botanist

In the 1700s the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus set about devising a system for arranging species through a two-part system we still use today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

He was in need of a botanist and approached Reinhold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

"He's taken us all to places that we would never otherwise go. That's a huge gift," botanist Sandra Knapp, director of research at London's Natural History Museum, told AFP.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

Professor Rod Fensham, a botanist at the University of Queensland, said urgent action is needed to prevent the species Rhodamnia zombi from disappearing due to the fungal disease known as myrtle rust.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026

She was ready to be many things at once—child, grown-up, poet, engineer, botanist, dragon.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

It can be very challenging to find the species at the right time, and without the help of passionate botanists across the country notifying them of rare species locations, their job would be even harder.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

In 2013, von Konrat led a team of botanists and volunteers to survey the region, cataloging grasses, trees, and mosses in search of a location that matched the plant material found on the shoes.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 1, 2026

Travelers join pro botanists and mycologists to document the local flora and fungi, while educating villagers on safe foraging practices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

Calling squash a fruit wears me out a little, but, okay botanists, with your genus-species-variety nomenclature, I concede: by definition, squash is indeed a fruit.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025

“I’m what the botanists call a hybrid,” he said the first time Cora heard him speak.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead