Kew Americas @KewAmericas
We are the Americas team at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. We research and curate plant biodiversity focused on tropical Americas kew.org Richmond, London Joined July 2016-
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📢 Vacancies at Kew! 📢 We have two, part-time Editor-in-Chief positions available: Editor-in-Chief for Kew Bulletin Editor-in-Chief for Curtis's Botanical Magazine Find out more about each role in the thread below and apply by 12 May 🧵👇 careers.kew.org/vacancies.html…
Comolia paraensis (#Melastomataceae), a striking #newspecies of Marcetieae endemic to Pará, #Brazil phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/vie… #Taxonomy
Fantastic job, well done! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇧🇴
For the first time, the curated list of EDGE species includes angiosperms! Have a look! Deadline 7th July 2024. @KewScience @snuroo
For the first time, the curated list of EDGE species includes angiosperms! Have a look! Deadline 7th July 2024. @KewScience @snuroo
Thanks @chickpeaman ! A huge thank you to the @MarshAwards and to all the contributors of #HerbariumHandbook 🌿
Thanks @chickpeaman ! A huge thank you to the @MarshAwards and to all the contributors of #HerbariumHandbook 🌿
Today is #treeDay in #Colombia 🇨🇴one of the world's #biodiversity hotspots and we are featuring Myriopus gleissonii a newly described Colombian-endemic species that is distinct by being the only #tree in the genus Myriopus @KewBulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225… #DiaDelArbol
Hymenocallis ruenesiana (#Amaryllidaceae), a #newspecies from the Yucatan Peninsula, #Mexico phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/vie… #Taxonomy
And to end off the week with a bang: another new species! Clusia salicifolia got its name by having leaves similar to a #Salix tree (#willow) and is native to #CostaRica and #Panama 🇨🇷🇵🇦Check it out #OpenAccess @KewBulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225… @KewAmericas @manuelujan
NEW TODAY in @Nature - A vast DNA tree of life brings open access DNA sequences of >9500 flowering plants! 🧬 This invaluable resource crafted by 279 scientists lets us answer key questions about modern plant life and look back in time to its origins 🌿 nature.com/articles/s4158…
We are looking for a motivated experienced taxonomist to join us as our new Editor-in-Chief! Deadline 12 May 2024. See careers.kew.org/vacancy/editor…
*Chuquiraga jussieu* (Asteraceae) de los páramos del Ecuador para celebrar a nuestro planeta Tierra 🌎💚 #DiadeLaTierra #EarthDay2024
📦Trying out the new PhyloshapeR package (by @iramosgutierrez) 🥳Amazing tool, easy to use, cool outputs! 🗺️Here the species of my thesis (tropical woody plants) in the shape of South America!
Ruagea is a group of 15 species of #trees in the #mahogany family (Meliaceae) distributed in #CentralAmerica and throughout Andean #SouthAmerica. Terence D. Pennington et al prepared a thorough revision of this group @KewBulletin #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1007/s12225…
This year, we had the pleasure of welcoming Liliana Arroyo and Oriana Lino from the Bolivia-based TIPAs team on their visit to Kew Herbarium and @KewAmericas, during which they collected data on species endemic to Bolivia to complete extinction risk assessments for @IUCNRedList
We are recruiting a Project Coordinator: Tropical Important Plant Areas (#TIPAs) @KewScience #AcceleratedTaxonomy - Deadline 5 May (see: careers.kew.org/vacancy/projec…)
New classification of the #legume subfamily Caesalpinioideae, including a taxonomic key, descriptions, maps, and illustrations for 163 genera. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/phytok… #taxonomy
Campylocentrum luzmariae (#Vandeae, Orchidaceae), a #newspecies from the Andean cloud forest of #Colombia phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/vie… #Taxonomy
#50years apart
Nasa ojedae (#Loasaceae): A #newspecies from the montane forests of Reserva El Corazón, western Andes of #Ecuador phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/vie… #Taxonomy
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📢 Vacancies at Kew! 📢 We have two, part-time Editor-in-Chief positions available: Editor-in-Chief for Kew Bulletin Editor-in-Chief for Curtis's Botanical Magazine Find out more about each role in the thread below and apply by 12 May 🧵👇 careers.kew.org/vacancies.html…
Leonoria, a new genus in the #coffee family endemic to dry forests in #Brazil. Congrats to all the authors! 👏👏👏#Taxonomy #Caatinga #Bahia
Happy to see our latest manuscript finally published "Multiple sources of evidence unravel a complex taxonomic history: the new genus Leonoria of the Spermacoce clade (Spermacoceae-Rubiaceae)" @Valeria86812164 @Florentin_JE @rms_pienso #Rubiaceae #Brazil tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Comolia paraensis (#Melastomataceae), a striking #newspecies of Marcetieae endemic to Pará, #Brazil phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/vie… #Taxonomy
