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Dipteryx oleifera tree, covered in purple flowers, viewed from above the rainforest canopy

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Getting hit by lightning is good for some tropical trees

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A bright yellow fully opened flower of Turnera velutina.

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Is the 'honesty' of flowering plants to their pollinators genetic?

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Thank you to all of our reviewers in 2024!

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Text reads "Society for Tropical Ecology" with a black and white line drawing of abat feeding from a flower

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Congratulations to the Merian Award winners

The New Phytologist Foundation is pleased to support the 8th European Conference of Tropical Ecology, with it's sponsorship of the Merian Awards.

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Signpost on an overgrown bank reads: Japanese knotweed contaminated area. Do not remove any materials without express permission. Note area is treated periodically with herbicides. No public access please.

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Why is Japanese knotweed so highly invasive?

Research published in New Phytologist provides insights into why the invasive plant Japanese knotweed is so successful at outcompeting native plants.

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The orchid Stigmatodactylus sikokianus growing in the dark forest understory

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Plant’s name-giving feature found to be new offspring-ensuring method

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