• In a first, botanists vote to remove offensive plant names from hundreds of species
Scientists at the International Botanical Congress in Madrid voted to change the names of hundreds of plants to remove racial slurs in the botanical nomenclature.
https://www.science.org/content/article/botanists-vote-to-remove-offensive-plant-names-from-hundreds-of-species
#science #botany #taxonomy #racism
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