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Triadenum, commonly known as marsh St. Johns Wort - A flowering plant that Jane Colden discovered. https://massivesci.com/articles/jane-colden-botany-colonial-america-new-york-marsh-st-johns-wort/
What We Know Now
What We Know Now
Based on our personal experiences, current curriculums do not include Jane Colden in their teachings.
Though Linnaeus is taught to High School students in Alberta, Jane Colden is not mentioned despite her large contributions to Biology.
University Education
University Education
Jane Colden is not mentioned in the University of Alberta, Augustana Campus Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.
We are offered a Plant Biology class in which we briefly discuss Linnaeus's contribution to botany with binomial nomenclature.
In this class, we do not discuss that Jane Colden had a significant impact on plant classification with her recording of over 300 plant species and her discovery of 2 plant species.
Photo of Linneaus from Anne McIntosh slides on Classifying Plant Diversity (McIntosh 2023) https://eclass.srv.ualberta.ca/pluginfile.php/10060052/mod_resource/content/5/Topic9_ClassifyingPlantDiversity_complete.pdf
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Established Binomial system of nomenclature
Published Species Plantarum (1753)
Included the Latin phrases but also gave a single word for each species
Abbreviated names consist of two parts (binomials)
Genus Name - species epithet
Ex: Pinus contorta
From AUBIO 323 Plant Biology slides, created by Dr. Anne McIntosh
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