Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

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International Botanical Journal covering all aspects of systematic & evolutionary botany of living & fossil plants & fungi 🌺🌿🌴🍄‍🟫 Homepage: https://academic.oup.com/botlinnean Blog: https://www.linnean.org/news/categories/the-paper-trail

Gill and David Mathers stand in a plant-filled greenhouse. David has his arm around Gill's shoulders and they are both smiling.
Beautiful purple orchids bloom
Fossil mushrooms are found in sedimentary rock. Eight images show the fossil mushrooms in yellow stone. They look like alien spaceship landing marks on a far distant planet, but they're not, they're just fossil mushrooms (wink wink).
Rafflesia arnoldii flower plate from Transactions of the Linnean Society, 1822.
Occurrence map showing the globe with arrows and images highlighting incidences of the invasive herbs' spread worldwide, and risk areas for further spread.
Photo of the front of an orchid flower for the species Epidendrum fulgens, showing flower in whole (in orange) and the five individual petals (yellow).
The phylogeny & diversification of bromeliads is shown with a colour image of a bromeliad in situ at the centre, surrounded by a time-calibrated tree and sketches of different seed types on the right hand side.
Leaf traits of three species of shrub birch, showing close ups of the veins on the underside of their leaves.
Five images of the angiosperm Crinum campanulatumin in situ, showing pink flowers pollinated by different species of bee and moth.
Map of Eastern North America showing the separation of Diervilla species by climatic niche.
Drawings of the three species of Therorhodion Kamchatka, showing pink-red flowers and green leaves. Drawings by Maria Polezhaeva.
Map showing the distribution of 10 populations of the subshrub in NW Italy.
10 coloured images of the inflorescences and floral morphology of representatives of the Cirrhopetalum alliance.
Habitat & general morphology of several species of Distephanus, showing the yellow flowers distinct of this tribe.
A close-up image of a black European Honeybee foraging on a yellow Banksia plant. Large yellow pollen loads are carried on their hind legs, indicated by the white arrow.