The rare Barringtonia papuana can be viewed now in flower at the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum. The plant’s bloom, at right, resembles a small pompom. The genus Barringtonia was named in honor of Daines ...

Botany underpins the modern world, not only agriculture but medicine, material science, chemistry and much more. Yet it has been belittled to the point where even the name botany is out of favour; too ...

Plants have got you surrounded. They’re in your toothpaste, your bedsheets, and your regular Taco Bell order. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll find out what botanists study and how ...