Plant nomenclature, or the naming of plants, has been around since 1753, and started with a Swedish botanist named Carl Von Linne. Latin names were given at the time as an internationally understood ...

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 ...

Picking out the perfect baby name is a lot like picking a flower out of a garden or an apple off of a tree. On one hand, “green thumbs’ are looking for that vibrant, aromatic, freshly-bloomed flower ...

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: ...

Last year, in an issue of our monthly newsletter for Yakima Master Gardeners, Jenny Mansfield recounted a stroll through her winter garden on the way to refilling the bird feeders. She noted that Lamb ...