Celebrating Cryptogamic Botanists from Latin America
The Caribbean, Central America, and South America have long been geographical focal…
Women in Cryptogamic Botany
As scientific perspectives of the Enlightenment movement fostered enthusiasm surrounding the acquisition…
Polka-dot Ferns
Unlike flowering plants, ferns reproduce with spores instead of seeds. Fern spores…
Brown and Beautiful
Whether naturally brown, or turning brown during the preservation steps needed to create herbarium…
Greetings from Camp
Even if you have never attended a sleepaway summer camp, chances are you've gotten a…
Modern Art
Herbarium specimens play an important part in plant science research. But the specimens themselves can…
Women in Genera
What's in a name?Women in Science
For as long as we've been using binomial nomenclature to name species,…
Ascension Island: Volcanoes, Castaways, and Darwin’s Manmade Forest
One million years ago, a volcano broke the surface in the middle…
Escapes from cultivation
Humans have a long history of moving and cultivating plant species. But…
Autumnal
Grab a warm beverage and your favorite sweater—the colors on these specimens evoke…