Botany & Taxonomy Articles

 

Index of Botany and Taxonomy Articles, mostly from Wild News 1982-2009 (PDF)

Except where noted, articles originally appeared in Prince William Wildflower Society's Wild News.

Sortable DateTitle
2023-12Taxonomy of the Violet Family (Violaceae) (VNPS Web)
2012-11Taxonomic Changes for Regional Species of Goldenrod
2013-03History of Classification of Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty)
2014-03Virginia Bluebells and Virginia Waterleaf: Together Again in Boraginaceae
2014-01Skunk Cabbage and Duckweed: Strange Bedfellows in Arum Family?
2014-07Wild Ginger, the Birthwort Family, and Basal Angiosperm Taxonomy & Glossary
2014-09Taxonomy Is a Changin' for Ol' Joe-pye and the Eupatoriums
2015-05Heuchera americana (American alumroot) and Saxifragaceae
2015-09Caprifoliaceae, the Honeysuckle Family: Viburnums and Elderberries Out; Teasels and Valerians In!
2016-01Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac in Genus Toxicodendron; Other Sumacs Remain in Rhus in the Anacardiaceae
2016-01The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful? Local Species of the Cashew family (Anacardiaceae)
2016-05Geranium maculatum and Geraniaceae Taxonomy Overview in Flora of Virginia
2016-11Monarda Species and Lamiaceae Taxonomy Overview in the Flora of Virginia
2017-01Gymnosperm Groups in the Flora of Virginia
2017-07Bugbane or Black Cohosh is now Actaea racemose rather than Cimicifuga racemosa
2017-07Ranunculaceae and Black Cohosh Taxonomic Overviews
2017-11Annonaceae and Asimina Taxonomy
2018-07Papaveraceae (Poppy Family) and Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot) Taxonomy in the Flora of Virginia
2019-11Taxonomy of Clubmosses in Lycophyaceae
2020-05An Overview of the History of the Naming and Classification of Mayapple
2020-09There and Back Again: A Short Taxonomic History of Milkweed
2020-11The Broomrape Family (Orobanchaceae), Formerly Composed of Only Holoparsites, now Includes Hemiparasites from the Figwort family (Scrophulariaceae)
2021-11Changes in Woody Plant Species Taxonomy
2021-01Ferns & Fern-Allies Checklist
2021-01Taxonomic Changes in Pteridophytes
2021-03Harbinger-of-Spring (Erigenia bulbosa) and Apiaceae Taxonomy Overview
2021-05The Liliaceous Families: Where Have All the Former Members of the Lily Family Gone?
2021-07Changes in Taxonomy of Chelone glabra and the Traditional Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family)
2021-09Overview of Changes to Asteraceae and Aster Species Found in Northern Virginia to Upper Shenandoah National Park
2022-01Hepatica americana and Hepatica acutiloba and Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family) Taxonomy
2022-01Round-Lobed Hepatica Formerly Anemone americana Is Now Hepatica americana
2022-05Iris and Iridaceae Taxonomy Overview in Flora of Virginia App
2022-07Magnoliaceae, the Magnolia Family in Virginia and the Taxonomy of Virginia Species
2022-09Partridge Pea and Senna Species
2022-03Brassicaceae (Mustard Family) Taxonomic Changes in the Flora of Virginia
2025-05Mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum