploidy (~33%). Read the full open-access study here: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

A new species, Euphorbia fanjingshanensis, has been discovered in southwestern and central China, combining distinctive morphology with molecular #phylogenetic evidence. Our study sheds new light on the diversity and evolution of Euphorbia sect. Helioscopia in East Asia: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

Taxonomists have restored 20 #magnolia relatives (formerly Manglietia/Michelia) as distinct species, correcting decades-old misclassifications that had hidden many rare, endangered plants under more common names, complicating efforts to track and protect them. Read more: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

A new yellow #camellia species, Camellia guiliangii, has been discovered on limestone mountains in Yunnan, China. It's morphologically and genetically distinct from relatives, but with such a limited range, it's already classified as Critically Endangered. Full article: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

🌊 Molecular analysis of red algae collected from Chongqing and Guangdong in China has revealed that "Chantransia" stages, long mistaken for the genus Audouinella, actually belong to Sheathia, leading to the discovery of a new species, Sheathia shaoguanensis: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.277.198746

🌱 A comprehensive checklist of over 10,000 vascular plant species has been assembled for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, revealing it to be one of the world's most botanically diverse countries, with nearly 1,100 species found nowhere else on Earth: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.277.193807

🌿 A new species of orchid, Pleurothallis pembertonii, has been described from the lower montane cloud forests of northwestern Ecuador, where it was found within the Dracula Reserve - a region recognised for its extraordinary levels of microendemism: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.276.190930

🌸 Impatiens is a diverse group of annual and perennial herbs widely distributed across tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. Five new species have been discovered in Kerala, India: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.276.200226

🎉 Delighted to welcome Dongwei Zhao as a new Subject Editor for our journal! 👉 Find out more about his expertise: phytokeys.pensoft.net/news/1317

🔬 A previously recognised variety of buckwheat, Fagopyrum caudatum var. grandiflorum, has been elevated to full species status as Fagopyrum grandiflorum, supported by a combination of evidence gathered from specimens in Gansu Province, China. 🌿 Read more: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.276.196051

📍 The 68th International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) Symposium has officially started in Gijon, Spain! 🙌 Come and visit @pensoft.net's stand to see our journal featured and stay tuned for further updates! #Gijón2026 #IAVS2026

🌿 A new species of the plant family Rubiaceae, Argostemma baotingense, has been described from Hainan Island in southern China. 🔬 In this study, an identification key and photographs covering all nine Argostemma species recorded in China have also been provided: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.276.195404

🎉 PhytoKeys has received an improved 2025 Scopus CiteScore of 2.8 and a Journal Impact Factor of 1.6, ranked Q2 across all its indexed categories! 🔗 Find out more by visiting our latest news announcement: phytokeys.pensoft.net/news/1300 #OpenAccess #JIF2026 #Scopus

🌿 A new cave-dwelling plant species, Ornithoboea brachycarpa, has been described from Guangxi, China. With only 150-200 mature individuals confirmed at a single locality, it has been provisionally assessed as Endangered under IUCN Red List Categories: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.276.181524

👀 Anyone watch the England vs Croatia game last night? Now it's time for the second round of our Biodiversity Cup: Plant vs Fungi edition! ⚽ Head to @pensoft.net's Instagram story right now and vote for the species you think deserves to win: www.instagram.com/pensoft/ #WorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCup2026

🌸 A new species of Ceropegia - a genus of unusual and often strikingly shaped flowering plants - has been described from Gengma County in Yunnan Province, southwest China: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.276.197333 #newspecies

🌺 A new species of flowering plant, Microlicia almedae, has been described from Bahia, Brazil. 🔬 The species has been named in honour of Dr. Frank Almeda, Senior Curator Emeritus at the California Academy of Sciences and expert on the family Melastomataceae: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.276.193021

🌿 A new species of flowering plant, Adenia sajoreciae, has been described and illustrated from Kenya, distinguished from its closest relative A. ellenbeckii by its largely hairless surfaces, undivided spiny-toothed leaves, narrower flowers. ➡️ Learn all about it: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.276.190059

🌸 A new species of flowering plant, Oreocharis sihuiensis, has been described from Guangdong Province. ⚠️ It has been preliminarily assessed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List due to its very small number of known individuals. ➡️ Read more: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.276.190710

🌿 Transcriptomic data from seven species of Amomum - a taxonomically challenging genus within the ginger family - have been analysed from Peninsular Malaysia: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.276.192768