The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...

Using data from over 10,000 herbarium specimens, Smithsonian scientists uncover the urgent conservation needs of the plants, ...

"We built upon the valuable time and resources that past researchers have spent going out into the field and counting plant ...

As to pruning, fronds that are still partially green should be left on the palm. They continue to photosynthesize and provide ...

Many gardeners in South Mississippi are looking to bounce back from January’s winter storm that left their palm trees damaged ...

“The data that is stored in the herbarium is a scientific treasure that makes a project like this feasible,” said botanist ...

A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for ... who heads the museum's Plant Conservation Unit and is one of Kress' coauthors on the ...