Botanical

Introduction Language has always been central to human understanding of the natural world. For centuries, scholars, healers, and explorers described plants in their native tongues, often leading to confusion as the same species carried dozens of local names. The solution to this problem came in the form of Botanical Latin, a standardized system that unified […]

What Was the Golden Age of Botanical Art? The golden age of botanical art (roughly 1750–1850) was a period when art and science merged to produce some of the most remarkable plant illustrations in history. During this time, European explorers brought back thousands of new species from Asia, Africa, and the Americas. To classify and