A Flowering for the Ages
Posted by Albert Mehring on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on A Flowering for the Ages Botanists who classify and name plants are called plant taxonomists, plant systematists, or systematic botanists, most of whom work in herbaria, a name first applied by Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), the great Swedish systematist. A herbarium, the plant taxonomist’s basic reference source, is a collection of preserved plant specimens, mostly pressed and dried (although certain specimens...read more