We just passed the June solstice and you know what that means...our latest Plant List update is live! Visit worldfloraonline.org to see the latest.

🚨Rhododendron mariae provides protection against Dengue Fever 📣novel antiviral candidate towards DENV-2 ‼️effect initiated at the stage of virus adsorption to the cell surface 🔔demonstrated efficacy against DENV both in vitro and in vivo 🧪🪴🌿⚕️🍁

Rhododendron mariae Hance protects against dengue virus infection by targeting viral entry and modulating host-pathogen interactions

Dengue virus (DENV) infection continues to pose a significant global public health threat, driven by complex host-pathogen dynamics and the absence of…

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The 1st article of the #Sibbaldia journal special issue looking at #Rhododendron in gardens is available now. journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib/issu... It's as much about the people and the work they do, as it is about the plants.

Paul Valéry (1871-1945)... #Painting, ‘Shakunage Rhododendron’ by Zuigetsu Ikeda, 1877-1944.

TENS, or Taxonomic Expert Networks, help improve the WFO taxonomic backbone and curate a global consensus classification. TENs also provide a platform for world’s experts to share knowledge on world’s plants. At our most recent meeting, we added seven TENS, bringing our total up to 68!

After being in the research collection for 15 years this unidentified Rhododendron, collected by George Argent flowered and we were able to identify it as Rhododendron mogeanum. A threatened species from Kalimantan. #Ex-situ #Rhododendron

La Red de Taxónomos Expertos del orden Buxales, liderada por Pedro A. González Gutiérrez recientemente completó un tratamiento global integral a nivel de especies que incluye una revisión sobre la tipificación.

Instead of a bouquet of roses, this Valentine's Day we're hoping we get rose experts to help us form a Rosaceae Taxonomic Expert Network, or TEN. 🌹

Did you hear the big news from our friends at Botanic Gardens Conservation International? BGCI launched new updates to PlantSearch that strengthen its role as the world’s most comprehensive resource on living plant collections. WFO will serve as the primary taxonomic reference! Swipe to learn more.

🚨New content alert🚨 WFO is always adding new data! Last month we added the following data: 🌺 Plants of Nepal 🌸 Flora Helvetica 🇫🇷 French descriptions 🇩🇪 German descriptions 🌼 Flora of Central Africa 📈 Approximately 50% of the Parse GBIF data Browse the latest data on worldfloraonline.org

As we start off the new year, WFO is excited to share our latest Plant List Update. The Plant List is updated twice a year in conjunction with the solstices. Watch to learn more about what's new since June.

Welcome to one of our newest TEN, Hydnoraceae!

Welcome to one of our newest TEN, Monimiaceae!

Rhododendron Dashanbaoense (Ericaceae), a New Species from North-Eastern Yunnan, China Zhang, Ye, Wang, Luo, Chen, Liu & Su CURRENT SCIENCE 5(6),5472-5482 currentscience.info/index.php/cs... 🧪🪴🌱

Rhododendron coin! From Nepal, 1972

@worldfloraonline.bsky.social Nomenclatura y taxonomía para la comunidad: La familia de angiospermas Putranjiváceas cuenta ya con un nuevo catálogo global rjb.csic.es/nomenclatura...

Rhododendron campanulatum dominance increased progressively with altitude gain Leaf traits showed strong negative correlations with rising altitude Shrubby growth of R. campanulatum aids survival in cold environments Morphological changes suggest adaptation to harsh alpine conditions 🧪🍁🌏🌐🌿🌱🪴

Adaptive strategies of Rhododendron campanulatum and Rhododendron anthopogon subsp. hypenanthum in the alpine ecosystem of Central Himalaya, India

Rhododendron campanulatum and Rhododendron anthopogon subsp. hypenanthum are significant species of the alpine ecosystem of the Central Himalaya, Indi…

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Marking 125 years of #EJBotany #OpenAccess and its forerunner, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, we are delighted to announce that ALL content is now freely available at journals.rbge.org.uk/notes and journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb

Scaffolding for Scientific Knowledge – the Nomenclatural Checklist stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/40823

Scaffolding for Scientific Knowledge - the Nomenclatural Checklist

A checklist of the plant family Putranjivaceae has just been published in the Edinburgh Journal of Botany (Quintanar et al. 2025). It’s a list of all the species accepted in the family. But it is more...

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Excited to share my first PhD paper which was based on my fieldwork at @thebotanics.bsky.social and just published on @geoopenaccess.bsky.social yesterday! 🌺

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PhD work by @mingcan-rong.bsky.social on the colonial legacy of cultivating scientific authority through the lens of Rhododendron @thebotanics.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

PhD work by @mingcan-rong.bsky.social on the colonial legacy of cultivating scientific authority through the lens of Rhododendron @thebotanics.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

Cultivating Scientific Authority: A Vegetal Geography of Chinese Rhododendrons at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

The paper presents a vegetal geography of Chinese rhododendrons at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), examining the mechanisms through which RBGE's scientific authority is established in the ....

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🚨Extended deadline for our plant identification tool survey!🚨 World Flora Online is planning plant identification features that could be incorporated into the WFO platform and we want to hear from you to guide our priorities. 🧵

As the world faces a biodiversity crisis, precise knowledge about specific species is more important than ever. World Flora Online’s Taxonomic Expert Networks, or TENs, are collaborations of taxonomic experts who work together to agree upon a consensus classification for their plant groups.

Happy Halloween from WFO! You may have heard of the ghost orchid, but did you know there is also a phantom orchid, hairy shadow witch orchid, and even a whole genus of dracula orchids? If you did, or know someone who knows all of this and much more about orchids, send them our way!

Welcome to our newest member, Real Jardín Botánico! 📷 by Antonello Dellanotte

Welcome to our newest member, Info Flora, the national data and information center on the Swiss flora. To date, 55 botanic gardens and botanical institutes are represented on the World Flora Online Council.

Welcome to our newest member, Jardin Botanico La Laguna! To date, 55 botanic gardens and botanical institutes are represented on the World Flora Online Council.

World Flora Online is planning plant identification features that could be incorporated into the WFO platform and we want to hear from you to guide our priorities. We invite you to tell us what you need from future WFO ID tools in a 10‑minute survey.

Happy World Coffee Day! WFO is looking for a coffee expert, and we don’t mean your local barista. We want to form a Taxonomic Expert Network (TEN) for Rubiaceae, the coffee and quinine family. Swipe through to learn more about TENS, and send your favorite rubiaceae experts our way!

Call for papers on #Rhododendron living collections for a special issue of Sibbadia the journal of botanical horticulture. More info at the end of the link. journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib/anno...