Species richness is not only spatially heterogeneous along latitudes, but also among hyperdiverse tropical floras. However, few studies have elucidated the patterns of species richness in tropical ...

Admired for their beauty, orchids are real evolutionary survivors. Promising food and even tricking insects into thinking they're a sexual partner are just some of the devious pollination strategies ...

An extremely rare and terrestrial orchid species – Cymbidium lancifolium – was discovered last July in the Chopta valley (Chamoli district) of the Western Himalayan region of Uttarakhand. The research ...

Research led by the Milner Center for Evolution at the University of Bath looking at the evolution of terrestrial orchid species has found that global cooling of the climate appears to be the major ...

You don't often use the terms "orchid" and "California native" to describe the same plant, but in fact both these descriptions apply to the Orchidaceae family member known as giant stream orchid, ...

Two scientists from Botanical Survey of India (BSI) Western Regional Centre, Pune, have discovered a new terrestrial orchid, Pecteilis korigadensis, in the northern section of the Western Ghat region ...

Research shows global cooling of the climate 10 million years ago led to an explosion of diversity in terrestrial orchids. Research led by the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath ...