That was the first time she realized that many of her favorite plants wore animal names. The list goes on. There’s Goat’s Beard, Cranesbill, Spiderwort, Butterfly Bush, Bear’s Breeches and ...

A plant of many names, Calycanthus floridus, or Carolina allspice, is a flowering delight, no matter what you call it. Other monikers include strawberry bush, sweet bubby and sweetshrub ...

In 2023, alongside its cultivated meat production injunction, Italy tried to ban ‘meaty’ names for plant-based products. This, according to the Italian Embassy’s Aurora Russi, was to avoid consumer ...

Shakespeare wrote, "What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet." What he didn’t know is that one day, there would be more than 30,000 cultivated ...

Plant's name-giving feature found to be new offspring-ensuring method. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250123110238.htm ...

When strolling through a garden center or flipping through a plant catalog, you’ll often notice two distinct names on each tag: a common name and a botanical name. While the common name feels ...

What's in the Latin botanical names attached to plants? Botanical names are the standardized names of plants accepted by scientists and the horticultural community no matter what language they speak ...

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 ...

But there are those who argue that some of these names are problematic, demeaning or even racist. That’s why the community of plant, algae and fungi researchers took a series of steps to start t ...

An international group of researchers has voted to modify the scientific names of more than 200 plant species whose names carry a derogatory word. Some plant names can be racist. Scientists are ...

But there are those who argue that some of these names are problematic, demeaning or even racist. That’s why the community of plant, algae and fungi researchers took a series of steps to start ...