Plant names might sound like a chaotic mix of Latin, local legend, and old-school guesswork, but there’s actually a pretty [… ...

This rare trait may allow the rainforest-dwelling species to move sideways instead of just forward, according to researchers.

The soils are still cold and wet from nearby melting snow when the glacier lily, also known as the dogtooth violet or yellow ...

The Mount Fuji-shaped anemone, Discoactis tritentaculata, was found along Japan’s coast, revealing a rare new genus, species, and family of sea anemone.

The Mount Fuji-shaped anemone, Discoactis tritentaculata, was found along Japan’s coast, revealing a rare new genus, species, and family of sea anemone.

The anemone is part of a new species, genus and family, according to the study. Photo by Yanghong Yu via Unsplash A “strange” creature recorded in the deep waters off the coast of Japan ...

The Plant List for accepted genera to families APWeb for family-level synonymies and family to order as curated by Peter Stevens A higher-level taxonomy lookup compiled by Dave Tank and colleagues We ...

Swedish botanist Carl (or Carolus) Linnaeus is, by some measures, the most influential person ever to have lived. He is famous for devising new systems for naming and grouping all living organisms ...

Paulownia is a genus of seven to 17 species of fast growing hardwood trees in family Paulowniaceae, the order Lamiales. The genus and family are native to east Asia and are widespread. Princess tree.

Say hello to the wooly devil. The type of sunflower is a new plant species, identified in Big Bend National Park in Texas. Ovicula biradiata, as it is formally known, is especially notable for being ...

A photo uploaded to popular citizen science social network iNaturalist is a snapshot of the first new genus and species of plant discovered in a US national park in almost 50 years. The wooly ...