The ferns range in height from 20 centimeters ... all species on the planet have been described, leaving many more species of plants to be discovered. “Every year, as scientists explore the ...

In May 2023, he and his team collected samples of the diminutive plant in the wild and brought them back to the lab, where they compared the fern’s genome with species of known genome size.

Why might ferns have such flexible reproductive strategies? The answer lies in what they lack: seeds, flowers and fruits. This distinguishes them from the more than 350,000 species of seed plants ...

Polystichum neolobatum: “A very hardy, very beautiful, clump-forming, slightly tropical looking fern native to parts of the ...

may be detrimental to more tender species. Very few ferns are bothered by insect pests, making these plants easy to grow and maintain. In our area, the time to prepare beds for planting ferns is ...

But most of the longest genomes belong to plants. Studying organisms with ... which includes about 15 species—mainly ferns that grow in Oceania and several Pacific islands.

Chulalongkorn University researchers discovered three new plant species during a survey at Phu Kradueng National Park, Loei ...