# \#botany

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## [PlantID Game - A plant identification practice game by @vincent\_2025 & @radtklau)](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/plantid-game-a-plant-identification-practice-game-by-vincent-2025-radtklau/77825)

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**Author:** [@vincent\_2025](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/vincent_2025)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/plantid-game-a-plant-identification-practice-game-by-vincent-2025-radtklau/77825 "2026-08-01T10:23:21Z")

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Hello everyone, Over the past year @radtklau and I have built a game to practice plant identification. The game is called PlantID Game and you can try it here: https://plantidgame.life/ Right now it’s completely based …

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## [Unranked APG clades in other languages](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unranked-apg-clades-in-other-languages/80005)

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**Author:** [@phma](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/phma)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/unranked-apg-clades-in-other-languages/80005 "2026-07-06T01:02:53Z")

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The APG system has some clades with names in English, like “monocots” and “asterids”. What do you call them when speaking a language other than English and Latin? What do you call them in Latin?

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## [Did orchids evolve in North America?](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/did-orchids-evolve-in-north-america/80674)

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**Author:** [@AdamWargon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/AdamWargon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/did-orchids-evolve-in-north-america/80674 "2026-07-02T02:47:55Z")

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GBIF news release here; paper here If you see a place where a taxon is highly visible, for example, cheetahs in Africa, horses in Central Asia, and hotspots of orchid diversity in the tropics, then it’s natural to think…

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## [Why is the strawberry the way it is?](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/why-is-the-strawberry-the-way-it-is/75998)

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**Author:** [@einsum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/einsum)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/why-is-the-strawberry-the-way-it-is/75998 "2026-02-22T16:02:56Z")

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(tldr: Why did a receptacle-stem expansion take on the role of ovary-wall expansion to attract dispersers in certain fruits like strawberries?) The strawberry, Genus Fragaria, primarily relies on receptacle (the stem ti…