A volunteer spotted the tiny, fuzzy plant with maroon florets while exploring the remote northern corner of Big Bend National ...

Sac State’s herbarium lay dormant for nearly 20 years until Biology Professor Marina LaForgia joined the University. Now it is a thriving space to study plants.

The traditional three domains of taxonomy are: Eukarya, which contains animals, plants, fungi and almost all multicellular life. Bacteria, which is a vast group of mainly single-celled organisms.

Working with experts, species databases, herbarium records, and plant taxonomy publications, officials confirmed this plant’s existence hadn’t previously been documented. Park staff joined the ...

The herbarium regularly hosts research visits and provides data to international researchers working on topics including plant taxonomy, invasive species, medicinal plants and local floristics.

plant taxonomy publications and area experts, according to the release. “Excitement began to grow as it soon became apparent that these tiny plants were not previously known,” the release said.