Rose By Any Other Name Useless

December 01, 2005

Taxonomic research requires development of tools that enable all researchers to identify plants using mutually understood and recognized names, says USU biologist Mary Barkworth. Collected data must be published under uniform names -- otherwise, the information is useless or misleading, says Barkworth, who heads the university's Intermountain Herbarium.

For more information, contact Mary Barkworth, associate professor, Biology Department, College of Science, and director, Intermountain Herbarium, Utah State University, 435-797-1584; mary@biology.usu.edu.

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