What is a type specimen?
When a researcher names a new species of algae, fungi, or plant,…
Traveling Plants
While plants can’t walk, they can definitely travel. Plants have evolved a…
Botanical Lessons
Botany students must learn the structures of flowers in all their intricate variety.…
Pollination after dark
Although sometimes overlooked, bats are vital pollinators for many economically important species…
Arthonia stevensoniana
Arthonia etymology unknown stevensoniana from Stevenson, honoring Robert Louis Stevenson, author of…
Label Appreciation: Borders
Labels are as important to a herbarium specimen as the plant, alga, or…
Vampires Among Us: The Ghost Pipe Plant
Did you know that some plants lack chlorophyll? Often confused for a…
Label Appreciation: Favorites
Labels are as important to a herbarium specimen as the plant, alga, or…
Fruits of Rosaceae
Flowering plants differ from all other plants by producing seeds within fruits;…