For the first time, every plant species in the state of Nevada can be found in a single list. Published last month, “Nevada Vascular Plants: An Annotated Checklist of the State’s Botanical Diversity” ...

Since the mid-1700s, researchers have classified life with scientific names. But some of them have problematic histories and connotations. The botanical community is trying to tackle this issue. Since ...

For almost 300 years, researchers have classified life on Earth with scientific names — two-word monikers like Homo sapiens that become a kind of permanent label. But there are those who argue that ...

Passiflora incarnata, Nymphaea odorata, Chamaecrista fasciculata, Asclepius incarnata! Sounds like spells from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, doesn’t it? While these words could come ...

AUTHORS OF PLANT NAMES : A LIST OF AUTHORS OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF PLANTS WITH RECOMMENDED STANDARD FORMS OF THEIR NAMES INCLUDING ABBREVIATIONS EDITED BY RK BRUMMITT AND CE POWELL PRINCIPAL COMPILERS: ...

The International Botanical Congress voted to change a scientific name belonging to hundreds of plant species because it was offensive in southern Africa. By Clarissa Brincat In July, plant scientists ...

Since the mid-1700s, researchers have classified life on Earth with scientific names, a two-word moniker like Homo sapiens. But some of these names are weighed down by problematic histories and ...