WNPS Koma Kulshan Chapter Meeting: Why Plant Names Change

The Koma Kulshan Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society is holding their November meeting. Join for a presentation from Linda Ann Vorobik entitled Why Plant Names Change: Reflections upon Botanical Nomenclature, Other Biological Lessons, and The Beauty of Plants. 

Through her 40 plus year career as a botanist, professor, and botanical illustrator, Linda has seen plant names change and even change back again. Most of us have learned that the scientific binomial is more reliable than the common name given to a plant, but with the storm of taxonomic revisions and resulting name changes, many of us have had doubts! But do not fear, this is just science in action. In this presentation, Linda includes beautiful landscapes, wildflower closeups, and botanical watercolors of the plants and from the places that Linda has encountered throughout the west. She uses this imagery as a way to weave through the less enchanting story of how plants are named, and why the names change.