J. Domènech 
“Biologists unable to recognize common plants, and a decline in botany students, faculty, courses, university departments, and herbaria, highlight the current erosion of botany.How did we reach this crisis, knowing that plants form the basis for life? What are the causes? What can we do to reverse it?” “The end of botany” article was published …
A recent study by the National Academy of Sciences of the United States details that of all the existing biomass, this is the combined weight of all living beings on the planet, plants account for 84%. Animals, (including men), 0.37%, … rest viruses and bacteria. Although it seems small compared to other materials, the mass …
An aquatic plant that lives in ponds and lakes in western and central Europe and that in Catalonia is located in a single Pyrenean pond used as a drinking trough for livestock. It is in danger of extinction in all the Iberian Peninsula. Its habitats are usually very sensitive and have sparse and fluctuating populations. …
On October 10, the news that the Cataloging of the Flora of the Iberian peninsula and the Balearic Islands has just been completed was published in the Science & Tech section of “El País”. In the project, started in 1982, 255 authors from 72 institutions from 14 different countries have participated and 27 Spanish and …