Sedges are cool! 😎 www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

In search of Valencia’s ‘white gold’: my hunt for the perfect horchatería

Horchata, the revered creamy drink made from tiger nuts, is still served in grand Valencian parlours – always accompanied by sugar-glazed pastries

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Last week I took part in C4 60: From Kranz to Crops - Celebrating 60 Years of C4 Discovery and Innovarion, at Lancaster University. I gave a talk on "C4 Photosynthesis in Cyperaceae: what do we know so far?", highlighting a still understudied topic. Great atmosphere and learning 🌾 #C4Photosynthesis

📰María Sanz Arnal and Tamara Villaverde Hidalgo, IICG researchers, are co-author of the new article "Uncovering ancient allopolyploidy through genomic evidence: A case study in Carex subgenus Uncinia", published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 👀Read it here👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.ym...

Just published in Global Ecology and Biogeography! “A Comprehensive Database of Expert-Curated Occurrences for the Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae)” 🌾🌍 Aglobal, reliable dataset for one of the largest plant genera. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/geb.... #Biodiversity #OpenData #Carex

A Comprehensive Database of Expert‐Curated Occurrences for the Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae)

Motivation Geographic occurrences are essential for biodiversity studies, but publicly available repositories like GBIF often contain errors and biases, especially for taxonomically complex groups l...

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