Plants in the News

[MarkMazer]

Plants can talk to each other and scientists say it should make us rethink how we treat them

" The Light Eaters chronicles an expansive collection of recent, mind-blowing botanical discoveries. Touching on plants' ability to communicate, be social, sense physical and auditory stimulation (i.e. feel and hear), and even remember, these studies collectively take on the controversial question of whether plants might be intelligent, or even conscious, beings."

https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/zoe-schlanger-willa-koerner-plant-knowledge

Mark Mazer
Hertford, NC
USA

[David Pilling]

Regular gardening could help you sleep, study says

A Chinese study of American gardeners found that their chances of a poor night's sleep were almost half that of non-gardeners.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/regular-gardening-could-help-you-sleep-study-says-8rqfrh72z

(behind a paywall)

[Carlos]

Hi

Amaryllis euryphylla has been finally formally transferred to Hippeastrum, so now we can use the name Hippeastrum euryphyllum.

The paper is called 'Hippeastrum euryphyllum (Amaryllidaceae), a microendemic species from
northeastern Argentina: new combination, description, taxonomic identity and
distribution'.

Hippeastrum euryphyllum (Ravena) W.A. Medina & Roitman, comb. nov.

Basionym: Amaryllis euryphylla Ravena (2003: 11). Type:—ARGENTINA. Corrientes, Dpto. San Martín, Tres Cerros, Cerro Capará, 29 January 1976 (fl.), A. Krapovickas & C.L. Cristóbal 29005 (holotype: CTES [CTES0000200!]).

Behind a paywall as well, but I could make a couple of screenshots.