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Interested in submitting a CFP to write a Primer but have questions? Well we're here to help, just reach out via Bluesky or email.
Thanks for reading! (5/5)
Given the success of the Primer series, @ijpsjournal.bsky.social has put out a new CFP with a target date of December 16 2026 for submitting proposals. You can read all the details here: (4/n)
The Primers have been a smashing success: In 2025, Primers were the most accessed and cited papers in @ijpsjournal.bsky.social. You can see all of the Primers published to date here: (3/n)
@ijpsjournal.bsky.social Primers are short, accessible introductions to a well-defined topic in the plant sciences. They serve both as a useful first-stop reference to scientists at all career stages and a narrow-in-scope review that provides a new perspective on their topic. (2/n)
Peeps, as many of you know a few years ago @ijpsjournal.bsky.social launched a new series of occasional papers, Primers in the Plant Sciences: (1/n)
Folks, FTR this is a breach of publication ethics. @ijpsjournal.bsky.social has a policy that forbids it and we are nowhere near the only ones.
In the September 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Flower and Fruit of Malvaceous Affinity Preserved in Amber from the Eocene of Western India
Hukam Singh, Bruce H. Tiffney, Walter S. Judd, Priya Agnihotri, Steven R. Manchester
In the September 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
🚨Undergraduate research🚨
Soft Tissue Preservation of Silicified Melastomataceae Fruits Buried by Intraplate Volcanism in the Early Oligocene Capella Flora, Australia
AC Rozefelds et al
In the September 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Eucryphia fruit and leaves (Cunoniaceae) from the earliest Miocene Ñirihuau flora, Patagonia, Argentina
Mauro Gabriel Passalia, Matías A. Machado, Ari Iglesias, Ezequiel I. Vera
In the September 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Dilleniaceae Leaf Fossils from Late Gondwanan Australia Challenge Biogeographic and Paleoclimatic Assumptions
@radiogondwana.bsky.social, LA Giraldo, VA Korasidis, RJ Carpenter
In the September 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
🚨Undergraduate research🚨
The flower economic spectrum based on hermaphroditic herbaceous temperate species
@sofialarag.bsky.social, Lucian Kaack, Kenneth Monge, Steven Jansen
Sept 2026 @ijpsjournal.bsky.social featured cover article
Comparative Evolution of Photosynthetic Light Response Curves: Approaches and Pitfalls in Phylogenetic Modeling of a Function-Valued Trait
R Davis, @plantevoecophys.bsky.social et al
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EXPANDING THE DIVERSITY OF TAXODIACEOUS CUPRESSACEAE: CASCADIASTROBUS BEARDII GEN. ET SP. NOV., A SEED CONE FROM THE EOCENE APPIAN WAY LOCALITY OF VANCOUVER ISLAND
E Dostal et al
JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
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A charcoalified uniovulate pteridosperm cupule from the late Viséan (Carboniferous) Kingswood Flora, Scotland
Samuel T. Fraser et al.
JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
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The usual among the unusual. Floral Ontogeny in Brodriguesia santosii (Fabaceae - Detarioideae)
Viviane Aparecida do Nascimento Citeli et al.
JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Conifer wood taxa in Europe from Rivecourt and Le Quesnoy (France) across the Paleocene-Eocene boundary
Robin François Piguet, Cédric Del Rio, Léa De Brito, Romain Gabaix-Hialé, Anaïs Boura
JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
The Cost of Longevity: Reduced Pollen Viability in Long-Lived plants
SS Gavini, MM Strelin, NC Soares, VR Chalcoff, N da Cunha, MA Aizen, EE Zattara, G Gleiser
JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
NEW NYMPHAEACEAE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE OF POLAND
Rafał Kowalski, Błażej Błażejowski