Why are there more plant species in some places than in others? Why is diversity highest in the tropics? What is the connection between biodiversity and environmental conditions? To help answer these ...

Plants communicate with other organisms by releasing volatile organic compounds into their environment through their flowers, leaves, and roots. These signaling molecules attract pollinators, repel ...

The Earth is home to a diversity of plants with highly varied forms and functions. This extraordinary morphological, physiological and biochemical diversity determines how plants adapt and respond to ...

The sun is the basis for photosynthesis, but not all plants thrive in strong sunlight. Strong sunlight constrains plant diversity and plant biomass in the world's grasslands, a new study shows.

Plant structure -- Introduction to plant taxonomy -- Botanical nomenclature -- Taxonomic evidence -- Classification systems -- Systematic methods and classification -- Floras, manuals, and botanical ...

Pamela Medina van Berkum collects volatile organic compounds from communities and individual plants in the field at the Jena Experiment field site (https://the-jena-experiment.de/). In her experiments ...