Current knowledge, status, and future for plant and fungal diversity in Great Britain and the UK Overseas Territories

C Clubbe, AM Ainsworth, S Bárrios… - Plants, People …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement We rely on plants and fungi for most aspects of our lives. Yet
plants and fungi are under threat, and we risk losing species before we know their identity …

Is hybridisation with non‐native congeneric species a threat to the UK native bluebell Hyacinthoides non‐scripta?

M Ruhsam, D Kohn, J Marquardt, AR Leitch… - Plants, people …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Hybridisation is an important evolutionary force in plants, but it
can potentially lead to genetic swamping and extinction of one or both parental species. The …

Cyto-nuclear incompatibilities across a bluebell hybrid zone in northern Spain do not prevent genome-wide introgression of neutral markers

J Marquardt, A Blanckaert, RA Nichols… - … journal of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The bluebells Hyacinthoides hispanica (Mill.) Rothm. and H. non-scripta (L.)
Chouard ex Rothm. form a hybrid zone in Spain and represent a natural experiment for the …

Morphology and pollen fertility of native and non-native bluebells in Great Britain

M Ruhsam, D Kohn, J Squirrell, H Schneider… - Plant Ecology & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background There is considerable concern that the native British bluebell Hyacinthoides
non-scripta (Asparagaceae) is at risk due to hybridisation with naturalised British non-native …

[HTML][HTML] Plant of the Week–10th May 2021-Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)

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The bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) is the unofficial national flower of the UK, and in
2002 topped a Plantlife poll to choose the favourite flower of Britain, with the primrose …