Science & Environment
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory trains the next generation of scientists
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How Do We Categorize Plants?
Over the next 15 episodes, Alexis Nikole Nelson will spill plants’ secrets—how they evolved, how they function, and just how vital they are to human societies and all of life on Earth.
How Do We Categorize Plants?
Season 1 Episode 7 | 13m 22s | CC
Humans make stuff up—including the names and classifications of living things. But those categories are still useful. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how taxonomy and systematics help us understand what plants are and where they come from. We’ll discuss the power of naming, and why even scientists don’t agree on what a species is.
