What is an herbarium specimen? An herbarium specimen also called a “collection” or a “sample” is a pressed, dried plant or plant parts suitable for storage and future reference accompanied by a label with the collector’s name, the number of
Off-types in bermudagrass—genetically distinct patches differing in color, height, or texture—disrupt turf uniformity and performance on golf courses and sports fields. While sometimes called “mutations,” most off-types I’ve observed in 49 years of Florida turfgrass research are likely contaminations from
Gestalt plant identification is fast-thinking identification based on the perception of the wholeness of form. Form is not only the size and shape of plant parts but their grouping and patterns that their shapes form in aggregate. Gestalt contrasts with
Scientific names of plants have two words, the genus name and the species name, often called the specific epithet. Determination of the scientific name, also called the binomial, of a plant specimen is the goal of plant identification. For example,