Imagine a gigantic, foggy forest in the Colombian Andes, and somewhere in there a tree that no one in science had been able to figure out. It was not microscopic. It was not underground. It grew up to ...

A new family tree of the plant genus Solanum helps explain the striking diversity of their fruit color and size. This genus includes tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, and other economically important ...

Plant structure -- Introduction to plant taxonomy -- Botanical nomenclature -- Taxonomic evidence -- Classification systems -- Systematic methods and classification -- Floras, manuals, and botanical ...

Electrochemical methods have emerged as a powerful tool for the taxonomic study of plants, combining sensitive redox analysis with minimal sample preparation. By probing the electrochemically active ...

Coming 150 years after the last description from Sulawesi, five new species from the world's largest genus of trees, Syzygium, highlight the extent of unexplored botanical diversity on the Indonesian ...