TAXONOMY, from the Greek origins of the word, is the law of order. The theory and practice of classification is, and has been, the first function of the taxonomist. In the earlier history of botanical ...

Passiflora incarnata, Nymphaea odorata, Chamaecrista fasciculata, Asclepius incarnata! Sounds like spells from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, doesn’t it? While these words could come ...

But in the 1730s, the self-proclaimed “prince of botany” made a contribution to taxonomy that, at the time, was just as profound as any of his other achievements. After realizing that floral sex parts ...

Is cocoplum another name for Indian Hawthorne? I read your article in the paper on Feb. 25 , Witch’s Broom of Cocoplum, February 25, 2018, and I was curious as the picture looks similar to my Hawthorn ...

First ed. published in 1973 as half of a combined work, Ordination and classification of communities, issued as pt. 5 of Handbook of vegetation science.

Introduction -- The soil factor : Importance of soil to plants ; Soil defined ; The parent materials ; The organic increment ; Soil organism ; Soil moisture and air ; Soil solutes ; Soil development ; ...