Some thoughts on the evolutionary trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 so far, how it compares to other viruses, and what might happen next... 1/

Very distinctly remember seeing this tree when I was less than 10 years old, made such an impression on young me.

Dactylanthus: Fully parasitic plant 🌿❌☀️❌ Pollinated by bats 🦇 Genetic structure strongly influenced by volcanism 🌋 In serious decline 😔

Join in one hour at 7pm (AEST) for the 3/4 webinars. Tonight its Plant Hunting with Emma Simpkins, Bot Records and Conservation at AklBotanicGrdns Andre Messina, Botanist at RBG Victoria hosted by Costa Georgiadis: bit.ly/3w9ykOu #BotanicGardensDay #LoveSeasol #Plants

A new genus endemic to Queensland (Australia) is described for the former Archidendropsis subg. Basaltica, and combinations for its three species are proposed. Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/phytok… Todd McLay @unimelb RBG Victoria #Fabaceae #legumes #phylogeny

Good name for a bird.

Highlighted article: Dactylanthus ǀ pua o te Rēinga is Aoteoroa New Zealand's only fully parasitic plant. It is as weird as it is vulnerable. Find out more: bit.ly/3qZUjoS

Excited to share our paper on the golden wattle genome @plosone: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… Chris Jackson RBG Victoria AusPlants

Gum Tree Guardians has now launched on iNaturalist! 🌳 Generously funded by Eucalypt Australia - Archived under the Dahl Fellowship, this project aims to monitor the spread of myrtle rust on Myrtaceae in Australia using a citizen science approach. inaturalist.ala.org.au/projects/gum-t…

We are pleased to announce The Combined Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) - Society of Australian Systematic Biologists - ABRS Conference! 🧬🌱🪲🐌🐠🦜🌻🕷️🐸🍄🪸🪱🦘🔬 Mon 27 - Wed 29 Nov 2023 ANU, Canberra To help with planning please let us know if you would like to attend: forms.office.com/r/TjrX585KDa #taxonomy #systematics

Thanks to all the hard working taxonomists who named 💥626💥 Aussie species new to science last year! 🦀🐝🐞🐜🪲🪰🐸🐀🌸🌴 #taxonomistappreciationday 👇 smh.com.au/national/haird…

Delegates from across the globe are gathering at the Congress to discuss how #genomics can be used to monitor, manage and protect #biodiversity providing data for decision makers and for further research. What a brilliant, fascinating start to the Congress. #icg2023

How good is it to see each other IN PERSON? The welcome reception was a joyous occasion as people met, reconnected, and embraced the feeling of coming together as a community. It has been a while! #icg2023

while most people are telling you to get outside and look at wattles today, I recommend staying inside and reading our paper on the genome of golden wattle, the floral emblem of Australia. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

From #AppsPlantSci's 10th anniversary collection🌿 Making a great resource even more valuable, Todd McLay Jennifer Tate Lizzy Joyce Alexander N Schmidt-Lebuhn Bill Baker Félix Forest et al expanded the #Angiosperms353 probe set to create a mega353 file bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.100… #iamabotanist

Meet Tasmania's botany wizard! Prof. Greg Jordan from Sciences and Engineering at University of Tasmania is joining us today for the final instalment of our Conservation of Tassie Plants mini-series. Tune in to hear some of the fascinating tales he has to share from his life-long career as a #paleobotanist! 🌱🔬

Our Big Flowering Plant Bang paper is now out in Nature!! So excited to have been part of this massive collaborative effort led by the KewGardens team, involving 279 co-authors from 27 countries! #angiosperms #phylogenomics nature.com/articles/s4158…

Check out CSIRO's expert commentary on this incredible project!! csiro.au/en/news/All/Ne…

🌿Exciting AusPlants news! We celebrated 5 yrs of progress in enhancing our understanding of Australia's unique flora. Key achievements - 35 reference genomes 🧬and a collaborative Nature paper to build the global flowering plant tree of life #NCRISimpact bioplatforms.com/news/gap-initi…