Pumpkins are the plant we most associate with Halloween, and with good reason, but they are not the only spooky plant in the ...

A strategy document for the university’s botanical gardens and arboretum warns against using the traditional combination of an English name and Latin name on plaques next to its plants ...

The scientific name of the coconut is Cocos nucifera. This specific epithet, “nucifera,” means “nut-bearing” in Latin, aptly ...

# Fruits (botanically speaking) that we enjoy today that were domesticated in Africa are tamarind, ackee, watermelon, muskmelon and okra. Sorrel or roselle is another particularly beautiful, edible ...

In this article, you'll discover the proper scientific classification for various types of beans. You'll learn how botanists ...

Seventeen new species of plant bugs—a group of insects with a strawlike mouth used to feed on plant and animal matter—have been identified on the islands of French Polynesia, and their names honor ...

According to a “strategic plan” issued by the university that investigates the “interlocking systems of domination” of botanical gardens and arboretum, referring to a plant by its Latin and English ...

Both men were part of the vision to make the Royal Botanical Gardens an international centre for plant knowledge ...

Little over a week after his resounding election victory, president-elect Donald Trump has made several controversial choices ...

Analysis - Ten years after officials seized $50 million worth of illegally harvested rosewood from Madagascar, the logs sit in limbo in a Singapore port.

Botanists had come up with a solution to these problems some time ago by giving plants names in botanical Latin. These Latin scientific names are recognised internationally as referring to a ...