Picking out the perfect baby name is a lot like picking a flower out of a garden or an apple off of a tree. On one hand, “green thumbs’ are looking for that vibrant, aromatic, freshly-bloomed flower ...

Plant nomenclature, or the naming of plants, has been around since 1753, and started with a Swedish botanist named Carl Von Linne. Latin names were given at the time as an internationally understood ...

The International Botanical Congress voted to change a scientific name belonging to hundreds of plant species because it was offensive in southern Africa. By Clarissa Brincat In July, plant scientists ...