Note that taxonomists rename species, and different nurseries may list the same cultivar under two or three species names.
Bamboo is a mysterious and elusive plant that baffles taxonomists who try to contain it within a botanical class and gardeners who try to contain it within a limited garden space as they learn how to grow bamboo.
In recent years, horticultural taxonomists have deemed it necessary to split up the genus Sedum. Some plants that used to be classified in this genus have now been assigned to closely related genera such as Hylotelephium and Rhodiola.
There is some disagreement among plant taxonomists about the exact botanical name of this plant. Some list it as Cupressus arizonica, some as Cupressus glabra and some as Cupressus arizonica var. glabra.
Based on set theory, taxonomists group plants into divisions, families, genera, and species. The characteristics used to group plants have changed over the years.
It's a popular area with students and visitors as it helps them appreciate the order that taxonomists have made of the plants kingdom.
They are developed by taxonomists to ensure that the same plant is called the same name throughout the world, regardless of language. Scientific plant names are usually a combination of Latin and Greek.
typeOne of several categories of herbarium specimens, chosen by taxonomists as being close or identical to that chosen by the original author.
 See also: Taxon, Plant, Flower, Genera, Spring
  
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