Introducing Bulbophyllum halmaherae a rare new orchid endemic to Halmahera Island, Indonesia 🇮🇩 Check it out #OpenAccess @KewBulletin

Una nueva especie de Piper para #Mexico descrita por @AndrsErnestoOr1 & co. @KewBulletin Felicitaciones a los autores! 👏👏👏

Check out this newly described species with lizard-skin-like leaves from #Mexico 🇲🇽 by @AndrsErnestoOr1 et al. Congrats to all the authors! @KewBulletin

Introducing Stenandriopsis darainensis a #new species #endemic from Daraina region (Loky-Manambato) in northeastern #Madagascar 🇲🇬 by @IainDarbyshire1 et al. Check it out #OpenAccess @KewBulletin

We set off to a great start in 2025 with a taxonomic revision of Iphigenia, a genus in Colchicaceae a family of plants known to produce #Colchicine a chemical to treat heart conditions🫀 Also check out the #new #species for #Australia 🇦🇺 @KewBulletin

And our first post for this new year comes from the last article we published online in 2024. Introducing Distimake aparantae a new species of morning glory from #India 🇮🇳 by S. Patil, V. Shimpale & @anaritagsimoes from @KewAfrica Check it out @KewBulletin

When a new species is named after a place, botanists often use the ending "...ensis" like in Ipomoea quitensis, a newly described species of morning glory from #Quito #Ecuador 🇪🇨 Check it out #OpenAccess @KewBulletin

Posted (by error) from our editor in chief's X account, introducing Stachytarpheta eimeariae and S. praetermissa, two new species from #Brazil 🇧🇷@KewBulletin

Fresh off the press! Five new species of #Cola, a genus in the mallow family. The range of these newly described species' is from SE #Nigeria to coastal #Kenya #Tanzania and #Malawi in #tropical #Africa 🇳🇬🇰🇪🇹🇿🇲🇼 #OpenAccess @KewBulletin @DrMartinCheek

Do you know what #reciprocal #illumination is? Find out in this wonderful piece about the process of producing a taxonomic monograph by @pablomurod et al @KewBulletin #OpenAccess

Introducing Clusia dotana & Clusia osaensis, two new species of trees endemic to Dota & the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica 🇨🇷 described by @manuelujan et al @KewBulletin @KewAmericas #OpenAccessWeek

To kick-start #OpenAccessWeek @KewBulletin we feature one of the first #OpenAccess papers we publish with @SpringerPlants presenting 102 species of morning glories from Bolivia🇧🇴(Ipomoea) by John R.I. Wood.

Scientific names need to be clearly linked to particular #specimens, these are called #types. Check out this piece where a plant collected by Joachim Burser is designated as the type for a species described by Carl Linnaeus @KewBulletin

Check out this newly described and critically endangered species from the #Ebo #forest in #Cameroon 🇨🇲 Well done to all the authors @KewAfrica @KewBulletin #OpenAccess

#Seneca is a genus of flowering #plants, the name honors the #Native #American Seneca people, who used the plant's root to treat snakebite. Check out these 5 new species from #Brazil🇧🇷described by Pastor & Mota @KewBulletin

Check out this wonderful study on the #orchid genus Aerangis in Madagascar, the Mascarenes & Comoro Islands 🇲🇬🇲🇺🇰🇲🇫🇷 where 27 endemic species are reported and their conservation status assessed @KewBulletin #OpenAccess

Anisophylly is when #leaves of a pair differ, either in size or shape, like in Triolena anisophylla a new endangered species from #Panama 🇵🇦 described by K. Samra, @pedoconnective from @NYBG & E. Lucas from @KewScience Check it out @KewBulletin #OpenAccess

Have you ever heard of an invasive #orchid? Well check this piece from Martín et al where they report the invasive 'soldier orchid' for the first time in #Argentina 🇦🇷@KewBulletin

Don't be that person! @KewBulletin we enjoy publishing truly collaborative papers! #tuesdaymotivations

#Taxonomy is the science of classification. #Scientist organize organisms in a hierarchical system of #family #genus and #species. P.F. Stevens reflects on the Genus Concept in Practice: But for What Practice? in this 1985 piece @KewBulletin