Plant and fungus systematics and taxonomy constitute foundational disciplines that underpin our understanding of biodiversity. Historically grounded in morphological and anatomical studies, these ...

People first started classifying plants thousands of years ago. Initially, it was mainly for keeping track of plants with medicinal uses. In the Western world, plant categorization, or taxonomy, began ...

Over the spring semester, students in Adam Schneider’s plant taxonomy course tackled a real-world challenge for the city of La Crosse — and the results of the experiment are in. “I found it really ...