Michal Hroneš
@thismialab.bsky.social
#monocots, #bulbs, #mycoheterotrophs and other cool #plants, #polyploidy, #hybridization and stuff, #botanist at Palacky University in Olomouc, Czechia
A new species of Allium, A. erimomeli, is described from the volcanic islands of Milos and Antimilos, Greece. This hexaploid species highlights the role of polyploidy and insular isolation in A. sect. Codonoprasum diversification. ➡️ doi.org/10.5091/plec...
If I had to choose one, this might be my favourite plant. Dead Horse Arum Heicodoceros muscivorus. Abundant on Illa de l'Aire, along with its Balearic Lizard helper
New paper! A checklist of the plants endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands (S Indonesia and Timor-Leste). For conservation we need to know where these plants are and if they are threatened, and we know so little about either. 51 species haven't been seen in >120 years! doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
Eastern skunk cabbage blooms early as it melts its way out of winter. Its fleshy inflorescence generates heat, melts snow, & releases a pungent odor that attracts flies & beetles when little else is available. Often called a “famine food,” it’s toxic & required repeated boiling to become palatable.
Fritillaria rhodia Small in terms of how humans view the world. Large in terms of beauty though. #RhodesOrchidOdyssey #FritsAndFarMoreThanOrchids
What is this small strange looking thing? It's a fruiting Allium chamaemoly, an early flowering dwarf garlic of open places in Mediterranean vegetation.
Galanthus reginae-olgae subsp. vernalis is a most common #snowdrop in coastal parts of Montenegro. So happy to catch it still in bloom. Its foliage is very distinct with an impression of median white stripe such as in Crocus or Ornithogalum.
Speaking of Ranunculaceae early bloomers, two early spring species of #Anemone (A. hortensis and A. apennina) are flowering just now in pastures and forests of western Balkan #Montenegro
Adonis vernalis, another early bloomer of dry grasslands in northern Pannonia
Pulsatilla grandis, one of the early bloomers in dry grassland habitats in northern Pannonia
Nice overview of #Gagea bohemica by @milanchytry.bsky.social Just want to add that our ongoing reasearch indicates that this particular type with wide tepals and almost glabrous stems is probably endemic to Bohemia and northern part of Pannonia. You can read more here doi.org/10.1007/s006...
Cytogeography of Gagea bohemica (Liliaceae) outside the Mediterranean: two ploidy levels, spatial differentiation of cytotypes, and occurrence of mixed-ploidy populations - Plant Systematics and Evolu...
Gagea bohemica s.l. is a morphologically and karyologically highly variable group with many morphologically similar “narrow” taxa currently considered as a single variable species. It is predominantly...
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Milan Chytrý@milanchytry.bsky.social · 6mo agoGagea bohemica, described by Johann Zauschner in 1776, was the first species native to Bohemia described by a Bohemian botanist. However, it is not endemic to Bohemia. It has a broad distribution across temperate Europe and the Mediterranean. Photo taken today near Moravský Krumlov, South Moravia.
Our paper on evolution of sexual vs. apomictic genotypes in Rubus ser. Glandulosi is now free to read @annbot.bsky.social
Annals of Botany@annbot.bsky.social · 6mo ago♻️🆓: Plant kleptomaniacs: geographical genetic patterns in the amphi-apomictic Rubus ser. Glandulosi (Rosaceae) reveal complex reticulate evolution of Eurasian brambles doi.org/10.1093/aob/... #PlantScience
Monotropa callistoma is a newly discovered ghost plant from China that doesn’t need sunlight to grow! Curious to find out more? Read on here: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.271.177609
Today, we bring you the largest wild orchid you can find in Portugal, Barlia robertiana, photographed in a meadow in Lordemão and Souselas 🌿 A remarkable Mediterranean species, standing out for its size and dense inflorescences.
So many interesting studies on #Monocots @phytokeys.pensoft.net lately😍 Here is the digest👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
PhytoKeys@phytokeys.pensoft.net · 8mo ago𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 is the new addition to the #asparagus family - found in Dabieshan Mountains, China. ➡️ doi.org/10.3897/phyt... #newspecies #plant #ecology
In Europe, only a few N American asters (Symphyotrichum) are naturalised or cultivated, with some exhibiting invasive behaviour & others misidentified. How do we fix this? Understanding their cytogeography (distribution of gene complexes), as done here along the Danube...🧪🌍 doi.org/10.1093/botl...
PhD on Begonia speciation at RBGE/Glasgow! Looking at the genomics of reproductive isolation and how fast it evolves - is it the reason this is one of the largest genera of flowering plants? www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Evidence for plastome loss in the holoparasitic Mystropetalaceae A #Letter by Yu et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience
The rare, mushroom-like Balanophora plant surprises researchers with their genetic makeup and unconventional role of plastids in biosynthesis, despite being entirely parasitic of a select few trees. New study in @newphyt.bsky.social 👇 www.oist.jp/news-center/...
The evolutionary mysteries of a rare parasitic plant
New study maps the strange genomes of Asia-Pacific Balanophora species, giving new insights into the evolution of parasitic plants and an unconventional role of plastids.
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🌿 Coming soon: Preslia 97(4)! Three new papers shed light on biodiversity loss, plant evolution and overlooked drivers of plant invasions: 🔹 Pannonian sand grasslands lose specialists due to succession and eutrophication
Researchers in Malaysia have discovered an incredible new endemic ‘fairy lantern’ species with fewer than 20 individuals known to exist in the wild. 🔗 Learn all about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/12/02/n...
New critically endangered ‘fairy lantern’ discovered in Malaysia
Just 20 individuals of the unusual species are known to exist in the wild.
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Plant taxonomy is disappearing - and so is our ability to protect species 🍂 Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast. Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇 https://ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa
Orchis anatolica sharing space with Muscaris & Ornithogalums. Taken during one of the @Greenwings #orchid tours. #RhodesOrchidOdyssey #OrchidsOfRhodes #BotanicalTour
New #Thismia description just dropped in @phytokeys.pensoft.net Please welcome Thismia selangorensis, a beautiful new mitriform species described by Siti Munirah from vicinity of Kuala Lumpur #Malaysia doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
1/2 Konference ČBS proběhne již přespříští víkend. A to na téma "Český výzkum v zahraničí". Těšit se můžete na příspěvky z celého světa. Přihlašování je možné do 16. 11.
JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social Primers in the Plant Sciences: Tracing the history of angiosperm systematics through Liliales and Asparagales @astragaler.bsky.social, @wile-phylote.bsky.social, @tribblelab.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.... #PlantScience
