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This Federally Endangered Hibiscus relative with bright red flowers is endemic to…
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This Federally Endangered Hibiscus relative with bright red flowers is endemic to…
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A locally occuring arum in the northeast U.S., skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus…
A new invasive, this relative of the Bleeding Heart was recently found…
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Greek: Philo- (love) dendron (tree) There are close to 500 species of…
The genus Begonia contains over 1800 species. They are native to tropical…
Marantaceae, the Arrowroot family, is thought to have originated in Africa, though much of…
The spider plant is in the genus Chlorophytum which contains almost 200 species, mostly originating…
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The little air plant in your house that you mist every day could…
Another famous plant in the Araceae family is the Titan Arum or…
Lavender has been used in traditional medicine for centuries for its soothing…
Commonly known as Madagascar periwinkle, this member of the dogbane family has…
Ficus carica L., the edible common fig has been cultivated for millenia.…
Those who have read Barbara Kingsolver's newest novel, Unsheltered, will be familiar with the…
While we might not get to summer with the likes of Madonna…
Cabinet of CuriositiesSpecimen Stories
Members of plant family Fabaceae (bean or legume family) produce a kind…
Even though Venus Fly Traps are widely available as cultivated plants, they…
Pitcher Plants sometimes attract insects to their specialized leaves with nectar or…
Sundews. Drosera is the largest genus of carniverous plants, with almost 200…
Marie Mooar spent a lot of time in the wilds of western…
A trip to the field isn't always necessary to describe a new…
A recent expedition to eastern Cuba took three Cuban colleagues and me…
The Cactaceae was a publication written by the founder of NYBG, Nathaniel Lord Britton…
Throughout time, people have assigned meaning to flowers, and many cultures have…
A herbarium's version of a double rainbow — a double type specimen.…
Called "the most princely of the genus" by David Douglas, sugar pine…
Where did that sweet little potted plant sitting on your window sill…
Specimens contained in the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium represent the endless…
Elgin Botanic Garden was the first public botanical garden in the United…
If seasonal allergies or the depths of winter have got you down,…
John Torrey (1796-1873) is considered one of the most influential American botanists…
John Kunkel Small, botanist and herbarium curator at the the New York Botanical…
Cabinet of CuriositiesFocus on Science
Watch out, these plants are hungry! Most carnivorous plants grow in bogs…
It's springtime and the daffodils are blooming outside! In the herbarium, these…
Cabinet of CuriositiesWorks of Art
If we were to give yearbook superlatives to herbarium specimens, these would…