Michal Hroneš
@thismialab.bsky.social
#monocots, #bulbs, #mycoheterotrophs and other cool #plants, #polyploidy, #hybridization and stuff, #botanist at Palacky University in Olomouc, Czechia
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Michal Hroneš
@thismialab.bsky.social
· Aug 12
Native and Introduced Plants of Brunei Darussalam
The Native and Introduced Plants of Brunei Darussalam - A Citizen Science Initiative is a joint initiative of Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research (IBER) Universiti Brunei Darussalam ...
www.inaturalist.org
Last week we have launched @inaturalist.bsky.social project for Brunei flora. Please feel free to join (in that case let me know, I'll let you in) and help with IDs.
www.inaturalist.org/projects/nat...
www.inaturalist.org/projects/nat...
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Hypoxidaceae (Asparagales) are a family of herbaceous rosettes with folded (plicate) leaves. It’s a small family with fewer than 200 spp. Hairs are prominent, & flowers are often yellow. This is Hypoxis hirsuta, which grows in the woodlands around my house. #Hypoxidaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
September 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Hypoxidaceae (Asparagales) are a family of herbaceous rosettes with folded (plicate) leaves. It’s a small family with fewer than 200 spp. Hairs are prominent, & flowers are often yellow. This is Hypoxis hirsuta, which grows in the woodlands around my house. #Hypoxidaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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A new species of Allium, A. erimomeli, is described from the volcanic islands of Milos and Antimilos, Greece. This hexaploid species highlights the role of polyploidy and insular isolation in A. sect. Codonoprasum diversification.
➡️ doi.org/10.5091/plec...
➡️ doi.org/10.5091/plec...
August 21, 2026 at 9:04 AM
A new species of Allium, A. erimomeli, is described from the volcanic islands of Milos and Antimilos, Greece. This hexaploid species highlights the role of polyploidy and insular isolation in A. sect. Codonoprasum diversification.
➡️ doi.org/10.5091/plec...
➡️ doi.org/10.5091/plec...
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If I had to choose one, this might be my favourite plant. Dead Horse Arum Heicodoceros muscivorus. Abundant on Illa de l'Aire, along with its Balearic Lizard helper
April 25, 2026 at 4:49 PM
If I had to choose one, this might be my favourite plant. Dead Horse Arum Heicodoceros muscivorus. Abundant on Illa de l'Aire, along with its Balearic Lizard helper
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New paper! A checklist of the plants endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands (S Indonesia and Timor-Leste). For conservation we need to know where these plants are and if they are threatened, and we know so little about either. 51 species haven't been seen in >120 years!
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
April 9, 2026 at 1:50 PM
New paper! A checklist of the plants endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands (S Indonesia and Timor-Leste). For conservation we need to know where these plants are and if they are threatened, and we know so little about either. 51 species haven't been seen in >120 years!
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
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Eastern skunk cabbage blooms early as it melts its way out of winter. Its fleshy inflorescence generates heat, melts snow, & releases a pungent odor that attracts flies & beetles when little else is available. Often called a “famine food,” it’s toxic & required repeated boiling to become palatable.
March 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Eastern skunk cabbage blooms early as it melts its way out of winter. Its fleshy inflorescence generates heat, melts snow, & releases a pungent odor that attracts flies & beetles when little else is available. Often called a “famine food,” it’s toxic & required repeated boiling to become palatable.
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Fritillaria rhodia
Small in terms of how humans view the world. Large in terms of beauty though.
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey #FritsAndFarMoreThanOrchids
Small in terms of how humans view the world. Large in terms of beauty though.
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey #FritsAndFarMoreThanOrchids
March 28, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Fritillaria rhodia
Small in terms of how humans view the world. Large in terms of beauty though.
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey #FritsAndFarMoreThanOrchids
Small in terms of how humans view the world. Large in terms of beauty though.
#RhodesOrchidOdyssey #FritsAndFarMoreThanOrchids
What is this small strange looking thing? It's a fruiting Allium chamaemoly, an early flowering dwarf garlic of open places in Mediterranean vegetation.
March 17, 2026 at 7:51 AM
What is this small strange looking thing? It's a fruiting Allium chamaemoly, an early flowering dwarf garlic of open places in Mediterranean vegetation.
Galanthus reginae-olgae subsp. vernalis is a most common #snowdrop in coastal parts of Montenegro. So happy to catch it still in bloom. Its foliage is very distinct with an impression of median white stripe such as in Crocus or Ornithogalum.
March 15, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Galanthus reginae-olgae subsp. vernalis is a most common #snowdrop in coastal parts of Montenegro. So happy to catch it still in bloom. Its foliage is very distinct with an impression of median white stripe such as in Crocus or Ornithogalum.
Speaking of Ranunculaceae early bloomers, two early spring species of #Anemone (A. hortensis and A. apennina) are flowering just now in pastures and forests of western Balkan #Montenegro
March 14, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Speaking of Ranunculaceae early bloomers, two early spring species of #Anemone (A. hortensis and A. apennina) are flowering just now in pastures and forests of western Balkan #Montenegro
Adonis vernalis, another early bloomer of dry grasslands in northern Pannonia
March 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Adonis vernalis, another early bloomer of dry grasslands in northern Pannonia
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March 9, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Pulsatilla grandis, one of the early bloomers in dry grassland habitats in northern Pannonia
March 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Pulsatilla grandis, one of the early bloomers in dry grassland habitats in northern Pannonia
Nice overview of #Gagea bohemica by @milanchytry.bsky.social Just want to add that our ongoing reasearch indicates that this particular type with wide tepals and almost glabrous stems is probably endemic to Bohemia and northern part of Pannonia.
