Modern plant classification is based on the system of binomial nomenclature developed by Swedish physician, Carl von Linne (Linnaeus) in the 1700s. Linnaeus' revolutionary approach based the ...

Eleven months ago I began a series about wildflowers, but each column essay carried a much more important element than being just about wildflowers. I recommended specific things for you to do to ...

THE practice which is gaining ground, whereby, to the exclusion of the general text-book, the specialist produces a book in which he takes up merely his own branch of a scientific subject, is ...

"Utilizing Kubitzki's The families and genera of vascular plants (1990- ) and current botanical literature; arranged according to the principles of molecular systemantics." siris_sil_840362 ...

But in the 1730s, the self-proclaimed “prince of botany” made a contribution to taxonomy that, at the time, was just as profound as any of his other achievements. After realizing that floral sex parts ...

Introduction -- The soil factor : Importance of soil to plants ; Soil defined ; The parent materials ; The organic increment ; Soil organism ; Soil moisture and air ; Soil solutes ; Soil development ; ...