The relevance of taxonomy in our genomic era is greater than ever. Correct naming is crucial for developing new foods and medicines, and for understanding our changing environment. Amazingly, we do ...

For two years in the late 1970s I followed in the footsteps of Carl Linnaeus: I toiled in the field of taxonomy. The small corner of nature's jigsaw puzzle that I tackled was a group of marine sponges ...

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John Clayton’s specimen of smooth hydrangea, Hydrangea arborescens, that was cited by Linnaeus in his 1753 description of the species. John Clayton (1694-1773) was a notable early collector of plant ...