Sugar pine
Called "the most princely of the genus" by David Douglas, sugar pine…
Sundews
Sundews. Drosera is the largest genus of carniverous plants, with almost 200…
Surviving the Fires of Australia
Amid the tragedy of the Australian fires, the Wollemi Pine is a…
Sweetsop vs. Soursop: A Great Distinction
The Annonaceae family is the largest plant family within the Magnoliales. The…
The Ames–Britton Connection
Specimen StoriesWomen in Science
Blanche Ames Ames (February 18, 1878 – March 2, 1969) was not…
The Atomic Specimen
Working with specimens from New Mexico for the Southern Rocky Mountain Digitization…
The Azalea Garden
Always a destination for Mother's Day, the Azalea Garden is a spring…
The Biltmore Herbarium: Botany and America’s Largest Home
Biltmore, a Gilded Era mansion in Asheville, North Carolina, is America’s largest…
The Brittons: Partners in Life and Botany
The establishment of The New York Botanical Garden was the result of…
The Cactaceae
The Cactaceae was a publication written by the founder of NYBG, Nathaniel Lord Britton…
The Calabash in Capoeira Music
The Berimbau is the musical instrument played in capoeira. It consists of a…
The Case for Coevolution
Focus on ScienceCabinet of Curiosities
Charles Darwin’s keen observations of the natural world famously yielded predictions about…
The Herbarium of Endangerment: A Digital Display of…
“Behind all scientific names are the stories of their objects, of the…
The Herbarium of Endangerment: Cycas riuminiana
Cycads carry significance as “living fossils,” existing in a way that is…
The Herbarium of Endangerment: Eugenia koolauensis
Many Latin plant names feature the intersection of imperial European botany and…
The Herbarium of Endangerment: Tahina spectabilis
This more “newly discovered” plant was given its Latin name in 2008,…
The Herbarium of Endangerment: Vanilla planifolia
One may be most familiar with vanilla’s taste and aroma. The fruit…
The Lackluster Major William Rich
Major William Rich was selected to be the botanist on the U. S.…
The Language of Flowers
Throughout time, people have assigned meaning to flowers, and many cultures have…