How plant populations keep a genetic memory of the past

Plants are usually seen as stationary life forms, quietly supporting environments. But plant communities and populations are ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A New, Endemic Tree Species Discovered in an Indigenous Area is Already Threatened

Botanists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) named the new species, Clusia nanophylla, because of the ...
Tallahassee Democrat

Breaking the spell: Learn the trick of decoding scientific plant names

Passiflora incarnata, Nymphaea odorata, Chamaecrista fasciculata, Asclepius incarnata! Sounds like spells from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, doesn’t it? While these words could come ...

New Panama tree species identified after 25 years is already endangered

In 2000, a group of STRI botanists collected samples of all the plants from the genus Clusia they could find in Panama to ...