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The lab recently received a bryological library from the estate of John and Jean Kekes. The books were to be sold and the funds destined to support student projects in the lab. We have now completed the sale of about 70 bryological books and raised about $3,700. An additional $500 were donated through the estate […]

Huang D. Zhou X., S. Dong, W. Sheng, Q. Zuo, L. Zhang, W.-Z. Ma, G. K. Golinski, A. Vanderpoorten, B. Goffinet, Y. Liu, T. Peng. A family-level phylogeny of liverworts (Marchantiophyta): new insights from mitochondrial sequences. Journal of Systematics and Evolution (accepted March 3, 2025)  pdf Abstract reads: Liverworts, with approximately 7300 species worldwide, exhibit […]

Milis A., M. Hofmann, P. Mäder, J. Wäldchen, M. De Haan, P. Ballings, I. Van der Beeten, B. Goffinet & A. Vanderpoorten. 2026. Towards the automatized identification of moss species from their spore morphology. Annals of Botany 137(1): 171–180. pdf. Google scholar Abstract reads: Background and Aims: Automatized species identification tools have massively facilitated plant […]

Buck W.R. & B. Goffinet. 2026. Addendum to the new checklist of the mosses of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 129(1): 1–3. pdf Introduction reads: The recent checklist of mosses of continental United States and Canada (Buck & Goffinet 2024) included 1565 species, 12 subspecies, 34 varieties and one form for a […]

Dirick L., Y. Liu, S. Dong, J. Yu, L. Ouerdane, C. Curie & B. Goffinet. 2025. Multiple independent acquisitions of a metallophore-synthesis gene by plants through horizontal microbial gene transfer. Nature Communications 16: 8339. pdf  Google scholar Abstract reads: The evolution of land plants is marked by major innovations enhancing their vegetative and reproductive fitness. […]