You can read more here doi.org/10.1007/s006...
You can read more here doi.org/10.1007/s006...
March 8, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Nice overview of #Gagea bohemica by @milanchytry.bsky.social Just want to add that our ongoing reasearch indicates that this particular type with wide tepals and almost glabrous stems is probably endemic to Bohemia and northern part of Pannonia.
You can read more here doi.org/10.1007/s006...
You can read more here doi.org/10.1007/s006...
Our paper on evolution of sexual vs. apomictic genotypes in Rubus ser. Glandulosi is now free to read @annbot.bsky.social
♻️🆓: Plant kleptomaniacs: geographical genetic patterns in the amphi-apomictic Rubus ser. Glandulosi (Rosaceae) reveal complex reticulate evolution of Eurasian brambles
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
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March 6, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Our paper on evolution of sexual vs. apomictic genotypes in Rubus ser. Glandulosi is now free to read @annbot.bsky.social
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Monotropa callistoma is a newly discovered ghost plant from China that doesn’t need sunlight to grow!
Curious to find out more? Read on here: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.271.177609
Curious to find out more? Read on here: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.271.177609
February 27, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Monotropa callistoma is a newly discovered ghost plant from China that doesn’t need sunlight to grow!
Curious to find out more? Read on here: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.271.177609
Curious to find out more? Read on here: doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.271.177609
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Today, we bring you the largest wild orchid you can find in Portugal, Barlia robertiana, photographed in a meadow in Lordemão and Souselas 🌿
A remarkable Mediterranean species, standing out for its size and dense inflorescences.
A remarkable Mediterranean species, standing out for its size and dense inflorescences.
February 18, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Today, we bring you the largest wild orchid you can find in Portugal, Barlia robertiana, photographed in a meadow in Lordemão and Souselas 🌿
A remarkable Mediterranean species, standing out for its size and dense inflorescences.
A remarkable Mediterranean species, standing out for its size and dense inflorescences.
So many interesting studies on #Monocots @phytokeys.pensoft.net lately😍 Here is the digest👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 is the new addition to the #asparagus family - found in Dabieshan Mountains, China.
➡️ doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#newspecies #plant #ecology
➡️ doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#newspecies #plant #ecology
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 AM
So many interesting studies on #Monocots @phytokeys.pensoft.net lately😍 Here is the digest👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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In Europe, only a few N American asters (Symphyotrichum) are naturalised or cultivated, with some exhibiting invasive behaviour & others misidentified. How do we fix this? Understanding their cytogeography (distribution of gene complexes), as done here along the Danube...🧪🌍
doi.org/10.1093/botl...
doi.org/10.1093/botl...
January 28, 2026 at 9:30 AM
In Europe, only a few N American asters (Symphyotrichum) are naturalised or cultivated, with some exhibiting invasive behaviour & others misidentified. How do we fix this? Understanding their cytogeography (distribution of gene complexes), as done here along the Danube...🧪🌍
doi.org/10.1093/botl...
doi.org/10.1093/botl...
January 19, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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PhD on Begonia speciation at RBGE/Glasgow! Looking at the genomics of reproductive isolation and how fast it evolves - is it the reason this is one of the largest genera of flowering plants?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
January 8, 2026 at 7:16 AM
PhD on Begonia speciation at RBGE/Glasgow! Looking at the genomics of reproductive isolation and how fast it evolves - is it the reason this is one of the largest genera of flowering plants?
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Evidence for plastome loss in the holoparasitic Mystropetalaceae
A #Letter by Yu et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
A #Letter by Yu et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
December 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Evidence for plastome loss in the holoparasitic Mystropetalaceae
A #Letter by Yu et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
A #Letter by Yu et al. 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
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The rare, mushroom-like Balanophora plant surprises researchers with their genetic makeup and unconventional role of plastids in biosynthesis, despite being entirely parasitic of a select few trees. New study in @newphyt.bsky.social 👇 www.oist.jp/news-center/...
The evolutionary mysteries of a rare parasitic plant
New study maps the strange genomes of Asia-Pacific Balanophora species, giving new insights into the evolution of parasitic plants and an unconventional role of plastids.
www.oist.jp
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The rare, mushroom-like Balanophora plant surprises researchers with their genetic makeup and unconventional role of plastids in biosynthesis, despite being entirely parasitic of a select few trees. New study in @newphyt.bsky.social 👇 www.oist.jp/news-center/...
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🌿 Coming soon: Preslia 97(4)! Three new papers shed light on biodiversity loss, plant evolution and overlooked drivers of plant invasions:
🔹 Pannonian sand grasslands lose specialists due to succession and eutrophication
🔹 Pannonian sand grasslands lose specialists due to succession and eutrophication
December 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🌿 Coming soon: Preslia 97(4)! Three new papers shed light on biodiversity loss, plant evolution and overlooked drivers of plant invasions:
🔹 Pannonian sand grasslands lose specialists due to succession and eutrophication
🔹 Pannonian sand grasslands lose specialists due to succession and eutrophication