Our team in Bolivia is collecting seeds of this spectacular species, Puya raimondii - queen of the Andes! This endangered plant will be the focus of propagation trials with the outlook developing of a conservation program to save this emblematic plant. @mobotgarden @LPB_Bolivia
Fantastic job, well done! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇧🇴
Our team in Bolivia is collecting seeds of this spectacular species, Puya raimondii - queen of the Andes! This endangered plant will be the focus of propagation trials with the outlook developing of a conservation program to save this emblematic plant. @mobotgarden @LPB_Bolivia
Ever wondered if you've glimpsed a new species of plant? 🌿 Plant taxonomists do that for a living! Watch Kew taxonomist Gwil Lewis reveal just how crucial their work is 🔎 You can now help immortalise our plant & fungal specimens 👉ow.ly/G4sI50Rsc0H
Great to welcome members of @TORCHOxford to @kewgardens today to talk #research & see some of our fabulous #collections! @Kew_LAA @Economicbotany @KewScience @UniofOxford @TheRuskin @eparpillee @rentravailer @DrEmanuelaVai
Muy emocionado de participar en este evento, y halagado de que cuando me invitaron me dijeron que estaban buscando botánicos "jóvenes"👴🏼 Nos vemos en la antesala! #JuventudDivinoTesoro
For the first time, the curated list of EDGE species includes angiosperms! Have a look! Deadline 7th July 2024. @KewScience @snuroo
We're delighted to announce that applications are now open for the EDGE Fellowship 2025! If you're an early-career conservationist from Asia or the Pacific, we want to hear from you. To find out more and apply now, visit buff.ly/3VYGmYI
Thrilled to see this paper out! part of research done by @KewScience MSc graduate Emma Wodcke in collaboration with the great Barry Hammel from @mobotgarden who generously shared w/us his vast expertise in #CentralAmerican plants #FridayFeeling #PuraVida🇨🇷#Chévere🇵🇦@KewAmericas
And to end off the week with a bang: another new species! Clusia salicifolia got its name by having leaves similar to a #Salix tree (#willow) and is native to #CostaRica and #Panama 🇨🇷🇵🇦Check it out #OpenAccess @KewBulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225… @KewAmericas @manuelujan
Thanks @chickpeaman ! A huge thank you to the @MarshAwards and to all the contributors of #HerbariumHandbook 🌿
Congratulations to @timutteridge @Nina__Davies @claredrinkell for being awarded the Marsh Director's Choice Publication Award for the new edition of the Herbarium Handbook @kewgardens @KewScience @MarshAwards
Today is #treeDay in #Colombia 🇨🇴one of the world's #biodiversity hotspots and we are featuring Myriopus gleissonii a newly described Colombian-endemic species that is distinct by being the only #tree in the genus Myriopus @KewBulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225… #DiaDelArbol
Hymenocallis ruenesiana (#Amaryllidaceae), a #newspecies from the Yucatan Peninsula, #Mexico phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/vie… #Taxonomy
Brand spanking new flowering plant tree of life! Hot off the press @Nature. Huge thanks to @KewScience and all 279 co-authors for tireless graft on this for past 8 years. We hope you all like it! #angiosperms353 nature.com/articles/s4158…
NEW in @Nature: Three NYBG scientists joined colleagues at @KewScience and from around the world to create the largest-ever DNA tree of life for flowering plants—sequencing more than 9,500 species! Learn more about this open-access resource. #NYBGScience brnw.ch/21wJ96o
#DNA from 9500 #Plants sequenced, 1.8 billion letters of genetic code, 138 organisations internationally and 279 scientists (including @SandyKnapp). This study, led by @KewScience, is a major milestone for plant science. #DNADay Learn more 👇doi.org/10.1038/s41586…
And to end off the week with a bang: another new species! Clusia salicifolia got its name by having leaves similar to a #Salix tree (#willow) and is native to #CostaRica and #Panama 🇨🇷🇵🇦Check it out #OpenAccess @KewBulletin doi.org/10.1007/s12225… @KewAmericas @manuelujan
Wake up, honey: new phylogeny of flowering plants just dropped! Over 9K species, 58% of genera, and all 416 families inferred using Angiosperms353! Out now in Nature - congrats to the @KewScience team and SO MANY collaborators! nature.com/articles/s4158…
NEW TODAY in @Nature - A vast DNA tree of life brings open access DNA sequences of >9500 flowering plants! 🧬 This invaluable resource crafted by 279 scientists lets us answer key questions about modern plant life and look back in time to its origins 🌿 nature.com/articles/s4158…