Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi, forming important associations with plants in evolution, have attracted much attention from scientists. Species of the genus Strobilomyces, known as "Old Men of the Woods", can form ECM symbioses selectively with plants of many families, e.g. Dipterocarpaceae, Fabacea...
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The former “Eastern Asiatic region” to be an independent floristic Kingdom, the “East Asiatic Floristic Kingdom”. It is significant to the definition of the Floristic regions of the world. However, there are still some questions need to be discussed.
The Ward Line–Mekong-Salween Divide (MSD) is a classic geographical barrier forwardeby Francis Kingdon-Ward in 1921. In recent years, several studies have suggested that the MSD was the main driver leading to the contemporary diversity and population differentiation of vertebrates and plants, su...
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A study published today in Scientific Reports reveals that improved agricultural practices could secure a triple win for food security, ecological resilience and climate change – including removing over a billion tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere per year. More>>
A new species of blue Entoloma mushroom was recently discovered by the research group of Prof. XU Jianchu from Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KIB/CAS) and the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).
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The evolution of ferns has resulted in some quite diversified groups, for more than two hundred years, taxonomists have aimed at recognizing natural groups in ferns at different taxonomic levels. The advent of phylogenetic analysis based on molecular sequence information has radically revolutioni...
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