June 2006

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Even the greenest thumbed gardeners may not know the botanical names of their favorite growing things. The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project has been working to promote "nomenclatural stability . . . by establishing clear typifications . . . for each Linnaean plant name" and a little playing at that website yields a fine crop of data.

Want something a little less complicated? Try digging into the roots of botanical names.