Auteur: Sandra Knapp

Cladistics, or phylogenetic systematics—an approach to discovering, unraveling, and testing hypotheses of evolutionary history—took hold during a turbulent and acrimonious time in the history of syst …

Perching on tropical trees, partnering with fungi to reproduce, or deceiving birds and amorous insects to promote pollination, orchids fascinate. In the exquisitely illustrated Extraordinary Orchids, …

A vividly illustrated meeting with thirty plants and their inspiring namesakes Shakespeare famously asserted that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, and that s as true for common garden r …