God’s Forgotten Garden: The Role of Missionary Botany in Sino-European Exchanges by Jooyoung Hong

“…This study explores how European botanical science, introduced by foreign missionaries, transformed the intellectual and environmental landscape of premodern China. …”
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Transcriptome Sequencing Reveals Regulatory Mechanisms of Taxol Synthesis in Taxus wallichiana var. Mairei by Tao Wang, Yiming Chen, Weibing Zhuang, Fengjiao Zhang, Xiaochun Shu, Zhong Wang, Qing Yang

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Characteristics and distribution of the <i>Opuntia</i> (Cactaceae) representatives naturalized in Crimea by N. A. Bagrikova, Ya. A. Perminova

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Agapetes hongheensis (Ericaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China by Chun-Yu Zou, Bing-Mou Wang, Yu-Song Huang, Yi-Hua Tong

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The man standing on the globe by M. A. Vishnyakova

“…She helped to overcome formalities associated with copyright and assisted with translation and selection of illustrations, also contributing to the solution of some botanical and linguistic problems (Vishnyakova, 2017). …”
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De sol, d’air, d’eau sous photons by Catherine Mosbach, Agnès Daval

“…These fundamental notions are illustrated here through the examples of major projects such as the archaeological park of Solutré, the botanical gardens of Bordeaux, the museum of Louvre-Lens and the Phase Shifts Park of Taichung in Taiwan currently being built. …”
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Spiradiclis scorpiura (Rubiaceae), a new species from Guangxi, China by You Nong, Li-Qun Lei, Lei Wu, Qi-Min Hu, Ying-Jing Li, Xin-Cheng Qu, Chuan-Gui Xu, Gui-Yuan Wei

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CAMELLIA QUYNHII (THEACEAE, SECT. STEREOCARPUS), A NEW YELLOW SPECIES FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, VIETNAM by Văn Hợi Quach, Văn Dũng Lương, Thanh Truong Hoang, Van Duy Nong, Danh Chung Bui, Roman V. Doudkin

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CAMELLIA THUANANA (CAMELLIA SECT. CHRYSANTHA) – A NEW SPECIES FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, VIETNAM by Thanh Truong Hoang, Hong En Le, Thi Lieu Nguyen

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Vie et œuvre d’Eugène Poilane (1888-1964) by Ariadna Burgos, Benoît Carré

“…The second article, which follows on from this one, illustrates the use of E. Poilane's scientific work in the study of mangroves in Vietnam.…”
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Gastrochilus obovatifolius (Orchidaceae, Aeridinae), a new species from the Daba Mountains of Chongqing, China by Chi Xiong, Xiao-Ying Fu, Ke Tan, Ya Huang, Hong-Jing Zhang, Yi-Chen Wang, Yu-Bing Yang, Si-Rong Yi

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Ornamental Exterior versus Therapeutic Interior of Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus): The Two Faces of a Versatile Herb by Naghmeh Nejat, Alireza Valdiani, David Cahill, Yee-How Tan, Mahmood Maziah, Rambod Abiri

“…The plant possesses yet another unique characteristic as an amiable experimental host for the maintenance of the smallest bacteria found on earth, the phytoplasmas and spiroplasmas, and serves as a model for their study. Botanical information with respect to synonyms, vernacular names, cultivars, floral morphology, and reproduction adds to understanding of the plant while the geography and ecology of periwinkle illustrate the organism’s ubiquity. …”
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Acorus shannai (Acoraceae), a new species from Southern China by Zhuo Cheng, Xinyu Liu, Nianting Yu, Weizhe Chen, Haofeng Zhao, Feifei Li, Chunlin Long

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Therapeutic potential of phytocompounds of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst (literature review) by O.O. Nikitina, D.S. Tsyba

“…The search query was carried out by the Latin name of the plant, with the exception of publications related to botanical research. In separate PubChem searches, names of individual phytocompounds were used to establish structure and distribution in plants. …”
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De la façon de nommer aux usages des plantes adventices des cultures en pays Jbala (nord du Maroc) by Louise Clochey, Yildiz Aumeeruddy-Thomas

“…In fact, an ethnobotanical approach —involving botanical surveys and targeted investigations into the use of spontaneous plants of the agro-ecosystem combined with ethnographic field methods including participant observation and open interviews as well as the extended follow-up of the inhabitants’ activities and relations among themselves - underpins our work. …”
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Synopsis of Maracanthus (Loranthaceae) and description of M. kuijtii, a new species from the Eastern Andes of Colombia by Jhon S. Murillo-Serna, Isabel Carmona-Gallego, Francisco J. Roldán, Julio A. Sierra-Giraldo, Fernando Alzate-Guarín

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Vanilla lindmaniana and V. palmarum (Orchidaceae) are distinct allopatric species by Emerson R. Pansarin

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Pollination deficits increase with urbanization in Chicago by Alexandra Zink, Paul J. CaraDonna, Kelly Larsen, Amy M. Iler

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