The argument is made that species should be comparable with respect to the numbers of genotypes they include, regardless of whether their reproduction is exclusively sexual or not. Specifically, this ...

TAXON is the leading international journal devoted to systematics, phylogeny and taxonomy of algae, fungi, and plants. It also publishes papers on methodology, botanical history, biography, ...

Taxonomy is the science that attempts to categorise the many millions of species on Earth. Find out how to define taxonomy, what taxonomists do and why classifying life is so important. The definition ...

Mr. Langellier is a writer and field botanist in Vermont. In 2009, the botanist Naomi Fraga was hunting a flower without a name near Carson City, Nev. Ms. Fraga saw that the plant was going extinct in ...

As chilly winds sweep across south-eastern Australia, the first wattles of the season are preparing to burst into fluffy pom-poms of resplendent gold and pale cream. Wattle — scientific name Acacia — ...

Classification is a natural human propensity—we organize our clothes, our kitchen cupboards, and our toys. This applies to the natural world, too, where animals and plants are grouped based on ...

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