Tag: species
Botanical Names Should Simplify Horticulture
UNITED STATES—Botanical names of the vegetation that home gardening involves may seem complicated. Some are difficult to pronounce or spell. A few seem to...
Cultivars Are Merely Cultivated Varieties
UNITED STATES—Nomenclature is simply the technique of naming. Botanically and horticulturally, it is also a precise method of classification. Large classifications divide into smaller...
Nomenclature Was Designed For Simplicity
UNITED STATES—Buick Electra used to mean something. Chrysler Imperial and Lincoln Town Car did also. That was at a time when cars were still...
UCLA Scientists Lead $10 Million California State Environmental Project
WESTWOOD—UCLA scientists are leading the new California Conservation Genomics Project, a $10 million project funded by the state to assist California state officials in...
Rare Species Of Frogs Found Reproducing
SANTA MONICA—Officials have announced that an endangered species of frogs were found breeding in the Santa Monica Mountains last week. Mark Twain first marketed the...
