Botanists Vote To Remove Racist Reference From Plants’ Scientific ...

After years of debate, botanists have now voted to change the scientific names of over 200 species of plant, fungi, and algae that make references to a racial slur, the first time such a move has ... Read More

As Botanists Drop a Racist Plant Name, Some Fear Scientific Confusion

The International Botanical Congress voted to change a scientific name belonging to hundreds of plant species because it was offensive in southern Africa. Read More

Botanists vote to change derogatory and racist scientific plant names : NPR

An international group of researchers has voted to modify the scientific names of more than 200 plant species whose names carry a derogatory word. Read More

Botanists vote to change racist plant names - MSN

Botanists have voted to change the name of more than 200 plants to remove a word associated with a racial slur. Following a six-day session involving more than 100 researchers, it was agreed as ... Read More

Leading botanists vote to rename hundreds of plant species with racist ...

For centuries, the scientific names given to plants and other organisms have been the bedrock of biological classification. But these labels, once seen as objective, are now under scrutiny ... Read More

Botanists Vote to Remove Racial Slur From Hundreds of Plant Species Names

In a first for taxonomy, researchers opted to change scientific names containing derivatives of the slur “caffra” to derivatives of “afr,” in reference to the plants' origins in Africa ... Read More

Some plant names can be racist. Scientists are looking to rename them

An international group of researchers has voted to modify the scientific names of more than 200 plant species whose names carry a derogatory word. Read More

Hundreds of racist plant names will change after historic vote by botanists

Scientific designations containing a racial slur will be altered — the first time that any species names have been adjusted because of the offence they cause. Read More

Many plant names are offensive: botanists will vote on whether to ...

16 July 2024 Many plant names are offensive: botanists will vote on whether to change them Researchers at an international meeting will also consider how to monitor names that have problematic roots. Read More

Botanists vote to rename hundreds of 'racist' plant species

Botanists will rename hundreds of species - including common plants - because they contain the word 'caffra' - derived from the term 'kaffir', which is a slur against Black people in South Africa. Read More