The Herbarium of Endangerment: Cycas riuminiana
Cycads carry significance as “living fossils,” existing in a way that is…
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Cycads carry significance as “living fossils,” existing in a way that is…
Many Latin plant names feature the intersection of imperial European botany and…
This more “newly discovered” plant was given its Latin name in 2008,…
“Behind all scientific names are the stories of their objects, of the…
One may be most familiar with vanilla’s taste and aroma. The fruit…
A close cousin of the color rubrum, coccineum (Latin for scarlet) is…
Alas, the Latin name of the sweet orange that makes orange juice…
Botany uses Latin to describe and name plants, including the Latin words…
The deep color purpura, Latin for purple, is commonly used to indicate…
Most plants are green, but only a select few have viridis (Latin…
In an etymological twist, the color violet takes its name from the violet…
The rarest color in nature, caeruleum (Latin for blue), usually indicates a…
Indigo, the dark bluish-purple color of blue jeans, is a natural dye…
Rubrum, Latin for red, is often used to indicate firey red flowers…
Flavum (Latin for yellow) is often used to indicate yellow flowers, hairs, or…
Arthonia etymology unknown stevensoniana from Stevenson, honoring Robert Louis Stevenson, author of…
Octopodotus from octopus and the Greek suffix–otus, indicating resemblance, because of the…
Focus on ScienceWhat's in a name?
A couple of years ago I was asked by Michael Purugganan (Dean…