On the Northern Ryukyu Islands of Kuroshima, Takeshima and Yakushima exist the only wild populations of plants known to reproduce solely by self-pollination (Gastrodia kuroshimensis). Credit ...

Genomic signature and evolutionary history of completely cleistogamous lineages in the non-photosynthetic orchid Gastrodia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 2025; 292 ...

Australia’s high country is home to some of our most beautiful plant communities, and they’re also some of our most threatened. Many plants are found only in the highest parts of the mountains ...

The hummingbird flower (Crotalaria cunninghamii), also commonly referred to as the green birdflower, is an Australian shrub that is loved for its vibrant green color and its uncanny similarity to ...

There is nervous control of the heart by ATP as a cotransmitter in sympathetic, parasympathetic, and sensory-motor nerves, as well as in intracardiac neurons. Centers in the brain control heart ...

Sensing the business potential, Nyima shifted gears and founded a medicinal farm focusing on raising tianma, or Gastrodia elata, a herb related to orchids. The decision proved a big success, as he ...

Gastrodia lohitensis, in Lohit district. India needs fair, non-hyphenated and questioning journalism, packed with on-ground reporting. ThePrint – with exceptional reporters, columnists and editors – ...

She discovered Impatiens dorjeekhanduii in Tawang (2017), named in honour of former chief minister late Dorjee Khandu, and more recently identified a unique leafless orchid, Gastrodia lohitensis, in ...