Research published in The New Phytologist Foundation’s two journals made the headlines in 2025.
From tropical trees with a preference for electricity to hope for a genetic solution to grapefruit–drug interactions, via the pick of wildflower mixes for insects and peculiar orchids that eschew pollinators, New Phytologist and Plants, People, Planet articles highlighted in the news took us all over the world.
We’ve selected the five articles from each journal that featured most prominently in the press in 2025, as tracked in news media mentions by Altmetric.
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New Phytologist
Why These Tropical Trees Love a Lightning Strike
Scientific American
This Unusual Plant Might Be One Of Evolution’s "Weirdest Experiments"
IFL Science
Why Grapefruit Interferes with Medication, and What to Do about It
Scientific American
Blueberries beware: Powdery mildew spreading across the globe
The Microbiologist
Die Hummeln waren schon damals auf Linden scharf
Die Presse
Plants, People, Planet
Nearly Half of the Colorful and Charismatic Heliconia Tropical Plant Species Are Threatened With Extinction, New Study Reveals
Smithsonian Magazine
A New Study Says Fungus Could Make a Loaf of Bread More Nutritious
Yahoo! News
An orchid uses a finger-like appendage to pollinate itself
New Scientist
What Are The Best Wildflowers To Attract Bees?
Forbes
Nearly half of tree species in Mexico and Central America threatened with extinction
Mongabay