A passing familiarity with the tongue-twisting litany of scientific plant names derived from Latin and Ancient Greek - Fremontodendron californicum, Molopospermum peloponnesiacum, Molinia caerulea ...

Plant and fungus systematics and taxonomy constitute foundational disciplines that underpin our understanding of biodiversity. Historically grounded in morphological and anatomical studies, these ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information TAXON is the leading international journal devoted to systematics, phylogeny and taxonomy of algae, fungi, and plants. It also ...

Facing still unresolved taxonomic problems in many plant groups and overshadowed by recent economic and social changes, classical plant taxonomy in China is seriously threatened by the gradual loss of ...

Latin might seem like an obscure, inscrutable language for naming plants. But it can open up the botanical world in ways you can’t imagine. By Margaret Roach The plants are trying to tell us something ...

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Mumbai: The Association for Plant Taxonomy has awarded Dr H Santapu Medal, given to eminent scientists for outstanding contribution in plant taxonomy, to St Xavier’s College principal Rajendra Shinde, ...